U.S. Senate Committee on Finance

Unions are not to blame for economic problems To the editor: Some blame unions for what’s wrong with America’s economy. The facts don’t support this. American workers are the backbone of our economy, and they work best when they have...

The senior executives of the British-based company poised to take over the day-to-day management of the Pennsylvania Lottery say they have a simple plan to get more people playing to scratch-off and numbers games that underwrite services for the state&#...

A state Senate panel opened a hearing Monday morning on the planned privatization of the Pennsylvania Lottery. A trio of senior Corbett administration officials faced a barrage of questions from the Senate Finance Committee on its announcement last week...

Good Monday Morning, Fellow Seekers. If you're not at this morning's 10 a.m. session of the Senate Finance Committee, then the chances are pretty good that you'll be missing out on the hottest (and pardon the pun) ticket of 2013.......

Good Tuesday Morning, Fellow Seekers. The Kathleen Kane era in the state Attorney General's office officially gets underway today. The Lackawanna County Democrat will take the oath of office during a 2 p.m. ceremony today in the state Capitol rotunda,.......

HARRISBURG _ The company that runs Great Britain’s National Lottery has apparently been tapped to take over the day-to-day management of the Pennsylvania Lottery. The decision to hand the $3.5 billion Lottery over to a North American subsidiary of...

Good Friday Morning, Fellow Seekers. Here's a little something to get your motor running as you head out on the highway this morning to look for adventure or whatever comes your way. Causing us to snarf up our very first......

WASHINGTON -- President Obama won re-election in part by beating up on his opponent for receiving big corporate payouts in exchange for dubious work and for socking away money in tax havens such as the Cayman Islands. So it's a bit, well, rich that...

Legislation to subsidize an offshore wind energy project off Ocean City moved ahead Friday, as the House Economic Matters Committee approved the measure, a priority of Gov. Martin O'Malley and many environmental activists. The committee voted 14-7 to...

TRENTON, N.J.  Gov. Chris Christie said Friday he gave formal notice to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that New Jersey will join a federally administered exchange in 2014. Friday was the deadline for states to join the federal system,...

WASHINGTON -- Treasury Secretary nominee Jacob J. Lew on Wednesday faced tough questions from Republican senators about his tenure as a top executive at Citigroup Inc. in the years leading up to the financial crisis. Lew was criticized for not knowing...

With hope of having better luck this year, Gov. Martin O'Malley went before the Senate Finance Committee Wednesday to pitch his plan for boosting offshore wind energy projects off Maryland's coast. Appearing more than 20 mintues late, the governor urged...