Category: Governor’s Office News
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Corbett Says Unemployment Reform Equals More Jobs
PA Independent Gov. Tom Corbett signed a bill into law Tuesday that will let the commonwealth pay off nearly $4 billion in federal debt. The bill, passed by both chambers […]
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Corbett: “the Spending Is Too High”
WITF Gov. Corbett makes no bones about the fact that budget talks have been a Republicans-only affair so far — they are in the majority, after all. But there’s still […]
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Corbett, GOP Lawmakers Press School-Related Bills
Associated Press Gov. Tom Corbett and his fellow Republicans who lead the state Legislature are working to develop a package of public school and education-related legislation that they can complete […]
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Gov. Tom Corbett Defends State Budget
KDKA Governor Tom Corbett, R-Pennsylvania, was in Pittsburgh today. He started bright and early and used the nation’s oldest radio commercial radio station, NewsRadio 1020 KDKA, to talk about issues […]
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Legislature Must Show Fiscal Constraint — Now More Than Ever
Rep. Stephen Bloom Harrisburg Patriot-News A strange thing happened between 2010, when Pennsylvania voters overwhelmingly said “no” to unsustainable growth in government spending, and 2012, when some legislators inexplicably started […]
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Penn. To Obama: ‘Back Off!’
Joel Gehrke Washington Examiner Mike Krancer, Pennsylvania’s Secretary of Environmental Protection, suggested that President Obama’s environmental regulators need to “back off” and let his office handle oil and natural gas […]
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Gov. Corbett Signs Bill To Protect Student Athletes From Sudden Death
Bonnie Cook Philadelphia Inquirer Gov. Corbett signed into law this morning a bill designed to protect student athletes with undetected heart conditions from sudden death while playing sports. House Bill […]
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State House, Senate Leaders Move Toward Budget Agreement
Michael Macagnone Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Republican legislative leaders want to have a budget deal to take to the governor by next week, well in advance of the June 30 deadline. Senate […]
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Pennsylvania Pension Changes Proposed
Clara Ritger Pittsburgh Tribune-Review New state employees would get a retirement plan like a 401(k) instead of a guaranteed state pension under legislation Senate Republicans are crafting. Three members of […]