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Beer muscles on display in senate liquor privatization bill
HARRISBURG — Beer is king in Pennsylvania. Tom Corbett is just governor. Those facts played out Tuesday when a Republican state senator unveiled his long-awaited plan to privatize liquor sales in a way vastly different and much slower than the two-...Tags: Republican Party, Wegmans Food Markets, Inc., Bucks County, Privatization, Bars and Clubs
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Pennsylvania House debates mass transit funding, which one lawmaker likens to 'welfare'
HARRISBURG — In the last 16 years, the number of people riding a LANTA bus has risen 60 percent to 6 million. That number is expected to keep going up if the Lehigh Valley's population climbs more than 10 percent over the next seven years as...Tags: Pennsylvania Turnpike, Public Transportation, Easton (Easton, Pennsylvania), Pension and Welfare, Justice System
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State drags feet on Medicaid expansion seen as key to Obamacare
Beginning today, The Morning Call will kick off a series of occasional stories taking a comprehensive look at how the Affordable Care Act will change health care and how Pennsylvanians access it. We will provide useful information to aid you in navigating...Tags: Kathleen Sebelius, Medicare, Poverty, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Family
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Pennsylvania politics as usual
Poll: Corbett could be one-term governor Gov. Tom Corbett would stand little chance at winning a second term if the election were held today instead of 17 months from now, according to the latest Quinnipiac University poll. The poll, released Friday,...Tags: Republican Party, Labor Legislation, Unions, Richard L. Alloway, II, Privatization
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Senate passes transportation bill
HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania Senate on Wednesday easily passed legislation that would raise billions of new annual revenue for roads, bridges and public transit, sending a priority of Gov. Tom Corbett to a less enthusiastic state House. The bill...Tags: Public Transportation, Tom Corbett, Labor Markets, Jim Ferlo, Politics
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State budget talks to heat up in Harrisburg
HARRISBURG — House Republicans on Wednesday will introduce a 2013-14 budget that is $100 million less than Gov. Tom Corbett had proposed in February. The Republicans, who control the House by a 19-member majority, will call for reducing Corbett's...Tags: Edward G. Rendell, Pension and Welfare, U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, Dominic Pileggi, Regional Authority
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Pennsylvania House Republicans float $28.3 billion budget
HARRISBURG — House Republicans would spend more on public schools than Gov. Tom Corbett recommended while steering clear of hot-button issues like pension reform and a transportation funding increase as part of the 2013-14 budget. The $28.3 billion...Tags: Republican Party, Privatization, Pension and Welfare, Justice System, Company Privatization
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Liquor privatization vote moves step closer in House
Capitol IdeasYo! Can you hear the collective sigh of relief? Lawmakers and reporters won't be stuck in the Capitol for that long today. In a surprise move Wednesday, Democrats withdrew all but one of the 106 amendments they had introduced as...... -
'Tom Corbett Liquor Tax'?
Capitol IdeasYo! The latest liquor amendment count is in as of 1 p.m. Lawmakers have added 124 amendments to the already amended House Bill 790, the liquor privatization bill, backed by Republican Gov. Tom Corbett and House Majority Leader Mike Turzai,...... -
Mike Turzai’s Jim Mora moment
Capitol IdeasYo! Ever see those Coors Light commercials that use old clips of NFL coaches like Jim Mora and Herm Edwards giving a ranting answer to a reporter's question. Pretty funny. Well, House Majority Leader Mike Turzai, R-Allegheny, had a Mora...... -
Turzai liquor bill restricts Sunday sales and who can sell booze
Capitol IdeasYo! If you thought privatizing state liquor stores would mean you could get booze any time or anywhere, think again. House Majority Leader Mike Turzai, R-Allegheny, floated a 209-page bill that mirrors the privatization plan Corbett floated as part of....... -
Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board privatization plan — plague or progress?
Just when Pennsylvania may be on the brink of a burgeoning booze business, somebody has to go and make it harder for the police to bust drunk drivers. On Wednesday, Gov. Tom Corbett uncorked his privatization plan to replace the state liquor monopoly...Tags: Pennsylvania Turnpike, Regional Authority, Privatization, Criminals, Government
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