Cambria County Controller Ed Cernic has dropped out of the contest for the congressional seat of the late John P. Murtha, saying he was endorsing Mr. Murtha's former district director Mark Critz. (Today)

Cambria County Controller Ed Cernic has dropped out of the contest for the congressional seat of the late John P. Murtha, saying he was endorsing Mr. Murtha's former district director Mark Critz. (Yesterday)

WASHINGTON -- After losing five terms' worth of seniority for bolting from the Republican Party, Sen. Arlen Specter, D-Pa., is slowly gaining it back. (03/19/2010)

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has refused to stop Allegheny County District Attorney Stephen Zappala's investigation of state Sen. Jane Orie's alleged campaign activities on behalf of her sister, Supreme Court Justice Joan Orie Melvin (03/18/2010)

Rep. Joe Sestak is trying to have an Allegheny County opponent thrown off the ballot. The Onorato campaign considered asking a court to do the same thing with a gubernatorial contender, but changed its mind. And the only woman on the crowded GOP lieutenant governor's ballot faces an early threat to her candidacy. (03/18/2010)