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Gettysburg Events Draw Huge Crowds
The official 150th Anniversary Commemoration of the Battle of Gettysburg ran from June 28th through July 7th. Organizers were planning for 200,000 visitors over that 10 day period. They got 235,000. That’s the number released by the groups who planned the massive event. The number was based on input from a variety of sources, including […]
State House Holds Rare One Day Summer Voting Session
The state house has come back for a one day voting session to deal with a bill that’s part of the state budget package. The vote was 103 to 85 to concur with changes made to the fiscal code in the senate, after some brief comments about whether the session itself was evidence of a […]
State House Returns to Voting Session on Monday
The state house will take a break from its summer break to return to voting session on Monday. A piece of the budget package needs to be finalized. The House passed the fiscal code on July 1st, after adding an amendment regarding payday lending. The language indicated that the Senate and House majority leadership intended […]
Opponents Gear Up for Voted ID Court Case
Pennsylvania’s Voter ID law goes on trial Monday (July 15th) and opponents geared up for the case with a rally in Harrisburg on Thursday. Commonwealth Court will decide if the law, which was put on hold pending the trial- is constitutional. Groups opposed to it say it’s an effort to disenfranchise people who have trouble […]
Radio PA Roundtable – July 12, 2013
On this week’s Radio PA Roundtable, more from Governor Tom Corbett on his resistence to a Medicaid expansion in Pennsylvania. Also, Congressman Lou Barletta is continuing his fight against illegal immigration in Washington; and it will cost more to send your kid to one of the state-owned universities in the coming year. Radio PA Roundtable […]
State Lawmakers to Return Monday
The 2013 summer break hasn’t been what state lawmakers usually hope for when they head back to their districts. State House members have already returned to the Capitol once, and now they’ll be back for another summer encore on Monday. The issue bringing lawmakers back to the hill deals with the state Fiscal Code. The […]
Pennsylvania Attorney General Bows Out on DOMA
It’s the state Attorney General’s job to defend the constitutionality of PA laws in court when they are challenged. Such a challenge is now underway by the ACLU regarding Pennsylvania’s version of DOMA – the Defense of Marriage Act, which bans gay marriage in the Commonwealth. Attorney General Kathleen Kane says, however, she will not defend […]
Radio PA Roundtable – July 5, 2013
On this week’s Radio PA Roundtable, all the ramifications from last weekend’s legislative activity on the state budget and the other major issues Governor Tom Corbett put on lawmakers’ plates this year (HINT: they didn’t eat their vegetables). Also, the governor and the head of a major union are pointing fingers at each other. Who’s […]
BLOG SERIES: The Gettysburg Campaign – July 3, 1863
In recognition of the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg, PAMatters is sharing daily observations of noted historian Mark Nesbitt, who brings you the personal stories of the boys and men who were marching into history in the summer of 1863… Visit Mark’s blog at http://markvnesbitt.wordpress.com/ for more Gettysburg stories… July 3 Gettysburg Campaign: […]
Some Pennsylvania Budget-Related Business remains unresolved
The state senate reluctantly agreed with one budget-related bill, but has sent a second one back to the house after making a change. Now the house must decide whether to return to session after starting its summer break. A senate committee stripped out non-binding language in the fiscal code bill added by the house dealing […]