On this week’s Radio PA Roundtable, Brad Christman and Matt Paul discuss the NCAA sanctions levied against Penn State University and analyze the football players’ reaction. Matt also follows up on his ongoing reports on the proposal to privatize the management of the Pennsylvania Lottery with an interview with PA Revenue Secretary Dan Meuser. Radio […]
Opponents of Pennsylvania’s new Voter ID law are asking the Commonwealth Court to block enforcement before the November election. “Article 1, section 5 of Pennsylvania’s constitution guarantees that elections shall be free and equal,” says Marian Schneider of the Advancement Project. The petitioners contend that one million Pennsylvanians are eligible to vote but lack the […]
The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission has approved tolls for next year. There will be a differential again in 2013 between what E-ZPass customers pay and what cash customers pay. Tolls for cash customers will rise 10%, but E-ZPass users will pay only 2% more. Turnpike Spokesman Carl DeFebo says it costs less to collect the tolls […]
The Corbett administration is investigating whether privatizing lottery management will improve its ability to support programs for older Pennsylvanians. The state’s senior citizen population is projected to grow by 20% over the next decade, and Revenue Secretary Dan Meuser says they want lottery revenues to do the same. “Keep in mind, the state of Pennsylvania […]
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Governor Tom Corbett took questions from the media for about 20-minutes on Thursday, and almost every one of them was focused on the Jerry Sandusky scandal and its continued fallout at Penn State. Corbett calls it clear that there was evidence not initially provided by then-PSU officials when it was subpoenaed by the attorney general’s […]
It was a good year for table games at Pennsylvania’s casinos, with a double digit increase boosted by June’s numbers and the newest casino. The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board says revenue from table games play rose 15.5% last month compared to June of last year, with play up at all but three casinos and helped […]
The dry weather is having an impact on some drilling operations in the Marcellus Shale region. It’s affecting water withdrawals in the Susquehanna River Basin. The number of withdrawal suspensions ebbs and flows with the water flow levels, but operations in 13 Pennsylvania counties have been affected. Susan Obleski of the Susquehanna River Basin Commission […]
Angry with the State System of Higher Education’s decision to raise tuition rates by 3% this fall, State Rep. Brad Roae (R-Crawford) issued a blunt statement this week, which said it “should be ashamed of itself” for trying to take advantage of students. Roae tells Radio PA the US Department of Labor recently reported that […]