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The Same Old Game

By Tom Ferrick Jr. An old City Editor of mine once opined that there are no new stories, only new reporters. I thought of that adage in reading the piece in the Sunday (Aug. 15) Inquirer about the staffing... (Comments)

Feds to the Rescue

It looks as if Pennsylvania won't have a $850 million hole in its budget after all.  The U.S. Senate passed a bill Wednesday (August 4) to provide an additional $26 billion in federal stimulus aid to the states.  The bill... (Comments)

How the Money Game is Changing Harrisburg

By Tom Ferrick Jr. State Rep. Dwight Evans raised nearly $1.7 million for his campaign fund during the two-year cycle that ended with the 2008 election. But the most amazing part isn't the amount of money he amassed; it is... (Comments)

$20 Million Raised by Caucus Committees

 Money Raised by Caucus Campaign Committees Year 2007 2008 Total Democratic State Senate CC  $465,006  $1,737,982  $2,202,988 Republican State Senate CC  $1,009,160  $3,768,679  $4,777,839 House Democratic CC  $822,963  $6,463,346  $7,286,309 House Republican CC  $1,497,983  $4,505,596  $6,003,579 Total  $20,270,715... (Comments)

A Quick Rise in Campaign Money

Here is the total amount contributed to House and Senate candidates during this decade Given to Given to Total to Year House Candidates Senate Candidates House & Senate candidates 2000  $24,843,000  $9,157,000  $34,000,000 2002  $29,135,000  $14,065,000  $43,200,000 2004  $32,641,000... (Comments)

Recent Entries

  • Return to Eden: September is rolling in and stores across the nation are selling stacks of backpacks and lunch boxes in preparation for a new school year. Children are counting the days till classes start with a little trepidation and a lot of excitement. And even those of us who are fully-grown begin to feel nostalgic about learning new and fascinating things. For me, those feelings started in early summer when I attended my college reunion. I emerged from that experience with a new theory that reunions are merely part of a conspiracy to get recent graduates to continue their educations.
  • New Look, New Logo: Regular Metropolis readers will notice a different look to the...
  • The New Home Schooling: Like many Pennsylvania children, eight-year-old Venus Kennedy has just begun third grade, but not in a new and unfamiliar classroom. She is doing all of her schooling from the comfort of her family home near Temple University. Kennedy is among the thousands of youngsters in the Philadelphia region for whom the start of school this year means pulling up a chair in their living room, dining room or bedroom and logging on to a computer. They are attending virtual schools - a fast-growing trend in K-12 education, enrolling about 175,000 students nationwide and estimated 23,000 in Pennsylvania.
  • Do You Speak Construction?: I'm sitting in my house cringing, as two guys are...
  • Say It Ain't So, Sam: It's been the worst-kept political secret in Philadelphia and now...
  • From Dawn to Dusk: I usually sleep until 7 a.m., but these days I...
  • Confessions of a Techno Dolt: As a mom of three teens, I've relied upon them...
  • Truly a Blue State: The latest Franklin & Marshall Poll confirms everything you've heard...
  • Taps for Greene?: It may be time to play taps for Carl Greene's...
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