On that December 14th day, in banner front-page headlines, the Lancaster New Era reported, as if it was the end of a war, “Commissioners plead guilty”. (More accurately it could have read ‘Commissioners cleared of allegations.’) Front page follow up articles along the same tenor followed for two more days.
Hillary Clinton agrees to provide private e-mail server to FBI
WASHINGTON POST: Hillary Rodham Clinton’s attorney has agreed to provide the FBI with the private server that housed her e-mail during her four years as secretary of state, Clinton’s presidential campaign said Tuesday. Her attorney also has agreed to give agents a thumb drive containing copies of thousands of e-mails that Clinton had previously turned […]
Poll: Sanders Now Leads Hillary in New Hampshire
Sanders leads Clinton 44 to 37. Joe Biden follows at 9 percent support, even though he has yet to announce his candidacy. All other candidates — former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley, former Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee and former Virginia Gov. Jim Webb– got 1 percent or less.
Businesses brace for game-changing labor decision
THE HILL: The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is widely expected to rule by month’s end that Browning-Ferris Industries, a Houston-based waste-disposal company, is a joint employer of workers provided to the firm by a staffing agency, experts say. As a result, the company would be forced to collectively bargain with those employees and could […]
Number of Uninsured Has Declined by 15 Million Since 2013, Administration Says
NEW YORK TIMES: The number of people without health insurance continues to decline and has dropped by 15.8 million, or one-third, since 2013, the Obama administration said Tuesday. The decline occurred as major provisions of the Affordable Care Act took effect. The law expanded coverage through Medicaid and through subsidies for private insurance, starting in […]
China steps up currency war with dramatic renminbi devaluation
FINANCIAL TIMES: China on Tuesday carried out the biggest devaluation of the renminbi in two decades to boost its slowing economy, marking an escalation of international “currency wars”, surprising markets and risking a political clash with Washington. The 1.9 per cent downward move by the central bank was its biggest one-day change since 1993 — […]
LETTER: “Informed people know it is just a vendetta”
Re: Kane case no slam dunk, defense attorneys say Doesn’t have to be a slam dunk; to most of the public an indictment is a conviction. Informed people know it is just a vendetta from Fina because he was caught with his porno stash. But the spectacle of public arraignment and finger printing, that’s all […]
Keisling: Dissent grows over newspapers’ handling of AG Kane case
The insightful question is how long some of the state’s oldest newspapers can survive if they continue to try to hound Kane from elective office while they violate the trust of their sources and readers, lose influence, and demonstrate their inability to sway opinion.
Rendell joins McGinty’s Senate campaign as chairman
PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER: Democrat Katie McGinty rolled out some heavy artillery in her Senate bid Monday, announcing that former Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell would serve as campaign chairman. Rendell, who also was mayor of Philadelphia and chairman of the Democratic National Committee, could provide needed firepower, particularly in fund-raising, as McGinty takes on former U.S. Rep. […]
Controversial Guns and Ammo Taxing Plan Gets Thumbs Up in Seattle
ROUTE FIFTY: Members of the Seattle City Council on Monday afternoon unanimously approved a controversial proposal that would tax gun and ammunition sales inside the city limits, a plan that opponents have decried as illegal, unfair to law-abiding gun owners and ripe for a challenge in the courts. “The only purpose is to run gun […]
Elsie Hillman last of powerful moderate Republicans
George leans into the writer and – in almost a whisper – says, “Elsie has decided Tom Ridge should be governor and she always delivers. Preate is dead in the water.”
Would the Democrats and Republican be willing to make this trade?
Trump will likely diminish the Republicans chance of retaining the Senate and winning the Presidency. But Schummer may bring about an avoidable war with Iran, the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people, and further setback to the US economy.
Kane case no slam dunk, defense attorneys say
Swetz, the immediate past president of the Pennsylvania Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys, said he glanced over the court documents spelling out the accusations against Kane, and he believes there are opportunities to attack the prosecution’s case…
Teacher Shortages Spur a Nationwide Hiring Scramble (Credentials Optional)
NEW YORK TIMES: In a stark about-face from just a few years ago, school districts have gone from handing out pink slips to scrambling to hire teachers. Across the country, districts are struggling with shortages of teachers, particularly in math, science and special education — a result of the layoffs of the recession years combined […]