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$2.5 million more going to help poor Pennsylvanians with legal needs
Legal aid for Pennsylvania’s poor and disadvantaged will get more funding under a measure recently signed by Gov. Tom Corbett. ...
11 years ago
Pa. panel nudges medical marijuana forward; hurdles await when lawmakers reconvene
A proposal to legalize medical marijuana has been left to smolder until the fall, as Pennsylvania lawmakers have started their summer bre ...
11 years ago
Charters dodge Pa. changes to special education funding
A recently approved tweak to special education funding won’t apply to charter schools in Pennsylvania after all. State lawmakers sh ...
11 years ago
Pa. pension debate oozes into summer campaign season
After weeks of lying low during the state budget process, Gov. Tom Corbett is packing his schedule with visits across Pennsylvania to cal ...
11 years ago
Pa. braces for credit downgrade after budget and pensions soufflé
While the Pennsylvania budget still awaits the governor’s signature, state lawmakers have largely wrapped up their work without add ...
11 years ago
Pension vote delayed in Pa. until fall as Corbett reviews budget
Gov. Tom Corbett said he’s not finished looking over the Pennsylvania budget proposal sent to him Monday night. “ ...
11 years ago
Philly cigarette tax rejected by House GOP
Pennsylvania House Republicans rebuffed an attempt to let Philadelphia impose a cigarette tax to help fund its city schools. GOP l ...
11 years ago
Corbett reviewing Pa. budget ‘line by line’
Governor Tom Corbett has until July 9 to decide what to do with the Pennsylvania’s budget. While he was hoping he coul ...
11 years ago
Pa. lawmakers deal Corbett a pension setback
Pennsylvania lawmakers have unceremoniously tabled a public pension overhaul supported by Gov. Tom Corbett. The proposal to c ...
11 years ago
No-tax hike budget teed up for final vote in Harrisburg
A roughly $29.1 billion Pennsylvania state budget is poised for final votes in the House and Senate Monday. The plan includes no n ...
11 years ago
Offering an ultimatum, Corbett calls for pension reform before he’ll OK Philly cigarette tax
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett says Democratic state lawmakers should pony up votes to pass a public pension overhaul bill if they want Ph ...
11 years ago
Pa. Senate again considers ban on live pigeon shoots
The umpteenth effort to ban pigeon shoots in Pennsylvania has cleared a state Senate panel. Animal rights activists have been tryi ...
11 years ago