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Exclusive: TSA Failed To Enforce Key Homeland Security Screening Process | By Bill McMorris | Old Dominion Watchdog ALEXANDRIA — Holiday travelers could receive enhanced pat-downs at the hands of… More

Report Shows Pension Crisis Runs Deep At Municipal Level | Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Scranton and others “severely distressed” A recent report on the status of municipal pension plans in Pennsylvania found… More

Supreme Court Gives Gaming Board Special Treatment | Editor’s Note: This story appears today as part of the PA Independent’s Year in Review series. This week, we will… More

Five Years Later, Many Pay Raise Legislators Still In Office | Moving onwards and upwards to Senate, Congress Five years after the Pennsylvania General Assembly passed the controversial pay raise in… More

Pennsylvania Legislators Flying a Too-Friendly Sky? | Taxpayers pick up tab for conferences in California, union meetings Between 2007 and 2009, Pennsylvania’s state legislators spent $52,564.80 on… More

Edinboro University Death A Suicide? | School, police clam up; Family just wants answers EDINBORO – What were conceivably the happiest three years of 18-year-old Kieran… More

Barnes Foundation Moving with RACP Funds | Concerns over national heritage site status persist The art collection of the Barnes Foundation, valued between $25 billion and $30… More

Five Years Later, Pay Raise Legislators Still in Office | Moving onwards and upwards to Senate, Congress Five years after the Pennsylvania General Assembly passed the controversial pay raise in… More

WAMs Are Still Part of “Bare Bones” Budget | No one knows where the $65M came from Over $65.5 million for special community and development grants, though removed from… More

PA Supreme Court Gives Gaming Board Special Treatment | Court has exclusive jurisdiction over gambling issues Pennsylvania’s gambling industry has special access and unique privileges before the state Supreme… More