Dominic Pileggi

Let The Air Wars Begin! The Florida-based National Popular Vote movement, which (as its name suggests) wants to change the Electoral College system to award the majority of electoral votes to the winner of the national popular vote, has launched......

From The Post-Gazette: "HARRISBURG _ Proposals to tweak how Pennsylvania votes for president abounded here today, with state senators debating the merits of changing how electoral votes are handed out and others pushing to switch to a straight popular...

Reaction poured in fast and furious yesterday in the wake of Gov. Tom Corbett's announcement of an impact fee on natural gas drillers. As you might expect, reaction to the proposed fee depended largely upon which side the fence one finds themselves on the...

From Slate's Dave Weigel: "Prepare to be shocked. In Wisconsin, Republican Rep. Dan LeMahieu is asking his colleagues to sign onto a bill that would change the state's method of picking electoral college electors -- a plan identical to the......

Philly Area-Rep. Brendan Boyle ... ... was in the East Wing Media Center this morning, where he threatened to sue in federal court to stop the Electoral College rejiggering plan sponsored by Senate Majority Leader Dominic Pileggi. If it, y'know,......

Good Wednesday Morning, Fellow Seekers. It's another dreary day as we close out the end of another session week. But Manchester's legendary Stone Roses have announced that they've buried the hatchet and will embark on a series of reunion gigs......

I’m a term limits guy. I know the arguments against them: “We have term limits – they’re called elections!” “All that turnover would deprive us of legislative experience.” “With term limits and constant...

The five-member panel that’s spent months redrawing the boundaries of Pennsylvania’s 203 House and 50 state Senate seats is expected to vote on a preliminary map during a session on Monday. Of particular note for residents of the Lehigh...

Gov. Tom Corbett travels to a shopping center in suburban Harrisburg this morning, there to sign legislation banning text-messaging by drivers. But if the Republican thought he was getting on the front page for that well-orchestrated piece of PR, he can...

The state House convenes at 9 a.m. today to continue debate on the 5,765 (not really, but it seems that way) amendments that have been filed to a bill imposing a local impact fee on Marcellus shale natural gas drillers. And as debate on the fee drags into...

Good Friday Morning, Fellow Seekers. As just about everyone knows, family relations are a tricky business. Just because you're related to someone doesn't mean you're going to get along all the time. Take, for instance, our Massachusetts-based cousin,...

Good Wednesday Morning, Fellow Seekers. As is so often the case these days, we're a bit under the gun and severely under- caffeinated, so we'll just dive right into the Top Five Stories making news on this 15th day of......