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Jury Selection Completed in Sandusky Case
A jury is in place for the child sex abuse trial of Jerry Sandusky, with the case set to begin next week. It took a little less than two days to pick a panel to hear the charges against the former Penn State assistant football coach. The panel of 12 jurors and 4 alternates was […]
Governor Corbett: No Democrats at the Table Because Democrats Want to Spend
Governor Tom Corbett met with top Republican leaders of the House and Senate earlier this week and says the lawmakers came in asking for all of the $27.7 billion in their spending proposal. That’s more than the $27.1 billion the governor proposed last February and he says his fellow Republicans didn’t understand that their number should […]
Dick Winters Statue Dedicated at Normandy
Today marks the 68th anniversary of the D-Day invasion and the likeness of one heroic Pennsylvanian is helping to pay tribute to many who sacrificed and risked everything that fateful day in 1944. Hershey, Pennsylvania native Dick Winters was a member of Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne when […]
Top Republicans to Meet with Governor Tom Corbett
As the 2012 budget season prepares to enter the final stretch run, top Republican leaders from the state House and Senate were planning to meet with Governor Tom Corbett on Tuesday to present their negotiated budget package. The state Senate passed a general fund budget last month that spends about a half-billion dollars more than […]
Rulings Issued Ahead of Sandusky Trial
The judge has issued several rulings ahead of the start of jury selection June 5th in the Jerry Sandusky trial. The media will not be allowed to tweet, blog or communicate electronically from the courtroom during the child sexual abuse trial of the former Penn State assistance football coach. Judge John Cleland reversed part of an earlier […]
State Revenues Come in Below Estimates in May
Overall General Fund revenue collections in Pennsylvania were lower than anticipated in May according to the Pennsylvania Department of Revenue. The state collected 1-point-9 billion dollars in General Fund revenue last month, 2-point-3 percent less than expected. It follows two months of stronger than expected revenues in March and April. The state Senate’s proposed budget […]
Radio PA Roundtable 06.01.12
Radio PA Roundtable is a 30-minute program featuring in-depth reporting on the top news stories of the week. Professionally produced and delivered every Friday, Roundtable includes commercial breaks for local sale and quarterly reports for affiliate files. Click the audio player below to hear the full broadcast: [audio:https://s3.amazonaws.com/witfaudio/radiopa/Roundtable06-01-12.mp3]
Training Tool Does More than Meet Federal Mandate
A federal mandate requires specialized training for lawyers representing abused and neglected children, if the state is to continue to receive $950,000 dollars a year for related services. The state Supreme Court’s Office of Children and Families in the Courts responded with a first-of-its-kind training DVD. “Even though it started out to particularly meet a […]