Category: Governor’s Office News
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PoliticsPA’s Ups & Downs: 9/9
Politics PA Tom Corbett. The Governor has handled the recent weather emergencies well, and emerged as a leader doggedly tackling a non-partisan issue. Nothing says “I’m one of you,” like […]
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Effort To Cut Size Of Pa. General Assembly Gains Support
Philadelphia Inquirer Proposals to trim the size of the Pennsylvania General Assembly have been floated, and swiftly shot down, for decades. But now there may be some muscle behind that […]
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Corbett Thinks Voters Would Support Plan To Cut State House
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Speaker Sam Smith’s proposal to cut the size of the state House has a good chance of becoming law if voters have their say, Gov. Tom Corbett said […]
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Why Pa. Mustn’t Levy New Tax On Gas Drillers
Jim Cawley Philadelphia Inquirer Jim Cawley is lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania and was chair of Gov. Corbett’s Marcellus Shale Advisory Commission. What if there was an industry that had 70,000 Pennsylvanians working in […]
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Poll Finds Faith In Corbett On Rise Among Female Voters
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Ruth Renik acknowledges that her support for Gov. Tom Corbett wavered when he proposed steep cuts in state higher education funding and money for public schools. “I was […]
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Governor Signs Major’s ‘Clean And Green’ Bill Into Law
Wayne Independent A bill introduced by Rep. Sandra Major (R-Susquehanna/Wayne/Wyoming) will enable Pennsylvania bluestone mining operations to be assessed under Clean and Green, a state program that offers substantial tax […]
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Lt. Gov. Cawley Speaks To Schuylkill Leaders On Marcellus Shale Facts
Hazleton Standard Speaker Lt. Gov. Jim Cawley challenged Schuylkill County’s newly formed Marcellus Shale task force to make recommendations to the county commissioners based on fact and not emotion regarding […]
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Gov. Corbett’s Marcellus Shale Panel’s Suggestions A Good First Step
Matthew Ehrhart Harrisburg Patriot-News Drilling for natural gas in Pennsylvania represents the single largest potential environmental impact since coal mining. Thousands of wells, hundreds of miles of pipelines, rebuilt roads […]
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Penn State Report Even More Bullish On Marcellus Shale
Andrew Maykuth Philadelphia Inquirer An updated Pennsylvania State University economic study of the Marcellus Shale gas boom is even more bullish than past reports, projecting that Pennsylvania could supply a […]