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Interest in Medicaid expansion revives in Pa., then quickly hits wall
A state House committee voted 12-11 Wednesday to approve a measure forcing a Medicaid expansion in Pennsylvania. Some tried to sen ...
11 years ago
Pa. considers online gambling to build up revenues
Pennsylvania lawmakers are toying with the ideal of allowing online bets as a way to boost state tax revenue. Making online gambli ...
11 years ago
Push for GMO labeling measure in Pa.
A handful of advocates called on Pennsylvania lawmakers Monday to support mandatory labels on food altered through biotechnology. ...
11 years ago
Pennsylvania tax collections last month fell short by about $108 million, or 5.5 half percent. The report wasn’t unexpected, ...
11 years ago
A puff and a lather on the Pa. campaign trail
Expenditure lists can help illuminate the day-to-day workings of a modern statewide political campaign. The road to the Pennsylvan ...
11 years ago
Budget talks begin as Pa. revenue shortfall widens
State lawmakers return to Harrisburg this week for the relatively action-packed month of June. It’s a time reserved for finalizing ...
11 years ago
GOP plan to rework Pa. pension benefits does little to reduce $47 billion debt
Democratic and Republican state lawmakers differ on whether it matters that a plan to change pension benefits doesn’t take a big bi ...
11 years ago
Pension changes could save Pa. $11 billion over 30 years, analysis says
Pennsylvania House lawmakers have the actuarial analysis they need to start collecting votes on a measure to overhaul the state’s p ...
11 years ago
Immigrants seek Pa. support on issuing driver’s licenses
For a decade, Pennsylvania allowed undocumented immigrants to obtain driver’s licenses. Now immigrants in the commonwealth face lon ...
11 years ago
Write-in challenger takes GOP primary, but Fleck gets Dems’ nod in Pa.
Pennsylvania’s first openly gay state lawmaker says he nearly lost his re-election effort because of voters’ reaction to his ...
11 years ago
Actvists offer ‘bribe’ for ban on gifts to Pa. lawmakers, officials
Government reform activists say they haven’t forgotten state lawmakers’ pledges to address the blind spots in Pennsylvania la ...
11 years ago
N.J. pension fund troubles echo in Pa.
New Jersey and Pennsylvania are caught between a rock and a hard place: the budget shortfalls that make deferring pension fund contributi ...
11 years ago