Category: News
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Phila. Traffic Court Closer To Oblivion
Philadelphia Inquirer Philadelphia’s embattled Traffic Court is one vote and one key signature away from extinction. The state House on Wednesday, by a vote of 114-81, gave final approval to […]
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Republican National Committee Hires Senior Facebook Engineer As Chief Technology Officer
Huffington Post The Republican National Committee has hired a senior Facebook engineer with a decade of experience in Silicon Valley to fill its newly created position of chief technology officer, […]
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Holding Pattern: The Attorney General Is Hobbled By Controversy
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Next to his boss the president, Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. may have the hardest job in government. As the recent history of both major parties illustrates, […]
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State Police Commissioner: Agency Ready For Expanded Liquor Enforcement
Wilkes-Barre Citizens Voice State Police Commissioner Frank Noonan waded into one aspect of the liquor privatization debate Tuesday, saying his agency is fully capable of enforcing liquor laws even with […]
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Obama’s Health Secretary Won’t Intervene In Newtown Square Girl’s Transplant Case
Associated Press The U.S. health secretary said she won’t intervene in an “incredibly agonizing” transplant decision about a dying Delaware County girl, noting that three other children in the same […]
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Senate’s Last Liquor Hearing A Spirited Affair
WITF Tempers flared at the third and final state Senate hearing focused on the governor’s liquor privatization proposal and related plans to change the way alcohol is bought and sold […]
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Another IRS Joke
One thing’s certain about the 200-plus IRS employee conferences that the Treasury Department’s inspector general says cost taxpayers an outrageous $50 million between 2010 and 2012: Attendees surely learned nothing […]
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Strong Majority Of PA Voters Want Liquor Privatization
PMA June 4, 2013The latest poll results show strong, continuing public support for liquor privatization. Moreover, when supplementary questions were asked, support increased. Among those registered Pennsylvania voters polled by […]
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Washington Co. DA Investigating Jesse White
KDKA First he denied it, now he concedes it’s true. Anti-drilling state representative Jesse White admits he used fictitious names and identities — like Victoria Adams — to attack pro-gas […]