Category: Governor’s Office News

  • Gov. Corbett Orders Flags At Half-Staff For Lancaster Soldier

    Myles Snyder WHTM-TV Gov. Tom Corbett today ordered all U.S. and Pennsylvania flags in the Capitol Complex and at commonwealth facilities in Lancaster and Philadelphia counties to be flown at […]

  • Smith: Corbett Defended: Fiscal Discipline Is A Responsible State Budget Strategy

    Erie Times-News As debate over the 2011-12 state budget begins in earnest, the charge to lawmakers from the Gov. Tom Corbett administration is crafting a fiscally responsible state budget that […]

  • Lieutenant Governor Tours Leroy Well Site

    Scranton Times-Tribune Lt. Gov. Jim Cawley on Thursday toured the site of the April 19 natural gas well blowback incident in LeRoy Twp. and said steps are being taken to […]

  • Wisc., Pa. Governors To Address Pro-Voucher Group

    Associated Press Two Republican governors are scheduled to speak at a Washington conference hosted by a nonprofit that pushes for private school vouchers and charter schools. Gov. Scott Walker of […]

  • Pennsylvania’s First Lady Hits The Ground Running

    Harrisburg Patriot-News It was easy to miss Governor and Mrs. Corbett in the near-capacity crowd Sunday at The Forum for Harrisburg Symphony Orchestra’s final pops concert of the season. They […]

  • A Victory For America

    National Review Bin Laden saw us as evil and weak, and turned out to be wrong on both counts. The Russians have a proverb, “God hurries not, but misses not.” […]

  • Corbett Nominees Advance

    Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Gov. Tom Corbett’s replacement as attorney general and nominee for the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources received strong recommendations from the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday. Long-time […]

  • Corbett Signs First Bill Into Law

    Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Gov. Tom Corbett signed his first bill into law on Monday, repealing a requirement that new homes built in Pennsylvania include sprinkler systems. In his brief remarks before […]

  • New Pa. Governor Tom Corbett Takes Oath

    NBC Philadelphia Tom Corbett became Pennsylvania’s 46th Governor in temperatures just above freezing and chilling rain in Harrisburg. Governor Corbett was sworn in on the steps of the east entrance to the […]