03.20.13 |
A California state survey has found that the Pennsylvania governor's salary of $183,000 was the nation's highest in 2012, although a spokesman for Governor Tom Corbett points out that he doesn't accept the entire salary. The Los Angeles Times ...
03.20.13 |
The Pennsylvania House is trying to end so-called "triple dipping" where retirees come back to work and then leave to collect unemployment benefits. State lawmakers voted unanimously Tuesday to send the Senate a bill that would prohibit jobless ...
03.19.13 |
The woman accused of providing guns to the man behind the Webster ambush on Christmas eve made a court appearance Monday. Dawn Nguyen pled not guilty to charges that she provided a rifle and a shotgun to William Spengler Junior in 2010. Those ...
03.19.13 |
A minister with no previous political experience is the newest Democratic candidate for Pennsylvania Governor in 2014. Max Myers held a news conference Monday at the state Capitol as part of a three-day tour to publicize his candidacy. Myers is a ...
03.19.13 |
The State Budget is almost finished, New York lawmakers say. They were up late into the night Monday night, and have a meeting slated with the Governor this morning. Here are the details of what we've learned so far: to get 700 million dollars in ...
03.19.13 |
Nearly half of all first births in America are out of wedlock, according to a new report called "Knot Yet: the Benefits and Costs of a Delayed Marriage in America," released by the National Marriage Project. Women are marrying at age 27 on average, ...
03.18.13 |
The first day of spring is Wednesday. Before we usher it in though, another snowstorm is on its way. It'll start this afternoon, mostly as sleet and freezing rain. Utica, New York could see 12 inches of snow; 6 to 8 inches of snow is due for ...
03.18.13 |
Pennsylvania environmental officials want drillers to use waste water from coal mining to extract gas from the marcellus shale region. Every day, 300 million gallons of polluted mine water enters Pennsylvania streams and rivers, turning many into ...
03.18.13 |
As expected, the Pennsylvania Board of Education has adopted a more rigorous curriculum known nationally as the Common Core Standards. The board also voted to require students to pass the Keystone Exams before they graduate from high school. The ...
03.15.13 |
According to new U.S. Census figures, Broome County's population drop is the highest in the state; even more then New York City. The county lost 25-hundred people between 2010 and 2012, according to estimates released Thursday. Cornell University ...
