The shale energy industry is projected to support over 220,000 direct and indirect Pennsylvania jobs by 2020, according to a new study from the US Chamber’s Energy Institute. The industry is also on pace to generate $2.3-billion dollars a year in state & local taxes by that same time. “There are so many possibilities here […]
A website called “PennWATCH” is marking a new day transparency in state government. The name is short for the Pennsylvania Web Accountability and Transparency Act, which passed the General Assembly unanimously and was signed into law in June 2011. The site was under development for over a year, until Governor Tom Corbett helped to flip-the-switch […]
After eight years of fighting for state government reforms, Democracy Rising PA will call it quits at the end of the year. Co-founder Tim Potts tells Radio PA they simply cannot raise enough money to keep going. “I’m not sure exactly why that is,” Potts explains. “I think though that there is some scandal fatigue… and […]
There were two Powerball tickets worth one million dollars each sold in Pennsylvania for the drawing that was held on Saturday, December 22nd. Pennsylvania Lottery officials say one of the tickets was sold at the Giant Eagle in Baden, Beaver County. The other million dollar winner was sold at Stauffer’s One Stop in Ringtown, Schuylkill County. […]
Four people are dead after a multiple shooting Friday morning in Blair County near Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania. Police got the first call of gunshots fired around 9 am. Trooper David McGarvey of the Hollidaysburg Barracks says as troopers headed to the scene, a man in a truck opened fire on the marked patrol cars as they […]
On this week’s Radio PA Roundtable, Brad Christman brings you Governor Tom Corbett’s thoughts on the Connecticut school massacre and the political debates that have resulted. The governor also talks about Christmases past and you’ll hear from an author whose book “Fading Ads of Philadelphia” makes a great last-minute stocking stuffer for the native Philadelphian […]