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It’s Official: Philadelphia Traffic Court Is Dead

After all the corruption reports and legislative maneuvering this spring, today’s outcome was a foregone conclusion. Still, it’s official: Philadelphia Traffic Court is no more. […]

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Tom Corbett Fires A Cabinet Member Over Racially Charged Email

The head of the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Richard Allen, has been under scrutiny lately for negotiating in secret to open up drilling […]

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Nobody Likes Tom Corbett, Vol. 973

I guess Tom Corbett’s beloved new Philly.com column hasn’t generated any uptick in the polls. U.S. Rep. Allyson Schwartz leads him 45%-35%, and Treasurer Rob […]

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Tom Corbett to Prevent Obamacare From Covering Abortions in Pennsylvania

Starting next year under the Affordable Care Act, Pennsylvania residents can use federally-run “exchanges” to shop for health insurance plans. The marketplaces will make comparative […]

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Philly.com Doubles Down on Embarrassing Tom Corbett Material

Yesterday on the Philly Post, there was a little intra-staff debate going on about the merits of Philly.com. In one corner was Joel Mathis, arguing […]

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The Real Trouble With Philly.com’s Tom Corbett Column

In 2007, the Inquirer hired Rick Santorum to write a bimonthly column. The former senator, earning $1,750 a pop, was accused of making things up in his very first piece. A couple […]

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2 Republican Senators Are Worried that PA Terrorists Are Getting Welfare

Are there any Pennsylvanians on the federal terrorist watchlist receiving welfare assistance? And if so, how can we prevent them from getting it? Those are […]

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Actually, Tom Corbett Has One Latino Staff Member

Calm down lefty media hyperventilators! After you all jumped down Tom Corbett’s throat for his comment about having no Latino staff members, the Governor’s people […]

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Tom Corbett to Write A Regular, Probably Dull Column for Philly.com

Joining the ranks of esteemed scribes Bernie Parent and “sexologist” Jill McDevitt, Tom Corbett will soon debut a regular column on Philly.com. We assume that […]

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Tom Corbett Could Use A Binderful of Latinos

ThinkProgress catches Gov. Tom Corbett admitting he has no Latinos on his staff, during an appearance hosted by Al Dia last week at the Union […]

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Millersville U. REALLY Doesn’t Want Governor to Speak at Graduation

Basically nobody at Millersville University is excited for the Governor of Pennsylvania to deliver their commencement address tomorrow. They blame him for the budget cutbacks […]

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Tom Corbett Is Very, Very Unpopular

More news from that F&M poll we talked about earlier: Tom Corbett’s approval rating is low—very low: Only 25 percent of Pennsylvania voters believe the […]

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Corbett: State Pensions Cost $9,000 Per Household

Tom Corbett’s been promising to do something about the growing specter of state employee pensions: On Tuesday, he opened his campaign: On Tuesday, he pointed […]

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Corbett Loses Voting Power as Pro-Paterno Candidates Sweep Trustee Elections

The backlash to the Paterno backlash continues at Penn State, where pro-JoePa candidates swept elections for the Board of Trustees on Friday. Not at all […]

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Don’t Let Republicans Scare You About Obamacare

For the past few years, my colleague, health and fitness editor Emily Leaman, and I have worked together to produce our annual “Top Doctors” feature. […]