Amanda Green-Hawkins, Democrat for PA Superior Court

Amanda Green-Hawkins had a choice to make.   She says she could have joined a high-powered law firm, or gone to work defending working families.   She chose the latter.   In New Jersey, she clerked for a Superior Court judge.  Back in Pennsylvania, she gained experience in government by serving on Allegheny County Council.   Ms. Green-Hawkins is […]

Child Sexual Abuse Lawsuits with Sen. Tim Kearney

A grand jury report documenting sexual abuse of minors by priests in the Catholic Church in Pennsylvania has lawmakers trying to implement the report’s recommendations.  Sen. Tim Kearney’s proposal allows future victims of this type of crime to sue their abusers at anytime.  He’s also supporting a 2-year retroactive window for past victims, for whom […]

Child Sexual Abuse Lawsuits with Rep. Jim Gregory

Two grand jury reports have documented chronic and systematic sexual abuse of hundreds of minors by priests in all eight Catholic Dioceses across Pennsylvania.   Their recommendations were to eliminate the criminal statute of limitations for victims to sue their abusers,  and to create a two-year retroactive window for victims to sue who had aged out […]

Brandon Flood, PA Secretary of Pardons

When newly-appointed Pardons Secretary Brandon Flood attends his first Pardons Board hearing, he’ll be able to empathize with the offender seated on the other side of the table.  When Mr. Flood was 17, he was convicted of possession of cocaine with intent to distribute the drug.  At age 22, he was convicted of illegal possession […]

Daniel McCaffery, Democrat for PA Superior Court

Daniel McCaffery is currently a judge on the Court of Common Pleas in Philadelphia.  He was a prosecutor and civil trial attorney for twenty-two years before he took a seat on the bench.  Due to retirements, two seats have opened up on the state’s Superior Court.  Judge McCaffery has been endorsed by the state Democratic […]

Congressman Dan Meuser

Dan Meuser is a newly-minted congressman as of January of this year.   He represents Pennsylvania’s 9th District in the eastern part of the state.  The congressman comments on immigration policy, the Pentagon computer-hacking charges against WikiLeaks founder Julilan Asange, the Mueller Report, net neutrality, and other topics.

Rebecca Warren, Republican for PA Superior Court

Because of judges’ retirements from the bench, PA Superior Court has two open spots.  Rebecca Warren is a former District Attorney of Montour County running for the court.  While she worked in the DA’s office in Columbia County, she created a protocol to minimize trauma for child victims in cases of abuse.   Rebecca Warren’s name […]

Cash Assistance with Rep. George Dunbar

Some low-income Pennsylvanians don’t qualify for traditional welfare to help make ends meet.  That’s where the state’s Cash Assistance program comes in.  But its future is in doubt.  Rep. George Dunbar says the current state budget has no money for the program, so he’s sponsoring a bill that would shut it down on July 1st.    […]

Christylee Peck, Republican for PA Superior Court

Christylee Peck is currently a judge on the Court of Common Pleas in Cumberland County.  She’s a former prosecutor, and a former Assistant District Attorney.  She’s looking forward to addressing the same kinds of cases she rules on now, but in a more “global fashion.”  Christylee Peck is running in May’s primary for one of […]

Matt Drozd, Republican for Allegheny County Executive

Matt Drozd is a businessman and a former Allegheny County councilman.  He describes himself as a “political moderate, but a fiscal conservative.”  He believes the six years he spent in the Air Force Reserve can help him consider complex security threats as Allegheny County Executive.  He says the incumbent Rich Fitzgerald is a caretaker that […]