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President and CEO Charles Mitchell on Philadelphia’s Morning Answer with Chris Stigall
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VP Josh Shapiro? Ad Spotlights Governor’s Failed Leadership
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Governor Shapiro’s Do-Nothing Record Makes Him a Perfect Fit for Vice President
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New Ad Highlights Shapiro’s Historic Ineffectiveness
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State Senators Against Interstate 80 Tolling
Eleven state senators (Sens. Gordner, MJ White, Baker, Boscola, Browne, Corman, Earll, Eichelberger, Folmer, Piccola, and Robbins) have sent a letter to US Transportation Secretary Peters expressing concerns over tolling…
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RendellCare Version 1.2
Governor Rendell has now stated that he won’t sign the extension of the MCare program (which funds medical malpractice claims) unless it includes funding of his Cover All Pennsylvania…
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600 Things caused by global warming
Here a list of 600 things attributed to global warming, all with links to the article source (HT to Government Bytes) . For my favorite: a tossup between…
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Share the Wealth, Joe Camel
The PA Attorney General has joined a lawsuit against RJ Reynolds demanding $7 million ($100 million among the several states in the suit) because a cartoon version of Joe…
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Religion and Politics (and Health Care)
Rep. Scott Boyd offers a rebuttal to Governor Rendell’s claims that Jesus want Christians to support his Cover All Pennsylvanians proposal. Boyd instead calls for some free-market…
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Cyber School Students Deserve Equal Treatment
HARRISBURG, PA — Today, the Commonwealth Foundation called on the House Education Committee to treat all public school students equally, whether they attend traditional district schools or cyber public…
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Tax Money for Soccer Stadium?
Lowman Henry on the wisdom – or lack thereof – of using $45 million in taxpayer subsidies to build a soccer stadium in Pennsylvania. There are a couple of…
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Bill threatens future of Pa. cyber schools
Editorial by Joanne Jones Barnett in the Express Times on the renewed effort to limit funding, enrollment, and now even teachers in cyber charter schools.
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Tolling rivals confront leaders
Centre Daily Times on the most recent discussion of tolling I-80. Sounds like it isn’t too popular in that neck of the woods. Also, Turnpike CEO Joe Brimmeier is…
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State’s pension plans on the edge
Lancaster Sunday News article on the state pension system and proposed legislation to convert to a defined contribution plan. For more on the proposed pension reform, check out our…
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How much should we spend on health care?
A couple of interesting blog post on StateHouseCall.org regarding the Familes USA report on the burden of health care cost (get the PA report here, and the PA…
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Reform is Alive and Well
Rep. Josh Shapiro enters into the “is reform dead” debate on his new blog.
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No single solution to transportation crisis
Robert Latham takes us (along with the Turnpike Commission) to task in an Patriot News op-ed. Among the charges lobbed our way is that we are pushing a Turnpike…
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JoePa makes more than me.
Penn State is ruined! At least that is what their lawyers claimed would happen if they had to reveal Joe Paterno’s salary. But the state Supreme Court ruled that the…
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Act 44/Turnpike Links
Act 44 Information: Act 44 and Transportation Policy Points I-80 Lease and other documents Morgan-Stanley report Rendell on CNBC – “Act 44 wasn’t good enough” IRRPP…
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I-80 toll meeting gets ugly in Bloomsburg
Apparently the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission’s “Peace Tour” isn’t promoting much peace along the I-80 corridor. The Pocono Record reports that Tempers flared again later…
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More on REAL ID
More on the topic of our REAL ID Budget & Tax News update on REAL ID in the states. From Cato: The REAL ID Act: An Update…
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FreedomWorks calls for Repeal of Act 44
Freedom Works has joined in the calls for repeal of Act 44 – the Transportation Funding scheme of borrowing, raising Turnpike tolls, and tolling I-80 to fund road…
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Rendell-Lite alternate energy bills advance
The PA Senate keeps pushing forward alternative energy legislation, or “Rendell Lite.” One of the bills would “provide a $1 state subsidy for each gallon of biofuel, made…
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Britney Spears to adopt?!?
My first thought on reading the headline “Britney Spears to adopt Chinese twins” was that it was a cruel joke. My second thought, on reading the story, was that…
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Another “Is Reform Dead” Editorial
Madonna and Young’s Politically Uncorrected attempts to assess “the reform movement” (which as a monicker needs to be killed). They are generally accurate in their assessment of the lack…
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