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Senate Returns Tuesday To Confirm Beemer As AG, Castor Has Porn Email Report: The Senate Thursday announced it is returning to session Tuesday to confirm Bruce Beemer as Attorney General, replacing Acting Attorney General Bruce Castor.  The Senate held a brief non-voting session day August 23 to accept Beemer’s nomination from Gov. Wolf.

At about the same time, Acting Attorney General Bruce Castor sent an email to the 800 employees in the Office of Attorney General saying he is now reviewing the porn email report prepared by Douglas Gansler of the Maryland law firm Buckley Sandler, according to the Associated Press.  Click Here for more.
Bumsted: Employees Being Notified If Names In Porn Email Report

Thompson: Castor Has Big Call To Make On Porn Email Report, Not Much Time

AP: Castor Tells Staff He’s Reviewing Porn Email Report

McKelvey: AG Staffers Warned They May Appear In Porn Email Report

Couloumbis: Fear, Loathing As Porn Email Report Nears Release
Ex-Justice McCaffery Makes Rounds With AG Candidate Rafferty

Editorial: Campaigns As Legal Slush Funds

VP Candidate Kaine To Make Stops In PA Next Week

Olson: Kaine To Campaign In Lehigh Valley

Paint Job Rallies Trump Supporters In Youngstown

Closer Look At McGinty’s 2nd Quarter Financial Reports

McGinty Makes Fair Pay A Campaign Priority

McGinty Lays Out Plan For Working Families In Pittsburgh
Democrats’ Weak Bench Undermines Hope Of Taking Back U.S. Senate

Bumsted: Gift Policy Reform Often Unanswered In PA

Murphy: In The House, Even Prayer Practices Proving Controversial

AP: Nonbelievers Sue Over House’s Opening Prayers

Op-Ed: Sen. Teplitz Outlines Legislative Accomplishments

Micek: Time For Legislature To End Pay To Pray

Murphy: State University Faculty Offered Raises For Higher Healthcare Payments

State University Faculty Unions Will Vote On Whether To Strike

State University Faculty Take Step Toward Possible Strike

Lackawanna College, Faculty Reach Contract Agreement

Casey Urges Bystanders To Help Prevent Campus Sexual Assaults

Editorial: College Students Should Take Their Safety Seriously

McKelvey: Charter School Funding Disputes Stuck In Limbo

Audit Finds Oversight On Charter School Payments Insufficient

State Leaves School District Funding Disputes Stuck In Limbo

Sen. Williams: HBO’s Oliver Went To Far Criticizing Charter Schools

State Not Tracking Lobbying By Marijuana Companies

Hazleton Greenhouse Seeks Marijuana Business

Uber Drivers Can Now Use App To Sign Up For Retirement Accounts
How Uber Lost More Than $1 Billion In First Half Of 2016

Draft Regs For Medical Marijuana Growers, Processors Raise Questions

PA Judicial Summit Focuses On Coordinating Drug Abuse Fight

PA Begins Tracking Patients Who Use Addictive Painkillers

PA Offers Database Of Patient Prescriptions To End Doctor Shopping

Johnny Doc Sends Letter To Union Members In Wake OF FBI Raids

Philly Council Member Stays Silent On FBI Searches

PA Prison Overcrowding Leads To Philly Business Opportunity

Editorial: End Juvenile Sentencing Injustice
Editorial: Pols Should Stay Out Of Charity Business While They’re Pols

Editorial: Lancaster Inmate Population Trending In Right Direction

PA Changes Law On Inactive Retirement Accounts
Would-Be Growers, Processors Should Have Shovels Ready

AP: U.S., Turkey At Impasse Over Extraditing Poconos Cleric

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