Howard Dean in the capital city

Democrat leader urges voter drive
Saturday, August 16, 2008
By Kari Andren, Special to the Post-Gazette
HARRISBURG — A nationwide drive to register voters for the Nov. 4 election, headed by Democratic National Chairman Howard Dean, stopped yesterday at Harrisburg’s High School of Science and Technology to drum up support for U.S. Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois, the [...]

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DeWeese, Rendell express disappointment

Friday, July 11, 2008
BY KARI ANDREN, For The Patriot-News
Disappointment and outrage filled the Capitol Thursday after Attorney General Tom Corbett’s announcement that 12 Democrats had been charged in the state’s legislative bonus scandal.
“I feel searing disappointment over the actions of those I trusted,” said House Majority Leader William DeWeese, a Greene County [...]

A late night indeed

State budget remains unresolved
By John L. Micek and Kari Andren of the Morning Call
HARRISBURG — As state lawmakers and the Rendell administration worked through the night Sunday on the state budget, one senior negotiator said the two sides hoped to reach a ”handshake agreement” soon.
A top Republican Senate aide said the two sides are working [...]