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Senior Vice President for Government, Community and Public Affairs Ken Lawrence uses the computer in his office. | Alex Beaufort TTN

Lawrence reappointed to Judicial Conduct Board

17 February 2015 Joe Brandt

Gov. Tom Wolf appointed the Temple administrator to a board tasked with reviewing ethics complaints against state judges.

Steve Sansweet is the president and CEO of Rancho Obi-Wan – the largest collection of Star Wars memorabilia in the world. | COURTESY STEVE SANSWEET

Journeying to a galaxy far, far away

20 January 2015 Avery Maehrer

For young and old, Stars Wars remains the film franchise most worth celebrating.

Gay marriage at a standstill in Pennsylvania

29 August 2011 Cary Carr

As states in the Northeast legalize gay marriage, Pennsylvania remains stagnate in the push for equality among the GLBT community. As many states in the Northeast, most recently New York, take the final step in

To replace lost state dollars, university increases tuition costs and decreases operational expenses

19 July 2011 Angelo Fichera

When Gov. Tom Corbett signed Pennsylvania’s budget, he put to rest months of debates on where and how the commonwealth’s money should be spent for the 2012 fiscal year. A sliver of that money was

Concerned students take day off to rally for state funding

16 February 2011 Angelo Fichera and Siena Mazero

Students and leaders from Pennsylvania’s four state-related universities gathered in Harrisburg to make their voices heard regarding state funding for Temple, the University of Pittsburgh, Penn State University and Lincoln University. “Lest ye forget to

Table Games

16 November 2009 Editorial Board

State-related universities have waited too long for Harrisburg to pony up.