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Tropical Storm Andrea Makes Her Move North
The first named storm of the 2013 Atlantic hurricane season is poised to make her move on much of the East Coast today and tomorrow, but the storm is weakening and could lose tropical characteristics by the time it reaches the mid-Atlantic region. Tropical Storm Andrea dumped heavy rains on Florida and Georgia and spawned […]
Licensing & Inspections at Center of Philadelphia Building Collapse Probe?
A day after the collapse of a building claimed 6 lives in Philadelphia, more questions are being asked about the city’s processes for granting permits and inspecting demolition sites. City Licensing and Inspections Commissioner Carlton Williams was on the hot seat during a Thursday press conference at the scene. When asked if the backgrounds of […]
Mayor Michael Nutter Promises Full Investigation
In the wake of a building collapse that left at least six people dead and more than a dozen injured in Philadelphia, Mayor Michael Nutter is promising a full investigation into the tragic incident. The 4-story building, which was in the demolition process, took out a Salvation Army Thrift store next door. Search and rescue […]
Chorus of Booze
Tempers flared at the third and final public hearing for the governor’s liquor privatization plan before the state Senate Law and Justice Committee in Harrisburg Tuesday. As union members lined the back wall of the hearing room, Lieutenant Governor Jim Cawley and committee minority chair Jim Ferlo went at it. Ferlo launched the first verbal assault, […]
Revenue Collections Rise as Budget Talks Heat Up
Just in time for the stretch run of the 2013 state budget season, revenue collections for May came in $35 million ahead of projections, bringing the fiscal-year-to-date total to 102 million above the forecasts. Pennsylvania collected $2 billion last month, with the increase being largely driven by corporate tax collections, which accounted for 30 million […]
House Committee Sends Republican Budget to Floor
Floor debate is expected to start next week after a budget plan cleared the state House Appropriations on Monday. The 28.3 billion dollar House Republican spending plan passed solely along party lines on a 21 to 14 vote. The House Republican plan spends less than Governor Tom Corbett’s budget proposed in February but more than […]
Radio PA Roundtable – May 31, 2013
On this week’s Radio PA Roundtable, Brad Christman brings you a U.S. Senate vote on a farm bill amendment on crop insurance subsidies backed by Pennsylvania’s Pat Toomey. Also, state House Republicans have their own budget plan in Harrisburg and is there a volunteer firefighting crisis in PA? Radio PA Roundtable is a 30-minute program […]
“Orange” Alert!
State officials have issued the first “Orange Air Quality Action Day” of 2013. That issuance is tied to ground-level ozone, a by-product of heat and air contaminants that can cause breathing difficulties for certain segments of the population including the elderly, infants and those with breathing-related maladies such as asthma or bronchitis. The PA Department of […]
State House Republicans Introduce Budget Bill
State house Republican leaders have rolled out their budget plan, calling for less spending than the Governor requested. The house budget would spend about 100 million dollars less than the proposal presented by Governor Tom Corbett in February. The total amount is still about 600 million dollars more in spending than this fiscal year. Appropriations […]
13 Killed in Crashed Investigated by Pennsylvania State Police Over Holiday Weekend
State police investigated fewer crashes than last year, but the same amount of fatalities this Memorial Day weekend. Thirteen people were killed in crashes handled by state police over the four day holiday weekend. Troopers were called out to 760 crashes this year compared to 817 the previous Memorial Day weekend. 85 of the crashes […]