I spent a good part of my adult life leaving the Lehigh Valley. I've lived and worked in Turkey, China and England, but the Valley seems to be my center of gravity. After graduating from William Allen High School and Kutztown University, I went to graduate school at Emerson College in Boston and then City University in London. Traveling abroad changed me in many ways, especially in how I think of other cultures and my own. But it also made me homesick. After more than a decade of working as a teacher and journalist overseas, I returned home, to Allentown. Since then, I've been a journalism teacher and an editor for community newspapers. And now with Patch, it's clear there's no place like home.
Pennsylvania's budget hearings, when lawmakers hear from department heads about their specific needs, kicked off Tuesday and will continue through early March.
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Pennsylvania Supreme Court rules that your home address is public information.
Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice Joan Orie Melvin was on the other side of the law Thursday, as she was convicted on six counts of using public resources for campaigning.
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Pennsylvania’s General Assembly began its budget hearings this week.
Billions of dollars of unpaid restitution were recorded in a new Pennsylvania report – some of it from car accidents and drunken driving incidents.
Attorney General Kathleen Kane was able to block the state’s lottery privatization effort, which she said runs afoul of the Pennsylvania Constitution.
Pennsylvania’s newest attorney general Kathleen Kane said the administration’s contract to privatize management of the Pennsylvania Lottery is unconstitutional and not statutorily authorized.
U.S. military drones are used overseas and domestically, as new Federal Aviation Administration laws allow police nationwide to use drones.
Raising Up: Pennsylvania Sen. John Rafferty wants $2.7 billion in new revenues for roads, bridges, mass transit and other transportation projects.
The Montgomery County state Senator wants to legalize marijuana in Pennsylvania and sell it alongside alcohol in the state-run liquor stores.
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Wine in grocery stores is one tenant of Gov. Tom Corbett’s privatization plan that could happen if Pennsylvania sells off its wine and liquor stores and expands licensing.
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Pain at the Pump: Motorists filling up in Pennsylvania already pay some of the highest taxes in the nation. Gov. Tom Corbett’s tax gas proposal could mean paying 75 cents in taxes for every gallon of gas.
