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Some mysterious disappearances and deaths seem to draw in all manner of oddities and strange clues. In September of 1996, fifty-year-old Judy Smith, born Judith “Judy” Eldridge, was the happiest she’d been in a long time. After two unhappy, failed marriages, one which had left her divorced, without a job, and with two small children... Read more »
Capital-Star photo by Stephen Caruso House Speaker Bryan Cutler (R-Lancaster) Among the youngest people to oversee the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, the next two years will be Speaker Bryan Cutler’s first first full session as the Republican-controlled chamber’s presiding officer. The 45-year old Lancaster Republican’s role is to moderate debate and call up bills on the floor for votes. The position can be used to exert control of the...
Although both Republican and Democratic House leaders called for his resignation when the videos became public, Bernstine ignored them and won re-election in November with 51.5% of the vote in a three-way race. In a Tuesday letter to current House Speaker Bryan Cutler, Bernstine recounted that former Speakers John Perzel, a Republican; Bill DeWeese, a Democrat; and the late Herbert Fineman, a Democrat, were convicted of public corruption charges. “Sadly, Pennsylvania has a deep history of bipartisan corruption, and the plaques are an appropriate way to inform visitors to the Capitol about s...