Primaries

What if media coverage were 100 percent liberal? To the editor: What would the newspaper and television coverage of the political scene be like if instead of being just 90 percent with the liberal slant, it was 100 percent? There would no longer be a...

Q: Do you support county funding for non-mandated services, such as the Lehigh Valley Zoo and the Green Future Fund, which helps preserve open space and farmland, and improve parks and recreational facilities? DISTRICT 1 Tom Creighton, R Non-mandated...

Q: Do you think Lehigh County is going in the right direction or the wrong direction? Why? DISTRICT 1 Tom Creighton, R I believe Lehigh County is headed in the right direction. We have been reducing the amount of money the county government spends...

In a typical primary election, voters often have to look around the edges to find differences between the same-party candidates. But Lehigh County executive candidate Scott Ott, a self-styled reformer, and Dean Browning, a traditional conservative,...

If "taxes are what we pay for a civilized society" (as the Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes quotation engraved on the facade of the Internal Revenue Service's headquarters asserts), it follows that any partisan abuse of the tax-collecting process is an...

After a contest for mayor of Los Angeles that has consumed the better part of two years, the two finalists, their staffs, the media and a largely disinterested electorate doubtless would welcome an end to the drama Tuesday, election day. But the large...

More than 2 million people can vote for mayor of Los Angeles. But if history is a reliable guide, as many as 1.6 million of them will skip Tuesday's election. That low turnout could mean that the winner will garner fewer votes than any newly elected...

In politics, it's not easy to develop a reputation as a nice guy, but somehow Bethlehem mayoral candidate Robert Donchez has managed. An even-tempered parliamentarian, the seasoned councilman has helped guide council through difficult debates, from...

Any kind of political communication -- be it a mailer, a phone call, a billboard -- is required by law to identify who paid for it. But at least three signs supporting the reelection of Los Angeles City Atty. Carmen Trutanich have sprung up without the...

The Democratic candidates for Northampton County executive agree on one thing: Northampton County needs to get back in the economic redevelopment game. Glenn Reibman, Lamont McClure and John Callahan all favor tax incentives to stimulate economic...

Two of the three candidates for Chambersburg mayor will square off in Tuesday’s primary election. Incumbent Pete Lagiovane faces a challenge in the Democratic primary from Eugene Rideout. The winner would face the only Republican in the race,...

On May 21, the primary elections for the Richland School District’s Board of Directors will be held, and candidates say they are focusing on the school budget. This year, there are four four-year positions and one two-year position open. The...