Category: Governor’s Office News

  • Pennsylvania’s Tax Burden: Slay Leviathan Pennsylvania’s Tax Burden: Slay Leviathan

    Pittsburgh Tribune-Review How can Pennsylvania add jobs and boost its economy? The Tax Foundation says that’s elementary — lift the crushing tax burden on businesses. The nonpartisan research group’s study, […]

  • Corbett Makes Business Trip To Saxonburg

    Valley News Dispatch Gov. Tom Corbett yesterday pitched state budget provisions that he says will create and sustain jobs to about 150 Du-Co Ceramics employees gathered in the company’s Saxonburg […]

  • ICYMI: Pennsylvania Works Hard To Woo Businesses

    Brad Bumsted Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Competing with states such as North and South Carolina to lure businesses and jobs, Pennsylvania offers grants and other incentives to help close deals. But in […]

  • Rookie Governors: Who’s Doing Well?

    Governing Magazine It’s been over a year since the governors of the Class of 2010 began their tenures. How are they doing? In this second of four installments, I look […]

  • State’s Voting Chief To Class: Get Involved

    Hazleton Standard Speaker Learning about civics and American government from a textbook is one way for students to explore the rights and duties of citizenship in government. Having a high-ranking […]

  • Secretary Of The Commonwealth Visits The Classroom

    Pocono Record Secretary of the Commonwealth Carol Aichele, a former fourth grade teacher, must have felt at home when she spent some time in a fourth grade class at Middle […]

  • Pennsylvania’s 2nd-In-command Visits West Penn Township, Discusses State Budget

    Republican Herald Local business leaders had a chance to talk with Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. Jim Cawley on Wednesday during a business roundtable held in the West Penn Annex, Route 309. […]

  • Lt. Governor Speaks To Local Republicans

    The Morning Times Republican officials and candidates at all levels of government, including Lt. Governor Jim Cawley, dined with some of their top local supporters at the Towanda Country Club […]

  • Governor Fires Back At Democrats Over Transportation Funding

    Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Gov. Tom Corbett this morning said Democrats who have criticized him for not offering a plan to boost funding for Pennsylvania’s crumbling transportation system are “ballsy.” Democrats didn’t […]