Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Politics
- Pa. to continue rolling out voter ID ads
Wednesday - 10/16/2013 - 08:00 PMHARRISBURG -- When a judge in August extended the temporary suspension of Pennsylvania's requirement that nearly all voters show photo ID at the polls, he said the state could continue advertising about the law.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Ravenstahl says he plans to remain in Pittsburgh after leaving mayor's office
Thursday - 10/17/2013 - 07:53 PMDon't expect Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl to disappear after he leaves office in January.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Primary 2013/East: Majernik's name on Nov. 5 ballot for Plum mayor, Allegheny County council
Thursday - 10/17/2013 - 05:15 AMDave Majernik's name will be on the ballot twice on Nov. 5.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Pennsylvania to assign specific days to call about unemployment benefits based on Social Security numbers
Thursday - 10/17/2013 - 03:45 PMHARRISBURG -- Starting Monday, callers to Pennsylvania's unemployment compensation call centers will be asked to contact the centers on a specific day based on the last digit of their Social Security numbers.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Final costs of federal shutdown could tally in billions, firms say
Saturday - 10/19/2013 - 12:00 AMWASHINGTON -- The government shutdown that ended this week will cost the U.S. economy several billion dollars, according to estimates by economic research firms.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - N.J. court won't halt gay marriages
Saturday - 10/19/2013 - 12:00 AMIn what is being seen as a major victory for marriage equality, New Jersey's highest court on Friday resoundingly refused to stand in the way of same-sex marriages commencing in the state Monday.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Six candidates are in the running to fill four Allegheny County judicial vacancies
Monday - 10/21/2013 - 12:00 AMSix candidates are vying for four open seats on Allegheny County Common Pleas Court in next month's general election.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Majernik in District 8: The Republican deserves to join county council
Monday - 10/21/2013 - 12:00 AMAfter 13 years, residents of Allegheny County Council's District 8 could use a change.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Pa. House approves lower debt limit for economic development
Monday - 03/12/2012 - 03:52 PMThe bill introduced by the House majority leader targets the Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Romney slightly ahead of Santorum in Illinois, poll shows
Monday - 03/12/2012 - 12:00 AMCHICAGO -- Mitt Romney's campaign has long considered Illinois to be in its win column, but a new poll shows the Republican
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- Officials dive into Pittsburgh's river pollution woes
Thursday - 10/17/2013 - 12:00 AMEarlier this year, competitors in the Pittsburgh Triathlon had something on their minds besides finishing the race: They wondered if they'd get sick from the raw sewage floating in the region's rivers after a heavy rainstorm the night before.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Primary 2013/West: Three seek Allegheny County council seat
Thursday - 10/17/2013 - 05:00 AMRepublican Matt Drozd has served as Allegheny County's District 1 representative on county council for two terms. During his tenure, he's gained a reputation for lofty oratory and out-of-left-field proposals.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - No intervention from Ravenstahl on behalf of Buncher Co. on Strip District produce terminal
Thursday - 10/17/2013 - 01:15 PMPittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl won't intervene to help developer Buncher Corp. tear down a section of the produce terminal in the Strip District as part of a major redevelopment project.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Ravenstahl: 'I'll be around'
Friday - 10/18/2013 - 12:00 AMDon't expect Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl to disappear after he leaves office in January.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Homeland Security choice suggests priority shift
Saturday - 10/19/2013 - 12:00 AMWASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama on Friday nominated the Pentagon's former top lawyer to help craft the nation's counterterrorism policy as Homeland Security secretary, suggesting a shift from the department's emphasis on immigration and border issues to a greater focus on security against possible attacks.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Attorney, judge seek Superior Court post
Sunday - 10/20/2013 - 04:00 AMHARRISBURG -- In the only statewide race on the November ballot, voters will select a new judge for the state's Superior Court -- Allegheny County Common Pleas Judge Jack McVay or Vic Stabile, a Harrisburg-area attorney.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - 5 seek Pittsburgh city council seat vacated by Dowd
Monday - 10/21/2013 - 12:00 AMIn a special election in 15 days, voters in a sliver of Pittsburgh will again go through the head-scratching yet regular process of picking a short-time City Council member.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Full ranks at Water and Sewer for first time in years
Tuesday - 03/13/2012 - 11:39 AMThe Pittburgh City Council confirmed the nomination of the authority's seventh board member.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - GOP primary highlights less predictable Southern electorate
Monday - 03/12/2012 - 12:00 AMHUNTSVILLE, Ala. -- They stood beneath a Saturn V rocket, baby-carrying mothers, cross-armed men, financial planners and workers in
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Santorum coasts in Kansas; Romney captures Wyoming
Sunday - 03/11/2012 - 03:55 PMRick Santorum won the Kansas caucuses in a rout on Saturday and Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney countered in Wyoming.
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- Some poll workers ask for voter identification, others don’t
Tuesday - 11/05/2013 - 09:14 PMPennsylvania’s voter identification law is still being litigated in the courts and only first-time voters have to provide proper ID — but the state instructed poll workers Tuesday to ask all voters for proof of identity anyway.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Primary 2013/Westmoreland County: District attorney's race highlights Nov. 5 election
Thursday - 10/17/2013 - 05:15 AMWestmoreland County voters will go to the polls Nov. 5 to elect a district attorney, prothonotary, clerk of courts, coroner and judge.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Primary 2013/Westmoreland County: Coroner's race pits incumbent against deputy he fired in '10
Thursday - 10/17/2013 - 05:15 AMThe Nov. 5 race for coroner in Westmoreland County pits the incumbent against his former deputy.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Ravenstahl: Buncher should find alternative in Strip District
Friday - 10/18/2013 - 12:00 AMBuncher Co. should try to find an alternative development plan for its Riverfront Landing project in the Strip District rather than pursuing partial demolition of the produce terminal, Mayor Luke Ravenstahl said Thursday.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - States focus of effort to foil health care law
Saturday - 10/19/2013 - 12:00 AMRICHMOND, Va. -- The federal government is again open for business, and Republicans in Washington are licking their wounds from the failed Tea Party attempt to derail President Barack Obama's health care overhaul.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- McVay is superior: The judge has the edge for an appellate court seat
Sunday - 10/20/2013 - 12:00 AMThe only statewide judicial race on Nov. 5 -- not counting retention elections -- has attracted two good candidates worthy of the voters' consideration, which is what a vacancy on Superior Court deserves.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Westmoreland, Washington counties agree to join Pa. services grant plan
Monday - 10/21/2013 - 12:00 AMHARRISBURG -- A state program that aims to provide more flexibility in how human services programs are funded is expanding to include Washington and Westmoreland counties.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Another Orie staffer tells of political work
Tuesday - 03/13/2012 - 12:00 AMA staffer in state Sen. Jane Orie's office testified Monday that she worked on campaign activities in the senator's office.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Santorum is Pennsylvania's not-so-favorite son so far
Sunday - 03/11/2012 - 10:34 AMRick Santorum, the Republican presidential candidate and devout Christian, looks to be playing the prodigal son when his campaign rolls through Pennsylvania in next month's primary.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Biden to attend St. Patrick's Day parade
Sunday - 03/11/2012 - 01:28 PMVice President Joe Biden's Irish eyes will be smiling on Pittsburgh next weekend.
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