Mar 16th, 2010 · Former Congresswoman Marjorie Margolies (D-PA) lost her seat after she voted "yes" for President Clinton's budget. Margolies says she didn't realize at the time that her constituents would respond as they did, but still believes she did the right thing.
Feb 16th, 2010 · As John Murtha is about to be buried in his beloved Johnstown, Pa., the state legislature may kill his congressional district as well in the next round of redistricting.
Feb 8th, 2010 · Rep. John Murtha (D-PA) died Monday of complications from surgery at the age of 77. Murtha was a retired Marine Corps Officer, a Vietnam veteran, one of the most outspoken critics of the U.S. war in Iraq and a strong defender of Congressional deal-making. NPR’s Senior Washington Editor Ron Elving remembers Murtha and his legacy.
Jan 17th, 2010 · College students helped fuel the rise of candidate Barack Obama. One year after the president's inauguration, reporter Joel Rose goes back to school to take the political temperature. On the Penn State campus, at least, that temperature is chilly.
Jan 14th, 2010 · Soul singer Teddy Pendergrass dies in Pa. at 59
Dec 17th, 2009 · The town of Shenandoah, Pa., was torn apart by a racially motivated crime. Now, the federal government has gotten involved. They've charged three top police officers in the town of covering up evidence in the fatal beating of a Mexican immigrant. Two white football players are in jail now for the attack, although the most serious charges against them were thrown out by a jury. Federal prosecutors says that's because police officers in the town knew the boys and altered evidence in the case.
Dec 16th, 2009 · Shenandoah, Pa., police were charged Tuesday with trying to cover-up the fatal beating of a Mexican immigrant by white teenagers. A civil suit filed in 2006 accused the police with beating to death a Hispanic teenager, then hanging him from the bars of his holding cell to make it appear a suicide.