03.21.13 |
Governor Cuomo and lawmakers reached a deal on a 135 billion dollar budget late Wednesday night, but they left any changes to the gun law out of it for now. The budget would extend higher taxes on millionaires; provide a 350 dollar rebate check ...
03.21.13 |
The board that oversees Pennsylvania's 14 state-owned universities gave the green light Wednesday to new contracts for thousands of faculty members and hundreds of sports coaches. The State System of Higher Education board of governors ratified the ...
03.21.13 |
The nation's most influential kids doctor group is endorsing homosexual marriage. The American Academy of Pediatrics is on record saying that a stable relationship between parents, regardless of sexual orientation, contributes to a child's health ...
03.20.13 |
Tax rebate checks for middle class families and revisions to the gun control law are apparently among the sticky issues that have prompted legislative leaders to miss their early, optimistic target date for passing a state budget. Still, they ...
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 |
A bill to allow Pennsylvanians to register online to vote has the unanimous approval of a key legislative committee. The Senate State Government Committee approved the bill Tuesday and sent it to the full chamber. The Pennsylvania Department of ...
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 ...
