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Budget
Lawmakers seek
ways to make Pa. budget work
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/local/20080619_Lawmakers_seek_ways_to_make_Pa__budget_work.html
Politics complicates
state budget
http://www.heraldstandard.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19785425&BRD=2280&PAG=461&dept_id=468517&rfi=6
Senate budget
plan a starting point, say Madigan, Everett
http://www.sungazette.com/page/content.detail/id/511898.html?nav=5011
Education
funding a casualty amid state budget talks
http://www.mcall.com/news/nationworld/state/all-a5_5pabud.6466917jun19,0,5660349.story
State Senate
vote on education funding irks Berks County school officials
http://www.readingeagle.com/article.aspx?id=96070
Turnpike
House rejects
turnpike lease
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/tribunereview/news/state/s_573476.html
House to
discuss bill to privatize turnpike
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/regional/s_573383.html
The Legislature
Bill provides
money for tire-pile cleanup
http://www.thetimes-tribune.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19785992&BRD=2185&PAG=461&dept_id=416046&rfi=6
Day care
liability insurance bill advances
http://www.pennlive.com/news/patriotnews/index.ssf?/base/news/1213841424277510.xml&coll=1
Pa. House splits over recognizing
Muslim gathering
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/local/20080619_Pa__House_splits_over_recognizing_Muslim_gathering.html
Resolution
derailed by one lawmaker's anti-Muslim remark
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08171/891070-85.stm
House Dems
push foreclosure crisis bills
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/tribunereview/news/state/s_573475.html
Tell public
who's paying for ads
http://www.altoonamirror.com/page/content.detail/id/508452.html?nav=728
Brain dead: New evidence shows
motorcyclists need helmets
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08171/890990-192.stm
Healthcare
Health-care advocates to keep up
fight
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08171/890971-28.stm
Accurately
defining uninsured should be 1st step in health plan
http://www.pennlive.com/editorials/patriotnews/index.ssf?/base/opinion/121382250994290.xml&coll=1
WANT FREE
HEALTH CARE FOR LIFE?
http://www.philly.com/dailynews/opinion/20080619_WANT_FREE_HEALTH_CARE_FOR_LIFE_.html
Blue Cross
helps by ending co-pays
http://www.citizensvoice.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19786021&BRD=2259&PAG=461&dept_id=456222&rfi=6
Education
No Child Left
Behind may be a drag on the gifted
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08171/891076-85.stm
School boards OK plans for
Center-Monaca merger after awkward vote
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08171/890795-298.stm
A big waste of
space?
http://www.philly.com/dailynews/local/20080619_A_big_waste_of_space_.html
Lay teachers'
union bid not timely
http://www.inyork.com/opinion/ci_9622411
Elections/Politics
Poll: If
election were held today, Obama would beat McCain in Pa.
http://www.philly.com/dailynews/local/20080619_Poll__If_election_were_held_today__Obama_would_beat_McCain_in_Pa_.html
Poll: 3 swing
states backing Obama
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08171/891079-176.stm
Political
candidates pounding pavement
http://www.tribune-democrat.com/local/local_story_170231045.html
Transportation
Dump pump, get
on the bus!
http://www.poconorecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080619/NEWS04/806190309
Crime/Punishment
Pa. high court
upholds a pair of death sentences
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/local/philadelphia/20080619_Pa__high_court_upholds_a_pair_of_death_sentences.html
State News
Coalition says
buffers needed for clean water
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08171/891047-85.stm
Tomatoes linked to Pa. Salmonella
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/local/20080619_Tomatoes_linked_to_Pa__salmonella.html
Water, sewer
needs worthy use of gamblin revenues
http://www.sungazette.com/page/content.detail/id/511872.html?nav=5004
Agnes' records
will fall, experts say
http://www.pennlive.com/news/patriotnews/index.ssf?/base/news/121383330963230.xml&coll=1
Pennsylvania
welfare department offers assistance to nursing homes
http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2008/06/pennsylvania_welfare_departmen.html
Rendell's wife
to investigate California judge
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/local/20080619_Rendell_s_wife_to_investigate_Californnia_judge.html
Local News
$1 million
coat set for city bridge
http://www.mcall.com/news/local/all-b1_4hillbridge-r.6459710jun19,0,753186.story
Work out deal
for Lackawanna County Stadium data
http://www.thetimes-tribune.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19785974&BRD=2185&PAG=461&dept_id=418218&rfi=6
$143,000 in
grants used for solar lighting on Berks trail
http://www.readingeagle.com/article.aspx?id=96042
Pain at the
pump drives new ideas for Berks companies, workers
http://www.readingeagle.com/article.aspx?id=96063
Countywide law
enforcement worthy of consideration
http://readingeagle.com/blog.aspx?bid=4
Philly
Private
managers lose 6 schools
http://www.philly.com/dailynews/local/20080619_Private_managers_lose_6_schools.html
Phila. taking
back 6 privatized schools
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/front_page/20080619_Phila__taking_back_6_privatized_schools.html
$10M Annenberg
grant paves way for Kimmel arts fest
http://www.philly.com/dailynews/local/20080619__10M_Annenberg_grant_paves_way_for_Kimmel_arts_fest.html
Philadelphia Academy Charter School
working on mandatory to-do list
http://www.philly.com/dailynews/local/20080619_Philadelphia_Academy_Charter_School_working_on_mandatory_to-do_list.html
SRC agrees to
renew Philadelphia Academy Charter School
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/front_page/20080619_SRC_agrees_to_renew_Philadelphia_Academy_Charter_School.html
Our Olympic dream continues
http://www.philly.com/dailynews/opinion/20080619_Our_Olympic_dream_continues.html
Editorial:
Plan for Fairmount Park
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/opinion/20080619_Editorial__Plan_for_Fairmount_Park.html
Nutter's arts efforts aim to paint
a brighter future
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/opinion/20080619_Nutter_s_arts_efforts_aim_to_paint_a_brighter_future.html
Pitt
Officials:
Shared services with city possible
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08171/890924-53.stm
Downtown billboard dispute
resurfaces
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08171/891059-52.stm
Another
option? Let voters decide Schenley's fate
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08171/891071-52.stm
3 firms to handle Port Authority
lobbying
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08171/891017-85.stm
Port Authority
wants to spend $400,000 on lobbyists
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/cityregion/s_573478.html
Pittsburgh schools ratify
paraprofessional, technical-clerical contracts
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08171/891034-298.stm
Pittsburgh
seeks 'green' expert
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/cityregion/s_573481.html
Game on: Software company may bring
headquarters to Pittsburgh
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08171/890973-28.stm
Washington
Bush: Lift ban
on offshore oil drilling
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/front_page/20080619_Bush__Lift_ban_on_offshore_oil_drilling.html
Feeding an
addiction: Bush's push for offshore oil drilling is folly
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08171/890989-192.stm
Sen. Casey:
Meeting on Scranton-to-Hoboken rail line productive
http://www.thetimes-tribune.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19785986&BRD=2185&PAG=461&dept_id=416046&rfi=6
Business
Layoffs set
for Harley
http://ydr.inyork.com/ci_9625376 |