Pennsylvania Politics
Government and political news from around the state
Feds delay policy to allow small knives on planes
Federal officials say they're delaying a policy that would allow passengers to carry small knives, bats and other sports equipment onto airliners. The Transportation Security Administration said Monday that the policy change has been delayed to accommodate feedback from an advisory committee made up of aviation industry, consumer and law enforcement ...
Former UK PM Margaret Thatcher dies following stroke
UPDATE: Former UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher has died from a stroke. According to British government officials she will have a ceremonal funeral with full military honors. Current Prime Minister David Cameron has cut short his trip to Spain and France when hearing of her death. Downing Street confirms that ...
White House tells Woodward he'll 'regret' criticism
Veteran Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward says a senior official from the White House told him he will “regret” a claim he made in an op-ed piece. Last week, Woodward wrote that President Obama is “moving the goal posts” by demanding a package of tax revenues and spending cuts to ...
What is the 'Fiscal Cliff'?
So just what is this "fiscal cliff" that has the financial markets rattled and economists and policymakers alike in a tizzy over the potential for sending the economy into another tailspin? It's a one-two punch of expiring Bush-era tax cuts and major across-the-board spending cuts to the Pentagon and domestic ...
Obama win boosts health law, but states still control its destiny
President Barack Obama’s re-election ensures the survival of his landmark health care law, but predominantly Republican state officials will get a big say in how it is carried out. State lawmakers will control whether millions of uninsured people get coverage through Medicaid beginning in 2014, as the law envisions. They’ll ...
Election will decide health law's future
The highest court in the country upheld most of the Affordable Care Act in June. But everybody knew it was only an overture. The law "will fall in November by a vote of the American people," Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant pledged that day, speaking for many other Republicans. Democrats were more ...
Top state leader proposes gas drilling health panel
The Republican leader of the Pennsylvania Senate wants to create a panel to investigate and study possible health and safety impacts from Marcellus Shale natural gas drilling. The Scranton Times-Tribune reported Tuesday that Senate President Pro Tempore Joseph Scarnati, R-Jefferson, is proposing a nine-member panel of doctors, scientists and gas ...
Gas prices expected to pass $4 per gallon soon
Gas prices are up for the 13th straight day, and experts said it won't be long until they pass $4 a gallon. At the Sunoco gas station in Richland Township, 6 News was there as a worker changed the price sign to $3.95 a gallon. Prices have already soared past ...
6 NEWS ELECTION COVERAGE: Voters decide local offices, judgeships
Pennsylvania voters headed to the polls to elect two new appellate judges and settle contests for thousands of local offices and judgeships. Even though this is an off-year election, meaning no legislative or congressional offices being decided, there were still plenty of important local and county races. Democrats grabbed ...
Voters head to polls in Clearfield County
In Clearfield County, voters went to their closest polling place. Around1 p.m. 6 News cameras stopped by one precinct in town. Officials said only 150 of the 1,000 registered voters had cast their votes. “I just think it's important to vote wherever we are. Sometimes I think there are some ...
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