Category: Governor’s Office News

Reading Eagles It’s a great day to be a Pennsylvania taxpayer when you witness your elected officials doing exactly what you elected them to do (“Corbett on time to sign […]

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review President Obama said the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act — the “stimulus package” — was for “shovel-ready projects.” The president has already stated this wasn’t true, saying “Shovel-ready […]

Mary Wilson Newsworks Gov. Tom Corbett says he supports the privatization of wine and liquor sales in Pennsylvania. His comments come ahead of the introduction of a bill to do […]

Sari Heidenreich Pittsburgh Post-Gazette By 2013, Pennsylvania will have a website on salaries, costs and more. State government will soon begin putting together a website that will provide one-stop access […]

Sari Heidenreich Pittsburgh Post-Gazette As his first six months in office draw to a close, Gov. Tom Corbett gave Pennsylvania 46 new laws Thursday. Signing bills and resolutions into law […]

Caleb Taylor PA Independent Gov. Tom Corbett’s budget strategy reduced state spending and avoided a difficult vote on a natural gas drilling fee, while setting himself up for a three-year […]

Robert Swift Scranton Times-Tribune Pennsylvania will scale back welfare benefits and place new demands on recipients under terms of a law enacted with the state budget. The measure signed last […]

Peter Jackson Associated Press Lawmakers, lobbyists and outside observers give the administration mixed marks overall. Freshman Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett achieved much of his austerity agenda in the General Assembly this […]

Brad Bumsted Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Even some Democrats agree that Republican Gov. Tom Corbett delivered on his campaign promises to slash state spending without raising taxes and he helped enact an […]