A big obstacle for developing a respected online news startup is access. That’s why having a feature interview with the new president of the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce was another in  a continuously more consistent stream of serious, originally-reported material for Technically Philly. Rob Wonderling is losing his office in the Harrisburg State Capitol [...]

My last day in Harrisburg for came at the end of last month, with the close of my lease with the International House Aug. 30 and the end of my post-graduate internship with the Pennsylvania Legislative Correspondents’ Association (PLCA). I came home with lots of experience, dozens of great references, and a pile of clips. [...]

While in Harrisburg until last week, I lived at the International House at Third and Chestnut, right in its center city. I left Aug. 30 – leaving my recommendations about what to do in Harrisburg. During the summer, most of its residents are foreign-born on temporary visas working at Hershey Park, nearby hotels or studying. [...]

Today is my last day in Harrisburg. A buddy and I are packing up my life from a summer-long post-graduate internship covering state government in Pennsylvania’s capitol. After visiting the 30th annual Pennsylvania Chili cook off here in Harrisburg who knows when I’ll be back. So, here’s my Harrisburg to-do list and how I fared [...]

By Christopher Wink | July 29, 2008 | Philadelphia Inquirer HARRISBURG – They call themselves, simply, “the Coalition.” They are an informal group of about a half-dozen citizen activists – most of them middle-aged men from Central Pennsylvania – who spend their time waging a grassroots war for governmental change in the Capitol. Each member [...]

PHILADELPHIA WAS RANKED the THE FIFTH MOST WALKABLE CITY IN THE COUNTRY – not as high as I would have suspected, but impressive nonetheless. But what is even cooler about this is Walk Score itself, the online application used to create the rankings. Walk Score ranked 2,508 neighborhoods in the largest 40 U.S. cities to [...]

Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell signs legislation on reforming state laws on lobbying and gaming, as Rep. Babette Josephs D-Philadelphia, looks on in Philadelphia, Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2006. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) By Christopher Wink | July 22, 2008 | Philadelphia Inquirer HARRISBURG – State Rep. Babette Josephs came to the Capitol in 1985 vowing to be [...]

By Christopher Wink and Mario F. Cattabiani | Jul 17, 2008 | Philadelphia Inquirer HARRISBURG – A week after 289 criminal charges were filed in a wide-ranging government corruption probe, a group of lawmakers yesterday called for a special legislative session devoted solely to restoring the public’s faith in Harrisburg. “There is a crisis of [...]

I contributed to today’s Pittsburgh Post-Gazette report that a state budget deal was reached and signed last night. I also cut an audio clip of Gov. Ed Rendell speaking on the budget, which the Post-Gazette put on its Web site: hooray for New Media! Alongside Rendell is House Appropriations Chairman Dwight Evans, D-Philadelphia, and House [...]

HARRISBURG — Today state Senate Democrats held a press conference warning of impending utility deregulation that they say will cause electric bills to jump as much as 65 percent per month for some. I have a story on the subject coming out tomorrow in the Post-Gazette, but it won’t include some of Sen. Vince Fumo’s [...]