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Poll results could vex Corbett

Source: Pittsburgh Entertainment, Nov 18 2012, 11:01pm CST

HARRISBURG â Pennsylvania lawmakers expect the next two years to be dominated by efforts to find new sources of transportation funding and to overhaul public pension plans. Gov. Tom Corbett, halfway through his first term ...

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Governor, to create jobs, must start investing in people

Source: Citizens voice  |   May 20 2013, 3:49am CDT

Governor Corbett shouldn't be blaming the unemployed for the failure of his economic policies in putting Pennsylvania back to work. People are unemployed not because they are on drugs. They are unemployed bec ...

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State budget deadline casts spell

Source: Scranton Times-Tribune  |   May 20 2013, 3:26am CDT

HARRISBURG - A combination of events is focusing attention on whether Gov. Tom Corbett and lawmakers can perform the political hat trick of passing major legislation dealing with transportation spending, liquor store privatization and curbing public pens ...

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Pension 'fix' will be costly

Source: Philadelphia Inquirer  |   May 19 2013, 8:40pm CDT

By Stephen Herzenberg In public policy, as in medicine, a guiding principle should be "first, do no harm." In other words, don't make the problem worse. Unfortunately, Gov. Corbett's plan to radically restructur ...

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Local zoning essential

Source: Pittsburgh Entertainment  |   May 19 2013, 8:37pm CDT

The importance of local zoning for Pennsylvania communities came into clear view recently when a fertilizer plant blew up in the Texas community of West. The plant was in a residential area and the destructio ...

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Senate Launches Pension-Sale Probe

Source: Wall Street Journal  |   May 19 2013, 6:58pm CDT

By Michael Corkery A Senate committee launched an investigation of a controversial business in which retirees sell pieces of their future pension income to investors for a lump-sum cash payment.The Senate Co ...

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Gov. Tom Corbett gets cool reception at Millersville graduation

Source: The Delaware County Times  |   May 19 2013, 4:37am CDT

MILLERSVILLE, Pa. (AP) — Gov. Tom Corbett got a cool reception when he addressed a central Pennsylvania university's graduating class. The (Harrisburg) Patriot-News (http://bit.ly/19M1nV0 ) says the that when the governor stepped to the microphone S ...

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1 day ago

Union takes advantage of murky campaign finance rules

Source: Pocono Record  |   May 19 2013, 12:38am CDT

HARRISBURG — A nonprofit running ads attacking Gov. Tom Corbett received at least $180,000 last year from a powerful national labor union. Pennsylvanians for Accountability, a Pittsburgh-based "social welfare nonprofit" is exploiting a loophole in stat ...

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Editorial: Pension crisis requires action now

Source: The Delaware County Times  |   May 18 2013, 9:10pm CDT

Gov. Tom Corbett is trying to get some traction to avoid a looming fiscal crisis in Pennsylvania. Unfortunately, his solution could wind up exacerbating the problem. The only thing that is clear is that this ...

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Corbett gets cool reception at Pa. graduation

Source: GoErie.com  |   May 18 2013, 9:09pm CDT

MILLERSVILLE -- Gov. Tom Corbett got a cool reception when he addressed a central Pennsylvania university's graduating class. The (Harrisburg) Patriot-News reported the that when the governor stepped to the microphone Sa ...

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Public will win

Source: Pittsburgh Entertainment  |   May 18 2013, 8:56pm CDT

The will of the people — we certainly don't want to consider that. The overwhelming majority of Pennsylvanians think it is high time we move into the 21st century and privatize liquor sales. Utah and Pennsy ...

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