Category: News

  • Pennsylvania Bill Allows Victim’s Family To Address Parole Board

    Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Joann Curley, who is serving a 10- to 20-year sentence for poisoning her husband to death more than two decades ago in Luzerne County, has been up for […]

  • State, Local Chambers Urge Lawmaker Support Of Transportation Bills

    Central Penn Business Journal The Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry, along with nearly three dozen local chambers of commerce — including several in the midstate — sent letters today […]

  • Ignore The Ads And Proceed With Privatization

    Washington Observer Reporter With a deadline looming at the end of the month, the truncheons are coming out in the battle over whether Pennsylvania should privatize wine and liquor sales. […]

  • PA GOP Chairman Statement On Flag Day

    HARRISBURG — Republican Party of Pennsylvania Chairman Rob Gleason released the following statement commemorating Flag Day, which celebrates the adoption of the flag of the United States by resolution of the […]

  • Schwartz, McCord Oppose Liquor Privatization

    Democrats come out against convenience, private sector jobs and more revenue HARRISBURG — Republican Party of Pennsylvania Chairman Rob Gleason released the following statement regarding Allyson Schwartz and Rob McCord’s opposition […]

  • Counties, Governor Seeking Block Grants For County Services

    Washington Observer Reporter Washington County Commission Chairman Larry Maggi was among 20 county commissioners who stood this week with Gov. Tom Corbett in Harrisburg, where the governor called on the […]

  • Transportation Bill Gets Big Supporter

    Philadelphia Business Journal Governor Corbett would be willing to support a transportation funding proposal that exceeds what’s already been proposed, according to a PennDOT worker quoted by CBS Philly. In […]

  • Pa. House Approves No-Tax-Hike Budget

    Philadelphia Inquirer The state House on Wednesday approved a $28.3 billion no-tax-hike budget, increasing education funding by $100 million and directing millions more to the disabled. The 108-92 vote, after […]

  • Health Benefits Come Under Knife Ahead Of ObamaCare

    Investor’s Business Daily Spending on health benefits in service occupations and among small firms exposed to ObamaCare mandates shrank over the past year, new Labor Department data show. Although employers […]