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State System Faculty Say “Yes” to New Contract

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Faculty members at the 14 state owned universities have given their approval to a new contract with the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education.  Membership of the Association of Pennsylvania State College and University Faculties voted overwhelmingly to ratify the agreement.

The state system Board of Governors must give final approval to the deal.  A special meeting is scheduled for March 20th to consider the APSCUF contract as well as a separate agreement with athletic coaches. The bargaining unit for the coaches voted earlier to approve a four year contract.

Faculty members have been working without a new agreement for over a year.

The Polls Are Open

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Polls opened statewide at 7:00am this morning, as voters begin the process of selecting a recipient for Pennsylvania’s 20 electoral votes. Both the Obama and Romney campaigns turned up the heat in the Keystone State in the campaign’s final days after largely ignoring Pennsylvania for months, or sending surrogates to campaign.

Pennsylvania voters are also selecting a U.S. Senator and three state row officers (Attorney General, Auditor General & Treasurer). All 203 seats in the state House are also up for election, as are half of the seats in the state Senate.

The polls will be open until 8:00pm this evening.