Lawmakers may close loophole   By Melissa Daniels | PA Independent   HARRISBURG — A concerned resident saw something amiss in the state's unemployment system. Something lawmakers had not yet noticed.  

Practice cost more than $2M in two years   By Melissa Daniels | PA Independent   HARRISBURG — The unemployment system was made to help those out of work, but one little loophole let state employees benefit to the tune of $2 million.

Bill would alter school funding structure By Melissa Daniels | PA Independent    HARRISBURG — Victor Saladino has spent the better part of 40 years working in the trucking industry, and he wants to retire.   But that isn't a likely option. Saladino's on the hook for some $11,000 in school property taxes on his 4.8- acre [...]

By Eric Boehm | PA Independent

HARRISBURG — The divides, they keep on coming, sort of.

By Patrick B.McGuigan | CapitolBeatOK OKLAHOMA CITY — It was a quiet week at the state Capitol, but does not mean things were not happening. Monday’s decision ending the Personhood Initiative drive got the most attention, but arguably it was not the most notable event of the week.