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Philly Schools Held Hostage to Pension Vote

We told you Friday that Philly Democrats were being offered a choice — they could get school funding, but only if they tossed their labor […]

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Tom Corbett’s Last Chance to Be a Real Governor

Gov. Corbett may not be able to adequately fund education in the state of Pennsylvania, but at least he’s got a pithy new aphorism explaining […]

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Do Philly Democrats Have to Choose Between Funding Schools or Liquor Privatization?

Philly Democrats are being offered a choice: You can get better funding for your schools, they’re being told in Harrisburg, but you’re going to have […]

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Binge-Drinking Deaths Higher in PA Than NY, NJ, or Maryland

The folks at Keystone Politics point us to this map, the places in the United States where binge-drinking is the deadliest:  

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State Budget Advances (Mostly) Without Education Funding Increases

AP reports that the Pennsylvania House Appropriations Committee has advanced a $29.1 billion budget plan that largely pulls back hikes in education funding that Gov. Corbett […]

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Kathleen Kane’s Bad Choices

There’s a proposal floating around Harrisburg that would downsize our bloated Pennsylvania government: It would cut seats from both the legislature and judiciary, and eliminate […]

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Union Crackdown Bill Advances in PA House

A Pennsylvania House committee has passed a bill that would restrict the ability of the state to collect dues on behalf of public employee unions.

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Is QVC Keeping Blockbuster Films Out of PA?

TribLive reports that Harrisburg lawmakers are seeking to limit the amount of state TV production credits that West Chester-based QVC can claim in a year […]

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Retired Pennsylvania Workers: State Health Employees Silenced on Fracking

Two retired state employees have said they were told not to respond to calls about drilling in the Marcellus Shale by their bosses. The former […]

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PA Bill Would Let Cops Use Radar to Capture Speeders

Here’s good news if you’re a speeder: Pennsylvania does’t do that much to slow you down —we’re the only state in the nation that doesn’t […]

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Corbett: PA Budget Could Be Late, Might Include Fracking Tax

It’s that time of year when the immovable object of the Pennsylvania Legislature meets the … immovable object of the state’s budget deadline. (We realize that’s not […]

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State Contemplates LGBT Anti-discrimination Law

It’s come to this: Gays can now get married in Pennsylvania — and they can be fired for being gay. The state, after all, has […]

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State Closer to Permitting Private Sales of Beer and Wine

With the state legislative calendar winding down, two competing proposals have emerged to at least partially privatize the alcohol business in Pennsylvania:

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PA Senate Will Vote on Medical Marijuana

“A measure to legalize medical marijuana in Pennsylvania could be ready for a state Senate committee vote this month, supporters say,” Newsworks reports. “The bill […]

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Scarnati Tells PA Senate to Let Voters Decide on Government Downsizing

The sponsor of a bill to reduce the size of all three branches of Pennsylvania state government wants the question to be settled by voters, […]