I had a story on the Pennsylvnia Cable Network (PCN) in the Patriot-News two weeks ago. Here is some extra information that didn’t make it into the Sunday story. More than 10 million Pennsylvanians in 3.3. million homes on 150 cable systems can watch PCN. PCN has a $4.5 million operating budget and a 34-person [...]

This ran for the Patriot-News of Harrisburg on Sept. 7 Next year, retiring state Rep. Jerry Nailor won’t have to listen live to the drum of the Pennsylvania General Assembly’s debate, which is lengthened by camera hogs, he said. “There are a handful of legislators who say, ‘I am for motherhood and apple pie, and [...]

This brief ran online Thursday for the Patriot-News, prepping for yesterday’s front page story: Some college presidents who recently asked for a national dialogue on the 21-year-old drinking age say the focus of their effort has been lost. Some 123 university and college chief executives, including 15 in Pennsylvania, signed on to the Amethyst Initiative, [...]

Front-page story for the Patriot-News: This isn’t about lowering the drinking age. That’s what Dickinson College President William Durden will tell you. This is about watching parents follow their freshman sons and daughters into dormitories with beer in tow. “We have a societal problem towards the attitude of alcohol that we have to fix,” Durden [...]

This on Page One of today’s Patriot-News: Erich Scherfen developed a love for flying early. Growing up in New Jersey, he would play outside and watch airplanes fly toward John F. Kennedy Airport. After military service, he became a commercial airline pilot. Today, the Gulf War veteran is fighting to keep his professional life in [...]

This Web brief for the Patriot-News, officially filed one minute after Associated Press Harrisburg correspondent, PLCA president, and Pennsylvania Capitol legend Peter Jackson filed his own to the wire: A Gulf War veteran and his wife say they’ve been unfairly placed on a federal list that limits their commercial flight access. To fight back, the [...]

A brief in Friday’s Patriot-News: A group of local state Republican lawmakers accused the Rendell administration of attempting to spin the Commonwealth Court ruling on furloughing state workers during a budget impasse. Wednesday’s ruling by Judge Mary Hannah Leavitt said when a budget impasse extends past the July 1 deadline, the governor can choose between [...]

This for the Harrisburg Patriot-News, in today’s edition. Howard Dean, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, spelled out the Keystone State’s importance for Barack Obama during a stop in Harrisburg on Friday. “We must win Pennsylvania,” Dean said at SciTech High. “Pennsylvania is very important to us. … Only you can win it.” Dean spoke [...]

Blurb for tomorrow’s Patriot-News: JUST THE FACTS Penn State fans who happen to be Comcast subscribers are now able to view the Big Ten Network on basic cable, which means no additional charge on your cable bill. BTN will broadcast the first game of Penn State’s football season on Aug. 30, when the Nittany Lions [...]

Quick Web item for Patriot-News on an appearance in Harrisburg by Howard Dean: Howard Dean, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, said Pennsylvania is a “must win” today after a speech in Harrisburg. The half-hour address to 200 people – most of whom were students at SciTech High where the speech was held – focused [...]