Mary Wilson
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Let school boards decide on arming teachers, Pa. lawmaker proposes
When it comes to whether school employees in Pennsylvania should be armed on the job, a state lawmaker is proposing to leave the decision ...
11 years ago
Pension overhaul at the top of Corbett’s 2014 to-do list
Gov. Tom Corbett’s team seems to be gearing up for round two of the fight to overhaul Pennsylvania’s public pension systems i ...
11 years ago
$52 million grant goes to Pa. for early education programs
Pennsylvania has been awarded a $51.7 million federal grant to improve early education programs. The money will help increase acce ...
11 years ago
Move to trim Pa. Legislature advances
Legislation to shrink the number of lawmakers in Pennsylvania’s Legislature has cleared the first of several hurdles. Debate ...
11 years ago
Severance tax on natural gas drilling pushed in Pa.
A group of Pennsylvania lawmakers and advocates — including state Rep. Gene DiGirolamo, R-Bucks — is calling on their colleag ...
11 years ago
Pa. thinking inside the box on prescription drug disposal
With the help of a federal grant, the Corbett administration is launching a drug take-back program in Pennsylvania, intended to decrease ...
11 years ago
Gubernatorial candidates go a-courting at Pennsylvania Society gathering
The 115th annual Pennsylvania Society event, when the state’s political movers and shakers descend on New York City for parties and ...
11 years ago
Senate looks to lottery to help stretch Pa. revenues
Pennsylvania’s Senate has adjourned for the year on a somewhat frenzied note as lawmakers search for solutions to looming budget di ...
11 years ago
Expansion of human-trafficking law backed in Pa.
Pennsylvania’s Senate is moving to beef up state laws against human trafficking. The Senate’s approval of the legislat ...
11 years ago
Hunters may get $25 bounty for each coyote killed in Pa.
Hunters in Pennsylvania could collect a bounty for coyotes under a measure passed by the state House. Legislation would allow the ...
11 years ago
Prescription sought to keep young physicians in Pa.
Doctors are calling for improved strategies to keep new physicians in Pennsylvania. They’re urging state lawmakers to increa ...
11 years ago
DEP pick confirmed in Pa., leaving lawmakers to squabble
Gov. Tom Corbett’s pick to oversee Pennsylvania’s Department of Environmental Protection sailed through Senate confirmation T ...
11 years ago