http://www.post-gazette.com/election/ PG election news and opinion en-us Copyright 2012, post-gazette.com. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 09:40:01 -0500 15 http://www.post-gazette.com/includes/2007design/images/150x30pg_now_logo.gif http://www.post-gazette.com/ 144 39 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12047/1210597-178.stm?cmpid=elections.xml A flurry of pretrial motions Wednesday afternoon delayed the start of former Democratic state Rep. Mike Veon's trial on public corruption charges, which is now scheduled to begin this morning. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12047/1210599-454.stm?cmpid=elections.xml A bill fast-tracking through the General Assembly aims to send a tough message to local governments in Pennsylvania: Pass gun-control measures at your own financial peril. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12047/1210554-176.stm?cmpid=elections.xml MILWAUKEE -- President Barack Obama came here Wednesday to promote his new "insourcing" economic plan, which he says could help prod U.S. manufacturers to bring jobs home from China and elsewhere overseas. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12047/1210555-176.stm?cmpid=elections.xml GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. -- Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is wooing tea partyers in his home state of Michigan with a potentially risky strategy: blasting the auto industry bailout that many people credit with saving the state's most vital industry. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12046/1210278-455.stm?cmpid=elections.xml Saying he wasn't pleased by his own decision, the judge presiding over the criminal case against the Orie sisters on Tuesday ordered that the two women be tried separately. Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12045/1210128-100.stm?cmpid=elections.xml An Allegheny County Common Pleas judge this morning agreed to sever the trials of state Sen. Jane Orie and her sister Janine Orie, who were scheduled to go to trial at the end of this month on charges they misused the senator's legislative staff to run an election campaign. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:22:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12045/1210081-176-0.stm?cmpid=elections.xml Rick Santorum has pulled even with Mitt Romney in two national polls while vaulting ahead of him in his home state, Michigan, the site of one of the next two primary contests in the tumultuous Republican presidential race. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 12:16:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12045/1209997-57.stm?cmpid=elections.xml Jury selection is under way in a state corruption case against a former top Democratic lawmaker in Harrisburg and his one-time aide. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12045/1209996-55.stm?cmpid=elections.xml D. Raja, the Republican candidate for Allegheny County executive last year, is poised to join the run for state Sen. John Pippy's seat south of Pittsburgh. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12045/1210022-54.stm?cmpid=elections.xml The defense attorney for state Sen. Jane Orie, R-McCandless, is asking for the appointment of a special prosecutor to investigate alleged leaks from the grand jury. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12045/1210055-298.stm?cmpid=elections.xml Several Pittsburgh students are in Harrisburg for Valentine's Day, but it's not so they can deliver chocolate and flowers to Gov. Tom Corbett. Instead, it's so they can send him a message: that the governor's proposed education budget is breaking students' hearts. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12045/1210057-53.stm?cmpid=elections.xml The state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources will assume growing responsibility for a refurbished Point State Park in coming years, eventually taking over all maintenance and security from the city. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12044/1209943-100.stm?cmpid=elections.xml The defense attorney for state Sen. Jane Orie, R-McCandless, has filed a motion seeking the appointment of a special prosecutor to investigate alleged grand jury leaks. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 14:55:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12044/1209937-100.stm?cmpid=elections.xml WASHINGTON -- Education and transportation emerged as top priorities for President Barack Obama, who this morning presented his fourth spending plan, one that would increase taxes on the wealthy while preserving most government programs. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 13:42:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12044/1209938-100.stm?cmpid=elections.xml U.S. Rep. Jason Altmire, D-McCandless, beat U.S. Rep. Mark Critz, D-Johnstown, in the battle Sunday for the Allegheny County Democratic Committee endorsement. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 11:36:00 -0500