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Budget priorities taking shape in Harrisburg
HARRISBURG — Choice and convenience. They are two words Gov. Tom Corbett has used often since February. He says them when talking about his budget proposal to expand beer sales and sell the state-owned liquor store system to fund a four-year grant...
Tags: Career and Workplace, Edward G. Rendell, Budgets and Budgeting, Government, Privatization
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Pennsylvania lawmakers float pension reform bills
HARRISBURG — A dozen years ago, state Rep. Chris Ross voted to give himself and 252 other lawmakers 50 percent pension hikes, while state workers and teachers got 25 percent increases. On Tuesday, Ross said the 2001 pension vote was bad. That vote,...Tags: Career and Workplace, Justice System, Government, Crime, Law and Justice, Executive Branch
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Pa. AG meets lawmakers; Corbett pushes CHIP plan
State Attorney General Kathleen Kane’s first appearance before a legislative panel went swimmingly Wednesday as she fielded one polite question after another from members of the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee. Kane, a Democrat who was...Tags: Lawyers, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Insurance, Politics
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Monday Morning Coffee: Senate Finance Committee to take up Lottery privatization.
Capitol IdeasGood Monday Morning, Fellow Seekers. If you're not at this morning's 10 a.m. session of the Senate Finance Committee, then the chances are pretty good that you'll be missing out on the hottest (and pardon the pun) ticket of 2013....... -
Friday Morning Coffee: The weekend warm-up.
Capitol Ideas with John L. MicekGood Friday Morning, Fellow Seekers. Well, here we are, starting one of the last working days before the Christmas interval. Hopefully you have all your shopping finished and you've laid in a sufficient supply of Curiously Strong Adult Beverages so...... -
Wednesday Morning Coffee: Former Sen. Jane Orie appeals her sentence.
Capitol Ideas with John L. MicekGood Wednesday Morning, Fellow Seekers. We're on the road today and blogging from one of our Commonwealth's finer Green Cup chain coffee establishments. As is so often the case in these instances, we're running late and severely under-caffeinated, so we'... -
Monday Morning Coffee: Lawmakers Return To Official Start Of Budget Season.
Capitol Ideas with John L. MicekGood 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...... -
Thursday Morning Coffee: The Thursday Five.
Capitol Ideas with John L. MicekGood Thursday Morning, Fellow Seekers. We're a little under-caffeinated this morning, so we'll dispense with the usual preambles and formalities and just dive right into the Top Five stories making news this 19th day of April. 1. For the second...... -
Tuesday Morning Coffee: It's Super Tuesday.
Capitol Ideas with John L. MicekGood Tuesday Morning Fellow Seekers. It's Super Tuesday! It's that magical day where voters in states where you don't live will head to the polls to determine the fate of the Western World. Or, at minimum, prolong the agony that...... -
Thursday Morning Coffee: Have You Met Our Friend Jerry Mander?
Capitol Ideas with John L. MicekGood Thursday Morning, Fellow Seekers. The state Senate wrapped up its calendar for the year last night by approving a map of the 18 Congressional districts Pennsylvania will have in 2012. The narrow 26-24 vote saw four Republicans: Mike Brubaker...... -
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Tags: Centre County, Trout, U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, Over-the-Counter Medicines, Finance
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Tuesday Morning Coffee: A Few Housekeeping Changes.
Capitol Ideas with John L. MicekGood Tuesday Morning, Fellow Seekers. Welcome to (yet) another rainy day here in the seat of government. Before we get into the usual mix of news, headlines, gossip and half-truths you've come to expect from us, we wanted to get......
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