Considered the front-runner for the GOP presidential ticket, Giuliani should have few problems taking the state.

State Rep. Rosita Youngblood began her fall agenda by fighting to pass legislation she proposed that would force film companies to give a percent to state charities before they can receive their tax credits.

In the waning days before November's general election, campaign fundraising efforts for mayoral candidates Michael Nutter and Al Taubenberger have increased.

The fundraiser drew a few hundred women who paid an affordable $100 to attend the "all-women event" that marked the start of Clinton's "campaign with women" in Philly.

Fresh off his trip to New York City to visit with Mayor Michael Bloomberg , Democratic mayoral nominee Michael Nutter cruised into a fundraiser held in his honor last Thursday night.

The electric-car prototype, which can run for eight hours after a two-hour charge but can't run in heavy rain, fits in with the state's Growing Greener Initiative.

It's a sad commentary on the state of the 2008 presidential elections when beefcake photos of two of the Democratic candidates simultaneously grace the cover of a pair of national men's magazines.

The role of mayor is not a one-man show — just look at current Mayor John Street's failed formula — so it is important that a mayor surround himself with bright, competent people who can assist him and help him reach his goals.

There wasn't exactly a dearth of politicos last Wednesday night at Philadelphia magazine's party commemorating its annual Best of Philly issue. This year's schmoozy boozy confab was held at Rae in Cira Centre.

While lawyers and any other professional group often back various candidates, tort reform must certainly be a prevailing issue for them. (They need to litigate to survive, after all.)