Harrisburg
Liquor Privatization Bill Passes in House
Tom Corbett is halfway to reaching one of his major campaign promises: privatizing liquor and wine sales. Tonight, the House passed a bill to phase […]
PA Senate Declares “Peeps Are the Best”
In case tax season has left you grumpy about the productivity of your tax dollars, buck up! Last Tuesday, at the Pennsylvania State Senate, […]
Getting Your Money’s Worth? Corbett Highest-Paid Governor in the Country
Governor Tom Corbett, who makes $183,255 a year, is the highest-paid governor in the country. It’s unclear, however, if he’s really making as much as […]
Bob Casey Tells Harrisburg to Stop Messing Around with Electoral College
Senator Bob Casey Jr. has furrowed his bushy eyebrows over Harrisburg, condemning a Republican plan to change the allocation of the state’s electoral votes in […]
UPDATE: PA Liquor Privatization Passes House Committee
The Inquirer reports: The House Liquor Control Committee is scheduled to hold a hearing Monday to consider Gov. Corbett’s privatization plan, which calls for auctioning […]
Highway Robbery: A.G. Charges 8 with Corruption
Attorney General Kathleen Kane has charged eight with orchestrating a pay-to-blame scheme in which they would award contracts to friendly donors. The accused include former state […]
Powerful Law Firm Gave Corbett Thousands in Sweet, Suspicious Gifts
Last week, Tom Corbett found himself subject to an ethics complaint after taking thousands of dollars in gifts from powerful lobbyists and businesses. Just call […]
New Poll: Joe Sestak Among Long List of People Who Would Easily Beat Corbett
Tom Corbett is so unpopular, he would lose to someone almost completely unknown to Pennsylvania voters. In Quinnipiac’s latest poll, Allentown mayor Ed Pawlowski would […]
Pennsylvania Sued for Having “Dickensian” Prisons
A huge class-action federal lawsuit has been filed against the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections accusing the state’s solitary confinement conditions of being inhumane, and of […]
Texting Ban One Year Later: 1300 Ticketed
In the year since Tom Corbett signed Pennsylvania’s ban on texting-and-driving, 1300 distractible motorists were ticketed. (And think of how many more didn’t get caught, […]
Meet the Highest Paid Members of State Government
15 years ago, only 546 state employees made more than $100,000. This year? 4,831. (Tom Corbett was #190 on the list, with a 2012 salary […]
Corbett Budget Chief Says Rendell Was Running a “Ponzi Scheme”
Ponzi scheme: an fraudulent investment plot that pays its investors by roping in new, unsuspecting investors; OR a conservative depiction of a popular government program. […]
Will State Liquor Stores Die A Quick Or Slow Death?
CBS Philly reports: “The state House majority leader says his chamber will vote later this month or early April on legislation that would change the […]
Corbett Faces Ethics Complaint Over Expensive Gifts
We told you Tuesday about the Daily News report that Gov. Tom Corbett and his wife had taken thousands of dollars in gifts from lobbyists […]
Gov. Corbett Gets His Football and Hockey Tix For Free. How About You?
The Philadelphia Daily News reports: “A Daily News examination of state disclosure forms found that (Gov. Tom) Corbett and his wife, Susan, accepted $11,343 in […]