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    May 21, 2012 | Allentown Morning Call
  1. Dinner Hour Budget Update: #PaBudget Headed To House Floor.

    Capitol Ideas with John L. Micek
    The House Appropriations Committee Has Just Voted ... ... along party lines to send the $27.65 billion budget approved by the Senate two weeks ago to the House floor for a vote sometime during the week of June 4. The......
  2. May 21, 2012 | Allentown Morning Call
  3. Corman: Taxpayer return on higher education merits public investment.

    Capitol Ideas with John L. Micek
    Pennsylvania's $1 Billion Investment ... ... in higher education yields a return to the taxpayers in the form of lower tuition for in-state students, access to higher education for lower-income students and it spurs economic development in host...
  4. May 22, 2012 | Allentown Morning Call
  5. Tuesday Morning Coffee: Moving The Budget Dominoes.

    Capitol Ideas with John L. Micek
    Good Tuesday Morning, Fellow Seekers. In case you missed it yesterday, the House Appropriations Committee got the next set of budget dominoes in line as it voted, along party lines, to send the $27.65 billion budget plan approved by the......
  6. May 30, 2012 | Allentown Morning Call
  7. Wednesday Morning Coffee: Pension Reform (Take Two).

    Capitol Ideas with John L. Micek
    Good Wednesday Morning, Fellow Seekers. Now we're hardly the type of blog who'd gratuitously start a class or generational war, but, man, do the Baby Boomers have a lot to answer for. Not only did they foist horrible Nora Ephron-penned......
  8. May 9, 2012 | Allentown Morning Call
  9. GOP Senate sends its budget to the state House.

    Capitol Ideas with John L. Micek
    Gov. Tom Corbett weighed in Wednesday on the $27.6 billion budget backed by fellow Republicans in the state Senate, warning that even though the state has some extra money in its pocket, it’s still going to finish the fiscal year......
  10. May 8, 2012 | Allentown Morning Call
  11. $27.6 Billon Budget On Its Way To The Senate Floor.

    Capitol Ideas with John L. Micek
    The Republican-controlled state Senate has thrown down its marker in this year’s budget debate, as a critical committee gave its unanimous approval to a $27.6 billion budget plan that restores the Corbett administration’s deep cuts to higher...
  12. May 8, 2012 | Allentown Morning Call
  13. Tuesday Morning Coffee: Senate GOP To Unveil Its Budget Counter-Offer Today.

    Capitol Ideas with John L. Micek
    Good Tuesday Morning, Fellow Seekers. Majority Senate Republicans will unveil a $27,65 billion budget plan this morning that restores $245 million in spending on higher education and cuts $165 million in unspecified spending from the Corbett...
  14. Apr 25, 2012 | Allentown Morning Call
  15. With Senate Candidate's Defeat, Corbett's Political Prestige Takes A Hit.

    Capitol Ideas with John L. Micek
    With his defeat at the hands of Tom Smith in Tuesday’s Republican U.S. Senate primary, Chester County businessman Steve Welch wasn’t the only one who suffered a reversal in his political fortunes. Gov, Tom Corbett, who endorsed Welch at a........
  16. Apr 30, 2012 | Allentown Morning Call
  17. Monday Morning Coffee: Lawmakers Return To Official Start Of Budget Season.

    Capitol Ideas with John L. Micek
    Good Monday Morning, Fellow Seekers. When they return to work this afternoon, state lawmakers will begin the final push to approve a new state budget for the fiscal year that starts on July 1. Some parameters of the debate are......
  18. Dec 11, 2011 | Allentown Morning Call
  19. A Pennsylvania Society Geography Lesson.

    Capitol Ideas with John L. Micek
    The annual Pennsylvania Society weekend is about many things. And nearly all of them involve some variation on glad-handing, networking, celebrating and socializing. Also food and alcohol — lots of food and alcohol, paid for out of campaign money,...
  20. Dec 27, 2011 | Allentown Morning Call
  21. The Top Five Political Stories of 2011: No. 5 Transportation Funding.

    Capitol Ideas with John L. Micek
    Good Tuesday Morning, Fellow Seekers. From the inauguration of Gov. Tom Corbett in January to the Sandusky scandal at Penn State in November, the past year saw no shortage of headlines. Between now and Saturday, we'll be counting down the......
  22. Jan 4, 2012 | Allentown Morning Call
  23. House Democrats Call For Transportation Funding Fixes.

    Capitol Ideas with John L. Micek
    A trio of state House Democrats say they want to jump start Pennsylvania's long-stalled debate on transporation funding. "This ought to be our No. 1 priority in 2012," Rep. Dan Frankel, D-Allegheny, said during a Capitol news conference this morning.........
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