The recent news has been that blacks are having a tough time compared to whites in the workplace, both for low-skilled black males and for those with a college degree. I agree. ...
opinion by Mortal | 1 day ago | updated 1 day ago 58 views | 4 recommendations | 2 comments
Pennsylvania continues to spend more than it takes in.For the fifth month in a row in the 2009-10 fiscal year that began July 1, the state spent more than it collected in tax revenues, resulting in a cumulative shortfall of $217 million at the end of November.While the...
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Today is the 146th anniversary of the Gettysburg Address. The speech given by Abraham Lincoln on November 19th, 1863 is one of the most famous speeches in American history. Four and a half months...
created by Gordon Clark | 2 wks ago | updated 1 wk ago 149 views | 16 recommendations | 5 comments
Originally posted on DailyKosAccording to its Department of Education's estimates, The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania has a projected shortage of more than 12,000 teachers. This alarming statistic is exacerbated by Pennsylvania's Teacher Recruitment Bureaucracy. Due to under...
Republican Joan Orie Melvin won a hotly-contested seat on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court Tuesday, giving Republicans a 4-3 majority on the court.Melvin defeated Democrat Jack Panella in the most expensive judicial race in Pennsylvania's history. Panella raised more than $2.5...
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U.S. Rep. Joe Pitts, who represents Pennsylvania's 16th Congressional District, wants to set the record straight about the latest bogus announcement by the Obama Administration that it has "created or saved" 650,000 jobs. Last week, The Associated Press reported that the...
opinion by Phyrillas | 4 wks ago | updated 4 wks ago 73 views | 22 recommendations | 1 comment
It may be a new fiscal year, but Pennsylvania is stuck in the same fiscal rut. The state is spending more money than it takes in. That practice led to a record budget deficit last year and caused a 101-day budget impasse. It appears Gov. Rendell and the Pennsylvania...
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by Marilyn LoeserIt could be the plot of a romance novel — Pennsylvania woman sends care package to soldier serving his country in Iraq. They correspond, they fall in love and they marry one month after he returns safety from the war zone.But for Army Reserve Sergeant...
A saw-whet owl is just one of the many creatures cared for at the Pocono Wildlife Rehabilitation Center in Stroudsburg, where about a thousand animals are treated every year and at least 85% of them are returned to...
created by Amy Judd | 6 wks ago | updated 6 wks ago 97 views | 14 recommendations | 3 comments
Pennsylvania employers shed another 10,300 jobs in September, according to new employment figures released today by the Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry.Under Gov. Ed Rendell's leadership, Pennsylvania has lost nearly 200,000 jobs since September 2008.The...
In NowPublic author sara star's recent story, Sleep in Putin's Bed, But After His Birthday Party Today, a discovery was made that there is an ignorance surrounding the Tear Drop Memorial, a monument To The...
As Sticky the cat settles in to her forever home, the PA SPCA finds another case of cruelty. This time a kitten doused with lighter fluid and lit on fire. The kitten has superficial burns on over half her...
In days long past, Americans seemed able to get past politics to personally pursue what was inevitably in the best interests of America. Those days seem long gone. There is...
opinion by Mortal | 9 wks ago | updated 9 wks ago 322 views | 7 recommendations | 2 comments
Now that Jon is no longer going to be a part of Jon & Kate Plus 8, and it's going to be Kate Plus 8 apparently, he seems to think that production should be halted on the show. He sent a letter to TLC demanding they halt production and put up a sign on the gates of his...
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We waited 80 days for this? Gov. Ed Rendell said there are no winners or losers in the compromise that ended Pennsylvania's 80-day-old budget impasse. Don't believe him. There are always winners and losers in every budget agreement and this one is no exception. If you...