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Share + Nov 13, 2009 5:08 pm US/Eastern PETER JACKSON, Associated Press Writer As a judge set bail Friday for 10 defendants connected to the state House Republican caucus, political observers said the latest charges provide partisan balance to Attorney General Tom Corbett's ongoing corruption probe that should work to his advantage as he campaigns ...

Republican Attorney General Tom Corbett today is expected to file criminal charges in the ongoing legislative corruption probe that for the past year has focused on House Republicans.

In an abrupt reversal, Gov. Rendell today abandoned plans to convert the closing Willow Grove Naval Air Station into a state-administered emergency and defense hub.

Two candidates for governor in 2010, Democrat Tom Knox and Republican Jim Gerlach, say Republican Tom Corbett should step down as attorney general if he plans to continue to lead an investigation into alleged corruption in the state Legislature.

The Republican contest for governor soon could become a three-way race. State Rep.

The announcement comes a week after Doherty was re-elected to a third term as mayor.

The mayor of Scranton is set to officially kick off his campaign for Pennsylvania governor.

He's expected to spend millions of his own money on the race for governor, but Philadelphia businessman Tom Knox wants to limit contributions others can make to candidates for state offices.

WARNING: YOU are entering another dimension, a dimension not only of sight and sound but of mind - an election cycle for Pennsylvania governor with multiple candidates.

The senate is where the overhaul focus turns next, and that's where Democrat Joe Sestak wants to be.

State Rep. Sam Rohrer is expected to announce his candidacy for Pennsylvania governor at a Town Hall Meeting scheduled for Tuesday, Nov.

More than 100 fellow U.S. lawmakers are supporting U.S. Rep. Todd Platts' bid to become the federal government's top financial watchdog.

Six of the seven Republican candidates for Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas won Tuesday.

Democrat Tom Knox of Philadelphia was set to begin his campaign for governor today with a statewide TV advertising blitz and an e-mail blast to 800,000 Pennsylvanians.

AMID THE HUBBUB that surrounded yesterday's races for district attorney and city controller, the clear pop of the political starter's gun could be heard, signaling the start of the mad dash to the May 2010 primary election.

The time has come to elect people from outside the political system with proven track records to serve in Congress, candidate Steven Welch said.

You do know this is Pennsylvania, not New Jersey, right? Good. So you know that when you go to the polls on Tuesday you won't be able to vote for Jon Corzine, Chris Christie or Christopher Daggett for governor, right? That should be obvious.

Activists opposed to the plan to kill massive numbers of deer at Valley Forge National Historical Park have begun lobbying members of Congress to try to stop the shooting before it starts.

In this age of raucous and rabid partisan polarization, it's easy to picture two forces, one on the far right and the other verging on communism, poised to battle each other to the death.

After a more-than eight-year legislative battle, Congress voted last week to extend federal hate-crimes protections to LGBT victims.