A contract extension will allow more time to work out issues surrounding a dispute between insurer Highmark and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. Governor Corbett says Highmark and UPMC will extend their agreement through the end of 2014. The extension came after the Governor appointed David Simon, Vice President and Chief Legal Officer of […]
Five organizations and ten individuals have joined a new lawsuit challenging Pennsylvania’s Voter ID law. ACLU of Pennsylvania Legal Director Vic Walczak made the announcement, Tuesday, at the state capitol:VoterID3 While the lawsuit that’s been filed in Commonwealth Court asserts “phantom claims” of in-person voter fraud, Department of State spokesman Ron Ruman says the new […]
April’s General Fund collections topped expectations by $99-million dollars, according to the Department of Revenue’s latest report. It’s the state’s third straight month in the black, but fiscal year-to-date revenues are still running $288-million below estimate. On the same day as the monthly report from the administration, the Independent Fiscal Office released its initial revenue […]
The rally’s theme, ‘I am Tourism,’ plays off of the more than 400,000 jobs attributed to Pennsylvania’s tourism industry. It ranks second only to agriculture as Pennsylvania’s largest industry, and Pennsylvania Association of Travel & Tourism President & CEO Rob Fulton says tourism is actually the number one industry for most counties. Fulton says the […]
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Sparks will fly in Bradford on June 5th, when Zippo will produce its 500-millionth lighter. “All manufactured right here in Bradford, Pennsylvania,” emphasizes Zippo President & CEO Greg Booth. The late George Blaisdell founded the company in 1932, and 80-years later Zippo lighters still carry his lifetime guarantee, “It works, or we fix it free.” […]
A Commonwealth Court judge’s injunction in a lawsuit challenging a portion of the impact fee law has prompted the state Public Utility Commission to delay action on a final implementation order. The PUC is seeking clarification from the court before moving forward with the final implementation order for the impact fee law. The injunction […]
Ground hog and coyote kick off hunting season in July and the Pennsylvania Game Commission has set the dates and bag limits for the 2012-13 hunting and trapping seasons. Hunting licenses will go on sale in June. There are no major broad-based changes, but spokesman Jerry Feaser says there are some added benefits, including […]
Tuesday was billed as a trial run for Pennsylvania’s new Voter ID law. Photo identification was supposed to be requested – not required – at the polling place. While the ACLU of Pennsylvania was not actively looking for problems, legislative director Andy Hoover did notice several signs suggesting photo ID was required. “It led to […]
What type of severe weather is most likely to affect the area where you live? There is an on line tool that can help answer that question during the first-ever National Severe Weather Preparedness Week. If you go to DisasterSafety.org and enter your zip code, you’ll get a list of the types of severe weather […]