Displaying items 13-24 of 158
» View latimes.com items only
< Previous
•
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11-14
•
Next >
-
Casey likes chances of farm measure's passage
Reading Eagle, Pa.U.S. Sen. Bob Casey Jr. was optimistic that the House and Senate can reach agreement on a five-year Farm Bill the agriculture industry has been waiting for since September. The Senate version of the bill was voted out of committee Tuesday, and is poised...Tags: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Scranton, U.S. Congress, Politics, Science and Technology
-
Defense official to speak at Showcase
The Tribune-Democrat, Johnstown, Pa.Showcase for Commerce organizers and Brett Lambert are already quite familiar with each other. In 2012, Lambert, the Defense Department deputy assistant secretary of defense manufacturing and industrial base policy, was one of the 2,000-plus attendees...Tags: Wars and Interventions, John P Murtha, Politics, U.S. Congress, Defense
-
Casey, Toomey on Senate committee that will investigate IRS next week
Call Washington BureauPennsylvania's two U.S. senators sit on the powerful tax-writing Senate Finance Committee, which will begin its investigation of the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative groups at a hearing on Tuesday. Republicans and Democrats are...Tags: Jim Gerlach, Taxation, Tea Party Movement, Americans for Prosperity, Jack Lew
-
Casey calls for action on IRS abuses, Syria
The Philadelphia InquirerPennsylvania Sen. Bob Casey said Friday that the Obama administration needs to make a "clean break" by quickly identifying all who were responsible for the IRS's targeting of conservative groups and spelling out a plan to ensure it does not happen again....Tags: Personal Weapon Control, Wars and Interventions, Gun Control, Taxation, Crime, Law and Justice
-
Presque Isle advisory group hears about federal funding concerns
Erie Times-News, Pa.Presque Isle State Park's annual sand replenishment project isn't in President Barack Obama's budget proposal for 2014. Park Operations Manager Harry Leslie shared the bad news at the Presque Isle Advisory Committee meeting Thursday. However, Leslie...Tags: George W. Bush, U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations, Barack Obama, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Patrick J. Toomey
-
Latest Pennsylvania business
CASINO REVENUE Pa. table games revenue up 8.9 percent in April PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Gambling regulators say gross revenue from table games at Pennsylvania's 11 casinos was up 8.9 percent last month when compared to April of 2012. The...Tags: Metal and Mineral, Environmental Pollution, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry, CONSOL Energy Incorporated
-
Measure passed to unify Asian carp prevention efforts
Portsmouth Daily Times, OhioDuring debate of a critical water resources development bill, the U.S. Senate passed an amendment Wednesday introduced by U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) that would help prevent the invasion of Asian carp in the Ohio and Upper Mississippi River Basins....Tags: Local Government, Natural Resource Industry, Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry, Al Franken, Patrick J. Toomey
-
Power cut in VA operating rooms
The Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewA contractor working on the VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System's Oakland campus accidentally cut power for more than three hours in two operating rooms while surgeries were taking place, prompting lawmakers to demand answers about what happened. One...Tags: Legionellosis, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, U.S. Congress, Hospitals and Clinics
-
Metzgar joins call for Pennsylvania commissioning of USS Somerset
staff writer, @damichellegThe Pennsylvania House of Representatives is asking the Navy to have the USS Somerset commissioned in the state. The House unanimously passed a resolution Tuesday written by state Rep. Carl Walker Metzgar, R-Allegheny Township. The goal of the...Tags: Carl Walker Metzgar, Pennsylvania General Assembly, Bill Shuster, U.S. Department of Defense, Patrick J. Toomey
-
Twelve vie for four Scranton School Board seats
The Times-Tribune, Scranton, Pa.School safety and finances are key issues in the race for Scranton School Board, which includes 12 candidates vying for four open seats. Tom Borthwick, Robert Casey, Cy Douaihy, Bob Lesh, Mark McAndrew, Carol Oleski, Tom Schuster, Bob Sheridan and James...Tags: Students, Tom Corbett, Finance, Primaries, Scranton
-
Sen. Casey strives to make witness intimidation a federal crime
The Philadelphia InquirerSaying witness intimidation is a national issue, U.S. Sen. Bob Casey (D., Pa.) urged Friday that threatening or harming witnesses be made a federal crime. He pledged to reintroduce legislation giving federal prosecutors the right to bring such cases,...Tags: Elijah E. Cummings, Arlen Specter, Crime, Law and Justice, The Philadelphia Inquirer, U.S. Congress
-
Casey: U.S. should intervene in Syrian crisis
Sen. Bob Casey added his name Friday to a growing list of lawmakers urging the White House to take some form of military action against Syria in the wake of new evidence that President Bashar Assad used chemical weapons against his own people. Casey,...Tags: Wars and Interventions, U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Muammar Gaddafi, Marco Rubio, White House
May 16, 2013
|Story| McClatchy-Tribune
May 16, 2013
|Story| McClatchy-Tribune
May 16, 2013
|Story| Allentown Morning Call
May 18, 2013
|Story| McClatchy-Tribune
May 17, 2013
|Story| McClatchy-Tribune
May 17, 2013
|Story| AP Pennsylvania
May 11, 2013
|Story| McClatchy-Tribune
May 11, 2013
|Story| McClatchy-Tribune
May 7, 2013
|Story| Daily American
Apr 30, 2013
|Story| McClatchy-Tribune
Apr 27, 2013
|Story| McClatchy-Tribune
Apr 26, 2013
|Story| Allentown Morning Call
Original site for Robert P. Casey, Jr. topic gallery.
