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    Jul 1, 2012 |Story| AP Member Choice Limited

  1. Corbett signs second no-new-taxes Pa. budget

    Despite Republican domination of the Capitol, the final hours before Gov. Tom Corbett signed his second budget Saturday night were chaotic, with late-night votes, 11th-hour negotiations to seal deals and several senators almost hollering at each other over an obscure natural gas basin underneath southeastern Pennsylvania.
    Despite Republican domination of the Capitol, the final hours before Gov. Tom Corbett signed his second budget Saturday night were chaotic, with late-night votes, 11th-hour negotiations to seal deals and several senators almost hollering at each other...

    Tags: Netherlands, U.S. Senate, Elections, Democratic Party, Jim Ferlo

    2. Jun 26, 2012 |Story| Herald Mail

  2. Pa. lawmakers scramble to finish budget, education bills before new fiscal year

    Republicans in control of Pennsylvania’s Legislature scrambled Tuesday to finish writing a host of budget- and education-related bills to get them to fellow Republican Gov. Tom Corbett before the new fiscal year starts Sunday. That meant that...

    Tags: Democratic Party, U.S. House Committee on Appropriations, Health, Taxation, Tom Corbett

    3. Oct 25, 2011 |Story| Herald Mail

  3. Revived school vouchers bill heads for Pa. Senate vote

    The state Senate could vote as early as Wednesday on a bill that is designed to meet Gov. Tom Corbett’s desire to overhaul Pennsylvania’s worst-performing public schools by helping thousands more of those students afford private and parochial school tuition with taxpayer help, and making it easier to attend a different public school.
    The state Senate could vote as early as Wednesday on a bill that is designed to meet Gov. Tom Corbett’s desire to overhaul Pennsylvania’s worst-performing public schools by helping thousands more of those students afford private and...

    Tags: U.S. Senate, Allentown, Executive Branch, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Government

    4. Oct 26, 2011 |Story| Herald Mail

  4. Pa. Senate approves school voucher bill

     A major proposal to spend more taxpayer money to help possibly tens of thousands of lower-income families in Pennsylvania avoid struggling public schools and afford the cost of private or parochial school tuition for their children passed the state...

    Tags: U.S. Senate, Allentown, Elections, Democratic Party, Executive Branch

    5. Dec 14, 2012 | Allentown Morning Call

  5. Friday Morning Coffee: The Weekend Warm-Up.

    Capitol Ideas with John L. Micek
    Good Friday Morning, Fellow Seekers. Several departing state lawmakers, including the former top Republican on the Senate Education Committee, are in line for six-figure, taxpayer-funded payoffs as they head into retirement. State Sen. Jeff Piccola, R-...
    6. Oct 16, 2012 | Allentown Morning Call

  6. Tuesday Morning Coffee: Senate panel drops statewide board from charters bill.

    Capitol Ideas with John L. Micek
    Good Tuesday Morning, Fellow Seekers. The state Senate tweaked a charter schools reform bill last night, dropping language that would have created a statewide authorizing board for the alternative public schools. The amended bill kicked out of the...
    7. Nov 7, 2012 | Allentown Morning Call

  7. Faced with changed topography, legislative Republicans say they're ready for the next term.

    Capitol Ideas with John L. Micek
    With their margins eroded in the staet House and Senate, senior Republicans said this afternoon that they won't be taking their eye off the ball in the new session that starts in January. In the House, GOP leaders say they......
    8. Nov 7, 2012 | Allentown Morning Call

  8. Wednesday Morning Coffee: Post-Election Hangover Edition.

    Capitol Ideas with John L. Micek
    Good Wednesday Morning, Fellow Seekers. Sorry for being tardy. As you might imagine, things started early and ended late yesterday. So here's a quick round-up of Election Day action across the state. In the race for the White House, President......
    9. Nov 5, 2012 | Allentown Morning Call

  9. Bob Casey hits an AFSCME phone bank near Harrisburg.

    Capitol Ideas with John L. Micek
    With the clock ticking down to Election Day, U.S. Sen. Bob Casey spent part of his Monday night courting some of the voters who will count most for him on Tuesday: Union workers who were running a phone bank at......
    10. Nov 5, 2012 |Story| WPMT-LTV

  10. Pa. 15th District Senate Race Focuses on Harrisburg's Challenges

    The candidates in the race to succeed retiring state Sen. Jeff Piccola (R-15th) have engaged in one of the most fiercely fought races in Pennsylvania, attacking each other for weeks on air and in debates over issues directly impacting the Capital City.
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    The candidates in the race to succeed retiring state Sen. Jeff Piccola (R-15th) have engaged in one of the most fiercely fought races in Pennsylvania, attacking each other for weeks on air and in debates over issues directly impacting the Capital City....

    Tags: U.S. Senate, Politics, Harrisburg (Dauphin, Pennsylvania), Elections, Executive Branch

    11. Aug 3, 2012 | Allentown Morning Call

  11. Friday Morning Coffee: The weekend warm-up.

    Capitol Ideas with John L. Micek
    Good Friday Morning, Fellow Seekers. Welcome to the first weekend of August. Hopefully there aren't too many dog days ahead of us. But if that distant howling we hear this morning is any indication, then there might be a fair......
    12. May 19, 2012 |Column| Allentown Morning Call

  12. Pennsylvania school superintendent buyout legislation moves in Harrisburg

    You have to appreciate Johnstown. First, this is the town that inspired the 1977 movie "Slap Shot," filmed in Johnstown and based on the real Johnstown Jets of the old North American Hockey League. Two of the actors portraying the movie's infamously...

    Tags: American Hockey League, Allentown, Arlene Ackerman , Dave Hanson, Jack Wagner

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