Even before Wolf took office, Republican leaders were giving clear signals that his first year might be difficult, insisting in December that public-sector pension cuts and selling off the state liquor system had to happen before they would consider new taxes to close the deficit and boost spending on education and human services…

“The images themselves aren’t the only story,” Kane said. “The problem is the network that’s involved, and the breadth of this network is incredible. This network is judges, U.S. attorneys, attorneys general, law enforcement, district attorneys, and public defenders.”…

Montgomery County prosecutors filed an additional perjury charge against Attorney General Kathleen Kane, adding to the list of charges faced by the state’s top law enforcement official.

“It’s unacceptable that police still put this many people in handcuffs for something that a growing majority of Americans think should be legal,” said Tom Angell, chairman of Marijuana Majority.

Pfaff’s theory is that it’s the prosecutors. District attorneys and their assistants have gotten a lot more aggressive in bringing felony charges. Twenty years ago they brought felony charges against about one in three arrestees. Now it’s something like two in three. That produces a lot more plea bargains and a lot more prison terms.

But the news that her license was suspended by the Supreme Court might not be all bad for Kane. Criminal defense attorney and former Bucks County first assistant district attorney David Zellis said the news could support Kane’s argument that there are powerful forces in state government seeking to remove her from office.

Central to that understanding is that Wolf’s plan would guarantee current and future liquor system workers are state employees, paid by and continuing to negotiate future collective bargaining agreements with the government…

In what will be a very contentious fight for Boehner’s job, Democrat Congress people need to commit their vote early to Kevin McCarthy.

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Boeing said it plans to team with state-controlled Commercial Aircraft Corp. of China, or Comac, in building an aircraft-completion center in China for 737 jets.