Just 39% of voters approve of the job Governor Tom Corbett is doing, according to Wednesday’s Quinnipiac Poll, while 49% disapprove. The governor’s Quinnipiac Poll numbers have been worse – 35% approval in June 2013 – but not by much. Pollster Tim Malloy also took an early look at potential General Election matchups for Corbett […]
The push to eliminate school property taxes in Pennsylvania isn’t going away; supporters say it’s growing stronger. A bipartisan group of state lawmakers gathered in the Capitol Media Center, Tuesday, to unveil the latest version of the Property Tax Independence Act, and state Rep. Jim Cox (R-Berks) is leading the charge for the second consecutive […]
Jerry Sandusky’s lawyer has filed a new document at the Centre County Courthouse, which outlines the arguments to be made on appeal. Topping the seven-item list, Philadelphia attorney Norris Gelman writes that the former assistant football coach’s 6th amendment right to counsel was violated when defense motions for a continuance were denied. Specially Presiding Judge […]
Faculty members at the 14 state owned universities have given their approval to a new contract with the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education. Membership of the Association of Pennsylvania State College and University Faculties voted overwhelmingly to ratify the agreement. The state system Board of Governors must give final approval to the deal. A special […]
On this week’s Radio PA Roundtable, Matt Paul takes us inside the final budget hearing of the three week cycle. Lawmakers and Governor Tom Corbett now have three and a half months to work out a compromise before the June 30th state budget deadline. We’ll also get an update on the first confirmed cases of CWD in hunter-killed […]
Pennsylvania is going to do something this spring it has not done since 2009: spray for gypsy moths. The pests have stripped trees in at least 8 counties. Gypsy moth numbers are high enough in parts of Cameron, Clarion, Forest, Jefferson, Lycoming, Potter, Tioga and Venango Counties to warrant the spraying of more than 43 thousand […]
Through three weeks of state budget hearings Senate Democratic Appropriations Chairman Vincent Hughes (D-Philadelphia) has repeatedly pointed out the fact that – for the first time in years – Pennsylvania’s unemployment rate is now worse than the national average. So he took issue with Labor & Industry Secretary Julia Hearthway’s positive assessment of the state’s […]
The legislation essentially puts the plan Governor Tom Corbett outlined in January into bill form, and House Majority Leader Mike Turzai (R-Allegheny) is optimistic. “People recognize Pennsylvania needs to change in a positive direction. We’re now talking about the details of how you structure that change.” Turzai is the bill’s prime sponsor and perhaps the […]
After 15-years of testing more than 43,000 deer, the Pennsylvania Game Commission has confirmed three cases of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in hunter-killed deer. Two of the infected animals were harvested in Blair County; the third came from Bedford County. “We’ve been saying for many years it’s not a matter of if but when, and […]
‘Corrections’ is a literal term for Secretary John Wetzel. That’s why he told the House Appropriations Committee the Department of Corrections new recidivism study accounts for both re-incarcerations and rearrests. “We need to focus our corrections system on outcomes, and our outcomes mean people getting out and doing the right thing,” Wetzel explains, “So that’s […]