PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER: …Rep. Ron Marsico (R., Dauphin), chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, said the panel is expected to vote Tuesday on whether to authorize an investigation into whether Kane’s “actions in office merit impeachment.” The Senate is exploring whether Kane, whose law license was temporarily suspended after she was criminally charged, can continue to carry […]
LETTER: Perhaps Senate should move ‘Direct Address’ hearing to Salem, MA
Re: KEISLING: Part One- The Pennsylvania Senate attempt at Direct Address of 1891 is so relevant today Superb investigative journalism! Kane is entitled to a trial. Perhaps the GOP “political sharps” realize that an early impeachment trial is incompatible with Kane’s anticipated criminal trial, in either or both of which Kane would be able […]
2 Abortion Foes Behind Planned Parenthood Videos Are Indicted
NEW YORK TIMES: A grand jury here that was investigating accusations of misconduct against Planned Parenthood has instead indicted two abortion opponents who made undercover videos of the organization. Prosecutors in Harris County said one of the leaders of the Center for Medical Progress — an anti-abortion group that made secretly recorded videos purporting to […]
KEISLING: Part One: The Pennsylvania Senate attempt at ‘Direct Address’ of 1891 is relevant today
A newslanc special feature FORWARD: Hoping to remove Attorney General Kathleen Kane from office and to silence her without a hearing, the leadership of the Pennsylvania Senate has invoked a 140-year-old constitutional provision called “Direct Address.” Even though top members of the Republican party planned the Direct Address removal of Kane for more than a […]
Politico Exclusive: Obama on Iowa, Clinton, Sanders and 2016
Barack Obama, that prematurely gray elder statesman, is laboring mightily to remain neutral during Hillary Clinton’s battle with Bernie Sanders in Iowa, the state that cemented his political legend and secured his path to the presidency. But in a candid 40-minute interview for POLITICO’s Off Message podcast as the first flakes of the blizzard fell […]
Bloomberg game changer in presidential politics battle
By Dick Miller WE.CONNECT.DOTS: The New York Times yesterday reported former Big Apple Mayor Michael Bloomberg is looking at an independent bid for President of the United States. The candidacy portends a seismic shift in the political processes and could even bring about changes in the way we govern. Bloomberg, long a Democrat, then elected […]
Jobs up, PA unemployment hits post-recession low.
WASHINGTON JOURNAL-TIMES /AP: Employer payrolls crept up in Pennsylvania last month to a record high, and the state’s unemployment rate fell to its post-recession low, the state Department of Labor and Industry said Friday. December’s jobless rate slid two-tenths of a percentage point to 4.8 percent, its lowest point since early 2008. The rate has […]
Overlooked or Under-loved in 2015: “Grandma,” “Pawn Sacrifice,” “Mustang” and “Tangerine.”
By Dan Cohen, our Santa Monica Reporter The movies were so dismal this spring and summer that the outpouring of quality towards years end came as a shock, and that was true of both domestic and foreign releases. But in the thick of it, as the studios accosted us with “Aloha,” “Ted 2,” “The […]
POLL: SCOTT MARTIN HOLDS COMMANDING LEAD AMONG GOP VOTERS IN 13TH STATE SENATE DISTRICT
PRESS RELEASE LANCASTER COUNTY, PA – The Scott Martin for State Senate campaign today released the results of a scientific survey of likely Republican Primary voters undertaken from January 15th through January 18th. The survey was performed by FLS Connect, which is one of the nation’s most accomplished Republican survey and data collection firms. The […]
Some Charges Against Penn State Ex-Administrators Thrown Out
ABC NEWS/AP: Pennsylvania appeals court on Friday dismissed several of the more serious criminal charges against three former Penn State administrators over their handling of the Jerry Sandusky child molestation scandal. The Superior Court ruled that Cynthia Baldwin, the university’s then-general counsel, should not have testified against Gary Schultz, Tim Curley and Graham Spanier during grand jury […]
LETTER: Request for thoughts on Bulova Building auction.
LETTER: I’m interested in your thoughts on the Bulova building, as it is in the same general area (see link). Perhaps you could post your ideas on NewsLanc.com? ROBERT FIELD: I refer you to article “Lancaster blunders and missed opportunities in 2015” As a long time developer, I think the land underneath the structure has value […]
Deputy Attorney General seeks to prevent independent investigation of e-mail scandal
By Robert Field First Deputy Attorney General Bruce Beemer is challenging Attorney General Kathleen Kane’s hiring of outside lawyers to investigate a government e-mail scandal, according to an Pittsburgh Post-Gazette / AP report. Beemer previously was chief of staff to former Attorney General Linda Kelly. As a well meaning but perhaps a colossal act of […]
TSUKERMAN: What is happening with Russian Money
By Slava Tsukerman Russian billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev and the 18 bedroom Maison de L’Amitié in Palm Beach, Florida, which was purchased by him for his student daughter Ekaterina from Donald Trump for $95 million. Two seemingly small and not connected to each other events that were practically unnoticed by media, but by opinion of some serious Russian observers marked […]
Capitolwire: Received-only emails shouldn’t be evidence at Eakin’s ethics trial, defense says.
NEWSLANC EDITOR: They entirely miss the point. It isn’t the e-mails per se that are reasons for him to leave the bench. It is maintaining relationships of such familiarity with individuals with whom he must work and who are likely to try cases before him. Such relationships are inappropriate in a judge, let along a justice! […]