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Corbett Administration Projects Half-Billion Dollar Budget Shortfall
The economic forecast took a turn for the worse after the state budget was passed, and it’s showing up in tax collections that are already running $345-million dollars below expectation. Budget Secretary Charles Zogby estimated a shortfall of $500-million dollars by the end of the fiscal year. “I tend to think that this is an […]
Police Officer Shot To Death in Southwestern Pennsylvania, Suspect Later Killed
A police officer is dead and another wounded in a shooting overnight in a small southwestern Pennsylvania town. The suspect was later killed when police tried to arrest him. The man suspected of gunning down East Washington Borough Police officer John David Dryer Sunday night was killed after police surrounded his house this morning. State […]
Penn State Officials Held for Trial In Child Sex Abuse Case
Two Penn State officials charged with lying to a grand jury in the university’s child sex-abuse scandal have been held for trial after a preliminary hearing in Harrisburg Friday. Lawyers for Tim Curley and Gary Schultz say their clients will be exonerated at trial. Schultz’s attorney questioned the actions of assistant coach Mike McQueary in […]
Lawmakers Near Final Approval of Congressional Maps
Pennsylvania will lose a Congressional seat in 2012, as the Keystone State’s population growth didn’t keep up with other states over the past ten years. The General Assembly must now act quickly to approve the new congressional maps. “If a congressional redistricting plan is not enacted by the end of this calendar year, it will […]