Tom Corbett

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SEPTA Says It’s Got A Funding Crisis on its Hands

Because the state government has not released a new budget (and doesn’t appear likely to up SEPTA’s funding from last year), SEPTA declared in a […]

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How Tom Corbett Made Us All Losers in the Pennsylvania Lottery

In the winter of 1992, newly elected Mayor Ed Rendell inherited a city unable to pay its bills. Within five years, he found, the city […]

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If It Ain’t Broke, Privatize It: Corbett to Hand Over Lottery to British Firm

A week after a report found that Pennsylvania’s state-run lottery was raking in record profits (eclipsing last year’s then-record profits), Governor Corbett has announced his […]

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As Cuomo Vows to Get Tough, Corbett Signs Gun Control Bill

Yesterday, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo vowed to establish the toughest assault weapons ban in the country, while Chris Christie re-iterated his potential support for […]

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Now You Can Report Terrorists Using Your iPhone

The Pennsylvania police has released an smartphone app that allows you to report terrorists using a picture or written message. “See Something, Send Something” appears […]

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Is Tom Corbett Less Popular Than Rick Santorum?

In Pennsylvania, Rick Santorum reigns supreme as the top once-successful-politician-who-made-the-electorate-hate-him-passionately. It’s a rare and exclusive category, but another big name may be joining him on […]

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Poll: Corbett’s PSU Lawsuit More Popular Than Corbett

If Tom Corbett’s bizarre flip-floppin’ lawsuit against the NCAA (for sanctions he once agreed with) was politically motivated, it wasn’t the worst idea in the […]

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Corbett Changes Mind on Gun Shows in Span of 6 Hours

Telling a caller that no one had proposed the idea to him before, Gov. Tom Corbett said in a Friday radio appearance that he would […]

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Corbett’s Penn State Folly: Suing NCAA Can’t Save Him

July of 2012 was notable for several reasons: the hottest month on record, both parties gearing up for the presidential campaign, and the voluntary acceptance […]

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Will Pennsylvania See Legal Marijuana in 2013?

Back in the ’70s, former Pennsylvania Governor Raymond Shafer’s national commission on marijuana ultimately recommended the decriminalization of pot with reams of scientific evidence. President […]

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Prominent Conservative Columnist Calls for Tom Corbett’s Head

Gov. Tom Corbett’s lawsuit challenging the NCAA’s penalties against Penn State in the Jerry Sandusky case has prompted one reaction he probably didn’t expect: A […]

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Buzz Bissinger Does Not Like Tom Corbett’s NCAA Lawsuit

Beloved curmudgeon Buzz Bissinger goes on a rant about Gov. Tom Corbett’s lawsuit against the NCAA at the Daily Beast today, calling the action “a […]

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Why Corbett Wants to Sue the NCAA for Penn State Sanctions

Penn State boasts the largest dues-paying alumni base of any school in the U.S., and one would imagine that many of them are registered voters […]

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Corbett to Sue NCAA Over Penn State Sanctions

Gov. Corbett will announce today that the state is suing the NCAA for the various sanctions it levied on PSU over the Sandusky scandal, including […]

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Corbett Has Signed Wayyy More Laws Than Rendell

In a cool new Pennsylvania contest we’ll call “law signing,” Tom Corbett is blowing Eddie Rendell out of the water. In his first legislative session, […]