The invitation of Bill Ayers to speak at Millersville University this March sparked some local outrage.  Ayers was invited to speak last February by Millersville to speak on the topic of urban education, a field in which Ayers is renowned for.  But his role in the 2008 presidential elec......

David Greene, White House correspondent for National Public Radio, said speaking at Franklin & Marshall College on Monday evening was like a homecoming."My mother was a psychology professor here at F&M for about 17 years," he told his audience at the Roschel Performing Ar......

The Obamas' first official appearance as first family-elect will be long remembered for many weighty historic reasons, but it could also signal another new beginning: an entirely different fashion sense in the White House. The Obama family took the stage in Chicago Tuesday night in color-co......

Gil Smart hails the beginning of a post-racial era with the election of Barack Obama, and discusses some lingering questions about the lingering impact of Sarah Palin. ......

The election of America's first black president brought tears to 29-year-old Jaleel Phillibert's eyes and, for the first time, inspired true belief in a postracial world. "To me, it gives not just black people but any minority, woman and young person hope — that things will c......

No more "I am (fill in the blank) and I approved this message." No more debates, town hall meetings and maps covered with red states and blue states. No more Sarah Palin sketches likely on "Saturday Night Live." After two looooong years, the campaign is finally ove......

NEWS ANALYSIS

You've heard it time and time again in the last two years — how important Lancaster County would be to winning the all-important battleground state of Pennsylvania. Well, it was. To Democrat Barack Obama. The U.S. senator from Ill......

Sen. John McCain needed to win big in Lancaster County to help him win big in Pennsylvania. Neither happened, and Sen. Barack Obama won the presidential race Tuesday, sweeping into office on a message of change and hope in a country feeling battered by the economy and unhappy with the current R......

In 2006, when a home rule charter was first being publicly discussed, squabbles and controversies frequently bogged down the Lancaster County Commissioners, and the moment seemed ripe for a change. But in the two years between November 2006 — when 51 percent of voters approved a study of ......

Lloyd Smucker, a businessman and former West Lampeter Township supervisor, beat back the wave of voter dissatisfaction with Republicans to win election to the state Senate on Tuesday. Smucker, a Republican, received 57 percent of the vote to defeat Democrat Jose Urdaneta, who launched a formida......

Another election, another landslide win for U.S. Rep. Joe Pitts. Democrats did not come close on Tuesday to budging the six-term Kennett Square Republican. The dour economy and voters' disapproval of President George W. Bush did not help three challengers — Democrat Bruce Slater,......

It was the only school board in the state to turn down gambling dollars to lower property tax bills. But the voters of the Eastern Lancaster County School District overturned that decision on Tuesday. When asked if they wanted state money to lower property taxes, they overwhelmingly said y......

Linda MacDougall waited in line for an hour Tuesday to vote in Manheim Township's 2nd District. She abandoned her spot in line, went to work and returned to wait another hour. Her second voting line at mid-afternoon snaked through a hallway of Brethren Village, the retirement home on Lititz......

Sen. John McCain needed to win big in Lancaster County to help propel him to victory in Pennsylvania. He won, but by a smaller margin than past Republican candidates here, and Sen. Barack Obama took the state and the nation in the presidential race. McCain won almost 56 percent of the v......

Lancaster County voters flocked to the polls in droves early today — many waiting in lines stretching as long as 150 people in the predawn hours — to finally cast ballots in a presidential race that drew to a close after two years. New Era interviews with nearly 200 early-morning vo......

After enduring nearly two years of the campaign for president, voters will finally have their say on Tuesday. If you'll be one of them, expect to wait in long lines and wade through rows of partisan volunteers looking to sway every last remaining undecided voter. Pennsylvania, after all......

Lancaster County's representative in the U.S. House, Republican Joe Pitts, is asking voters to send him back to Washington in 2009 so he can work on sound energy and health-care policies. But the 69-year-old lawmaker faces three challengers in Tuesday's election — a Democrat, B......

County election officials are bracing for a record voter turnout here on Tuesday, which will include thousands voting for the first time. With the huge interest in the presidential race and the new voters more likely to cause delays, people should not expect a stop at their polling place to ......

Sunday News columnist Gil Smart discusses the latest political insider stories saying that Republican vice presidential nominee, Sarah Palin, has gone "rogue" and ignores the advice of top McCain advisers.Click the "Video" tab to watch.
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A faked photograph of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin with a hunting rifle inspired a national hit just after the Republican National Convention in early September. Country singer Pat Garrett, owner of Pat Garrett's Sheepskin Outlet and Pat Garrett's Amphitheater, wrote the tune "Moose Sho......

She did better than expected, but the debate Thursday night between Gov. Sarah Palin and Sen. Joe Biden didn't change anybody's mind about who they are voting for in November. At least not the dozen or so shoppers at Central Market this morning who spoke about the vice presidential d......

It's not exactly clear what mistakes some people were worrying — and others were hoping — Sarah Palin would make during last night's debate. But she didn't make them. In her highly anticipated 90-minute encounter with Democratic vice presidential nominee Joe Biden, several local ......

(AP)Young Tad Lincoln herded goats into a White House sitting room. Quentin Roosevelt rammed his wagon into a historic painting. John Kennedy Jr. had to be scooped out of a hiding place in his father's desk. Amy Carter famously brought a book to a state dinner. And teenager Susan Ford, in a......

Greetings, and happy Friday to you. It's pop quiz time. Here are some trivia questions — a dozen in all — about the Barack Obama and John McCain/Sarah Palin rallies in Lancaster County the past eight days. Check the end of this column for the answers. ......

Republican presidential nominee John McCain and running mate Sarah Palin portrayed themselves as a "team of mavericks" who will clean up Washington during a joint appearance at Franklin & Marshall College this afternoon. "Change is coming. Real change is coming to Washingt......

Hillary Clinton's combination of innovative plans and government experience make her the best candidate for an environmentally friendly America. Not only does she have an impressive background in aiding the environment; she also proposes to take advantage of green technology to create much-......

As the presumptive Republican nominee for the 2008 presidential election, Sen. John McCain now can focus on campaigning, with the help of the entire party. One of the more underrated issues of this election in general is the environment. With the rising cost of oil, a scorching planet and ......

The environmental plans of both Democratic presidential nominees are strikingly similar, and both are pretty good. Both Obama and Clinton support a "cap-and-trade" system that involves auctioning off pollution credits to corporations, in hopes of reducing emissions by 80 percent by 20......

Twelve-year-old Maddie Hartke-Weber elbowed her way to the front of the Barack Obama rally at the University of Maryland. She wasn't a screaming fan or an autograph-seeker. No, she had a press pass and a couple of questions she wanted to ask the Democratic presidential candidate for a story that...