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While cable networks fixate on what the latest polls say about Donald Trump's insurgent bid for the White House, Republican congressmen from the region are grappling with the increasing possibility that the flamboyant real estate tycoon could land the GOP nomination.A supporter of Ohio Gov. John...

HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania will no longer be "The State of Independence." Officials unveiled Tuesday a new tourism slogan, "Pennsylvania. Pursue Your Happiness" — the first one for the commonwealth in a dozen years — aimed at boosting visitation and economic growth across the state. State officials...

HARRISBURG — A Pennsylvania Supreme Court justice facing possible removal from the bench over his role in trading salacious and objectionable emails asked a state judicial ethics court Tuesday to consider a deal that could resolve his case.Lawyers for Justice Michael Eakin asked for a hearing by...

Northampton County officials want to swap the ink in their job postings for pixels.A proposed amendment to the Home Rule Charter would eliminate a requirement that the county advertise job openings in two newspapers. County officials hope to save money and appeal to more candidates by directly...

Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Katie McGinty highlighted her role as a working mom Tuesday in unveiling a set of economic policy proposals aimed at aiding women and families. She called for closing the gender pay gap, creating a national family and medical paid leave program, raising the federal...

In Bucks County's 8th Congressional District race, Republican Brian Fitzpatrick is facing allegations that his brother--Congressman Mike Fitzpatrick--started scaring up support for him before he resigned from his job at the FBI. That might be a violation of the federal Hatch Act, according to the...

NAZARETH – Easton's former City Administrator Glenn Steckman has been hired as Nazareth Borough's interim secretary/ treasurer. Steckman, who abruptly left his position with the city in January, is filling in for Secretary/Treasurer Paul Kokolus, who has taken time off because of sudden health...

READING (AP) — A would-be robber in Pennsylvania had some pretty poor timing when he pulled a gun on his taxi driver with a sheriff's deputy behind him, police say.A Berks County sheriff's deputy approached the cab after it failed to move through a green light Monday afternoon in Reading.Surveillance...

I was born and raised on the east side of Allentown so I know a thing or two about the spot where Clove Indian restaurant is located. In the late '90s the space was Carmine's, an Italian restaurant. When it closed, the building was demolished and Aria Afghan Kabab and Pizzeria rose on the site....

Carson Kressley will join the ranks of "Celebrity Apprentice" for the Trump-less 15th season of the hit NBC reality show.The Lehigh Valley native — who is best known as the fashion expert on Bravo's Emmy Award-winning "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy" for five seasons, and competing on "Dancing...