The risk of a teen being killed in a traffic crash rises with the number of young passengers according to a study by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety. The study says if a 16 or 17 year old driver adds one passenger under the age of 21, the risk increases by 44%. With […]
Turnpike speed limits max out at 65-miles per hour. The limit is set by state law, but the House Transportation Committee has advanced a change that would give the Turnpike Commission the authority to raise speed limits up to 70. “It doesn’t mean that it has to,” says Rep. Joe Preston (D-Allegheny), the bill’s prime […]
State budget pressures have taken their toll on the Homeowners’ Emergency Mortgage Assistance Program (HEMAP). The program, which provides small loans to financially distressed homeowners on the brink of foreclosure, has not accepted any new applications since last September. State lawmakers now believe they’ve found a solution, and the Senate has voted unanimously to tap […]
The $27.65-billion dollar state spending plan cleared the Appropriations Committee with a unanimous vote late Tuesday morning. It would spend about a half-billion dollars more next year that what Governor Tom Corbett proposed in February. Senate Appropriations Chairman Jake Corman (R-Center) cites a recent Independent Fiscal Office report in telling the committee that the budget bill […]
Four police officers killed in the line of duty last year in Pennsylvania were remembered at a Fraternal Order of Police Memorial Service Monday at the Forum in Harrisburg. Governor Corbett spoke at the Memorial, saying when a law enforcement officer lays down his or her life; it is a sacrifice upon the altar […]
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Dairy farmers are still operating on tight margins and they want the Pennsylvania Milk Marketing Board to keep the current over-order premium price in place for another six months. The Pennsylvania Farm Bureau has again urged the board to retain the current Class I (fluid milk) over-order premium price of $2.15 per hundredweight. The […]
Governor Corbett is reacting with caution to word that the state’s revenue figures are starting to show improvement. He says the numbers are encouraging. However, the Governor adds that just as predictions were made in February anticipating a higher year end deficit based on the facts then, these new projections are based on the facts […]
Even after this week’s House vote the fate of Pennsylvania’s only revoked casino license is still up in the air. HB 65 would remove the restrictions that tie the license to Philadelphia and open it up to a statewide auction. “By doing this the state stands to increase its revenue,” says State Rep. Curt Schroder […]
While Republican challenger Mitt Romney has caught up with President Barack Obama in Ohio and Florida, Quinnipiac University pollster Peter Brown tells us that Obama has extended his lead to 8-points in Pennsylvania. Here’s the breakdown, according to Thursday’s swing state poll: – Romney leads in Florida, 44 – 33 – Obama leads in Ohio, 44 […]