In an outspoken, iconoclastic career spanning three decades and two parties, Barbara Hafer has earned plenty of headlines in campaigns, mostly successful, for an array of state and local offices. (Today)

Rep. Daryl Metcalfe would be happy to run with either Tom Corbett or Sam Rohrer. And if they strayed from his vision of small government conservatism, he'd be happy to run against them. (Today)

President Barack Obama is pushing Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to go further than Obama has previously disclosed to strip the final health care reform bill of the narrow deals aimed at appeasing specific senators. (Today)

Former state treasurer and auditor general Barbara Hafer this morning announced she is dropping out of the race for the Democratic nomination to succeed the late U.S. Rep. John Murtha (Yesterday)

State Rep. Daryl Metcalfe, R-Butler County, is joining the already crowded field of candidates for the GOP nomination for lieutenant governor. (Yesterday)