Mike Stack

If Allentown Mayor Ed Pawlowski faced Gov. Tom Corbett in a Pennsylvania gubernatorial matchup today he would win. Pawlowski, who has hinted at an interest in the 2014 governor's race, performs at the top of the list of potential Democratic challengers,...

Good Tuesday Morning, Fellow Seekers. We're reading to Little Miss Capitol Ideas' first-grade this morning, so let's get right to it. Gov. Tom Corbett and his staff are facing questions today over an administration plan to hand $1.65 billion in......

Good Tuesday Morning, Fellow Seekers. In case you missed it yesterday, the House Appropriations Committee got the next set of budget dominoes in line as it voted, along party lines, to send the $27.65 billion budget plan approved by the......

Other than a slight bit of jaundice, Lindsey Horn's new bundle of joy arrived healthy. And big. Very big. Very, very big. Newborn Connor Bridge weighed in at a whopping 13 pounds, 1 ounce, when he came into the world Dec. 2 at 11:07 a.m. at Saint...

(Philadelphia Magazine Photo) You Have To Read Down A Bit ... ...in this Philadelphia magazine profile of state Sen. Larry Farnese, but there's a pay-off: "He’ll say, ‘We have to stay for the end credits because there’s a scene that&#...

Good Afternoon, All. If there was any doubt, it looks like the vogue for reform has passed and the wave of anger from the 2006 cycle has officially subsided. We've just gone and checked the list of candidates from the......

So that Corbett administration spending hike for public education we've been hearing so much about? Turns out much of it is going to cover pension costs and only a little bit will go toward making your kid smarter. Our Mothership colleague Steve Esack...

A Group Of State Senate Democrats ... ... gathered to mark the year anniversary of the end of the state's adultBasic health insurance program, which offered subsidized coverage for about 40,000 low-income Pennsylvanians. During an event at the Capitol...

Good Monday Morning, Fellow Seekers. Some state lawmakers are increasing the pressure on the Corbett administration to revive the shuttered health insurance program for low-income Pennsylvanians known as adultBasic. It's been about a year since Gov. Tom...

SOUTH BEND -- Saving lives is a competitive business. One unit of blood can save up to three lives, but blood donation centers worry about supply and demand like any other marketer. Kay Clark-Cox, manager of blood donor recruitment at the South Bend...

New legislation is introduced before the state capitol as 40,000 Pennsylvanians prepare to lose their state health benefits. Senator Mike Stack introducing senate Bill 420, in hopes of extending adult basic insurance for at least another year. Stack says...

SOUTH BEND — Part of a last-minute flurry of filings, a Latino attorney joined the city’s crowded Democratic mayoral primary field today, the deadline for candidacy declarations for the May 2 primary elections. Several common council races...