01.04.17 |
There's an effort afoot in Harrisburg to eliminate school property taxes entirely and replace them with a higher sales and personal income tax. This would mean shifting about $14 billion in tax revenue in Pennsylvania.
01.04.17 |
Republican Representative Mike Turzai was re-elected to a second term as House speaker. He says, "we're going to reach across the aisle and get things accomplished."202 legislators were sworn-in yesterday. Republicans have their...
01.04.17 |
Sue Keating is president of the National Foundation for Credit Counseling. She says, "43 million borrowers owe $1.4 trillion in student loan debt." On Tuesday, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo proposed making tuition "free of charge" at...
01.04.17 |
Traditionally, the first day of the legislative session in Albany starts with the governor's State of the State address. This year, there won't be one. The governor has opted instead to deliver a series of six regional State of the State...
01.03.17 |
Governor Cuomo has put in place a task force that will insure earners are earning their minimum wage hike. In upstate New York, the minimum wage has gone up 70 cents to $9.70 an hour. That chunk of change is adding up. Corning restaurant...
01.03.17 |
A 46-yard field goal on the final play of the game gave the University of Southern California a dramatic 52-to-49 comeback win over Penn State in the Rose Bowl yesterday. U.S.C. scored 17 unanswered points in the 4th quarter to rally for...
01.02.17 |
New statistics from the state health department show there were 300 fewer abortions in 2015 than 2014. In all, just under 32,000 abortions were performed in Pennsylvania last year. That's the lowest number ever recorded in the commonwealth.
01.02.17 |
Minimum wage workers can now call the New York Labor Department at "1-888-4-NYSDOLl" to report any problems. The wage hike went into effect over the weekend. Upstate workers must now be paid $9.70 an hour, up from $9 an hour last year.
12.22.16 |
She wants to withhold federal highway dollars from 40 states that aren't tough enough on DWI when children are in the car.Democrat Kathleen Rice of Long Island says only seven states, including New York, make drunk-driving a felony whenever a...
12.22.16 |
Tom Wolf will instead propose a series of government reforms to make official Harrisburg operate more efficiently. Wolf releases his budget proposal in early February.