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Pa. high court wants review of voter ID access
Pennsylvania’s highest court on Tuesday told a lower court that it should stop a tough new voter photo identification law from taking effect in this year’s presidential election if the judge concludes voters cannot easily get ID cards or...Tags: Parties and Movements, Interior Policy, NAACP, Justice System, Elections
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ACLU: 1 million Pa. voters lack valid photo ID
About one-third of Pennsylvania’s 8.3 million voters are unaware of the new state photo ID law that takes effect on Election Day and at least 1 million voters lack the documents they need to take to the polls for their votes to count, lawyers...Tags: Interior Policy, Justice System, Elections, U.S. Department of State, Politics
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Penn State football program slammed with NCAA sanctions
Associated Press WritersThe NCAA crippled Penn State football for years to come and practically tore Joe Paterno’s name out of the record books Monday, erasing 14 years of victories and imposing an unprecedented $60 million fine and other punishment over the child sexual...Tags: Fines, Health and Safety at School, Teaching and Learning, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Jerry Sandusky
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Pa. permit order stirs DEP debate
Critics say a new order from Gov. Tom Corbett will pressure state employees to more quickly approve environmental permits, including Marcellus Shale gas wells and projects that involve sensitive wetlands or ecosystems. The order, signed July 24, is...Tags: Environmental Politics, Executive Branch, Environmental Issues, Environmental Cleanup, Politics
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Judge upholds Pa. voter ID law
Associated PressA Pennsylvania judge on Wednesday refused to stop a tough new voter identification law from going into effect, which Democrats say will suppress votes among President Barack Obama’s supporters. Commonwealth Court Judge Robert Simpson said he...Tags: Interior Policy, Parties and Movements, Justice System, Elections, Trials
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Ruling on health care overhaul might affect Medicaid in Pa.
Gov. Tom Corbett now appears to have more leeway in deciding whether to go along with an expansion of the Medicaid program following Thursday’s ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court upholding President Obama’s historic health care overhaul....Tags: U.S. Supreme Court, Lawyers, Medicaid, Justice System, Health
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Local lawmakers think Pa. budget 'reasonable'
waynesboro@herald-mail.comA $27.7 billion spending plan passed Thursday by the Pennsylvania House of Representatives calls for 10 percent cuts to human services, flat funding for state-supported colleges and universities, and slight increases for K-12 education. The...Tags: Todd Rock, Executive Branch, Rob W. Kauffman, Pennsylvania General Assembly, Joseph F Markosek
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Pa. Senate gives budget OK with hours to spare
A budget plan savaged by Democrats as taking from the poor to give to the rich but defended by Republicans as appropriate and responsive to taxpayers and businesses won final legislative approval Friday before it went to Gov. Tom Corbett to become law for...
Tags: Interior Policy, Business, Budgets and Budgeting, Jay Jr Costa, Patricia H Vance
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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...
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Tuition at Pa. state-owned universities going up by 3 percent
Students at Pennsylvania’s 14 state-owned universities will pay about 3 percent more for tuition and technology fees in the coming school year following action Monday by the board of governors of the State System of Higher Education. For in-...Tags: Executive Branch, The Pennsylvania State University, Kutztown, University of Pittsburgh, Education
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Tuscarora area business officials attend Corbett breakfast
Tuscarora Area Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Mary-Anne Gordon and Tuscarora Area Development Association board member Don MacAskill joined representatives of the Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry and other local chamber leaders from...Tags: Executive Branch, Labor Legislation, Regional Authority, Labor Markets, Career and Workplace
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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: Parties and Movements, Justice System, Schools, Budgets and Budgeting, Health
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