|
The Legislature
Democrats
caution against electric rate deregulation
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08184/894035-28.stm
No action this term on power rate
hike
http://www.mcall.com/news/nationworld/state/all-a3_5dereg.6486069jul02,0,3698853.story
Electricity price plan eyed
http://www.timesleader.com/news/Electricity_price_plan_eyed_07-02-2008.html
Legislators
seek to cap power rate increases
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/tribunereview/business/s_575551.html
Fumo blasts
electric utilities, vows to maintain rate caps
http://www.pennlive.com/news/patriotnews/index.ssf?/base/news/1214961940181120.xml&coll=1
Kasunic mine safety
bill approved
http://www.heraldstandard.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19820540&BRD=2280&PAG=461&dept_id=480247&rfi=6
Mine-safety
revision heads for Rendell's signature
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/local/philadelphia/20080702_Mine-safety_revision_heads_for_Rendell_s_signature.html
Pa. health
care cost council takes political hit
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/local/20080702_Pa__health_care_cost_council_takes_political_hit.html
Capitol squabble has health agency
in limbo
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08184/894062-114.stm
With
authorization in limbo, health cost agency closes
http://www.pennlive.com/news/patriotnews/index.ssf?/base/news/1214961968181120.xml&coll=1
Legislation could pave way for road
tolls
http://www.sungazette.com/page/content.detail/id/512504.html?nav=5011
Measure would
require larger towns to pay for state police protection
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08184/894081-454.stm
State police
protection may come with price
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/tribunereview/news/westmoreland/s_575600.html
Bill would put
school unification plan on ballot
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/tribunereview/news/fayette/s_575601.html
Bill would
eliminate most local tax collectors
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/tribunereview/news/state/s_575566.html
State Senate confirms Kingston man
for Fish and Boat position
http://www.timesleader.com/news/State_Senate_confirms_Kingston_man_for_Fish_and_Boat_position_07-02-2008.html
BAD CREDIT
http://www.philly.com/dailynews/opinion/20080702_BAD_CREDIT.html
John Baer:
Harrisburg: Getting darker before dawn?
http://www.philly.com/dailynews/local/20080702_John_Baer__Harrisburg__Getting_darker_before_dawn_.html
Lawmaker moves
on
http://www.inyork.com/local/ci_9759672
Time to get
tougher on lobbyist gift-giving
http://www.sungazette.com/page/content.detail/id/512427.html?nav=5004
Budget
Budget apparently restores burn
unit funding
http://www.mcall.com/news/nationworld/state/all-a3_5burn.6486131jul02,0,4163351.story
Budget gives law
school a boost
http://www.citizensvoice.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19821316&BRD=2259&PAG=461&dept_id=455154&rfi=6
STATE BUDGET:
NOT ALL HEALTHY
http://www.philly.com/dailynews/opinion/20080702_STATE_BUDGET__NOT_ALL_HEALTHY.html
Economy dictates handshake budget
http://www.mcall.com/news/opinion/ourview/all-aa.6483670jul01,0,7165375.story
Pennsylvanians
hope budget deal will let them
http://www.pennlive.com/news/patriotnews/index.ssf?/base/news/1214963715228090.xml&coll=1
More funds
from state? Local schools ‘cautiously optimistic’
http://www.meadvilletribune.com/local/local_story_183233841.html
Gaming
State to underwrite counseling for
gamblers
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08184/894055-454.stm
Harrisburg
broadcaster testifies in jury leak probe
http://www.thetimes-tribune.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19821232&BRD=2185&PAG=461&dept_id=416046&rfi=6
Witnesses
called at state grand jury secrecy hearing
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/tribunereview/news/state/s_575413.html
Mount Airy's payout lead disintegrates
http://www.poconorecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080702/NEWS/807020315
Healthcare
Geisinger workers face job
opportunities
http://www.timesleader.com/news/Geisinger_workers_face_job_opportunities_07-02-2008.html
Transportation
8 more bridges
in region need fast fixes
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08184/894058-147.stm
The bridges of
Lehigh County
http://www.mcall.com/news/local/all-b1_5capital.6486055jul02,0,2572008.story
Transit plan
shifts funds to bridges
http://www.heraldstandard.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19820539&BRD=2280&PAG=461&dept_id=480247&rfi=6
Commuter rail
idea stands ready to take off, but a steady state funding stream is
missing
http://www.pennlive.com/editorials/patriotnews/index.ssf?/base/opinion/1214948418186250.xml&coll=1
Crime/Punishment
Former prosecutor sentenced in
mortgage theft
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/local/20080702_Former_prosecutor_sentenced_in_mortgage_theft.html
Guns
Gun ruling
shines spotlight on real problems
http://www.philly.com/dailynews/opinion/20080702_Gun_ruling_shines_spotlight_on_real_problems.html
Finally, a
clear ruling on guns
http://www.observer-reporter.com/OR/Story/Guns-editorial-
State News
State revenues
miss targets as economy sours
http://www.pennlive.com/news/patriotnews/index.ssf?/base/news/1214962806211330.xml&coll=1
Point/Counterpoint: Selling Wine in Pennsylvania
http://www.mcall.com/news/local/all-a1-5kiosk-2.6486812jul02,0,6727116.story
Cops ready to
zap you for holiday speeding
http://www.philly.com/dailynews/local/20080702_Cops_ready_to_zap_you_for_holiday_speeding.html
Pa. officials
subpoena Chester Upland minutes
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/local/20080702_Pa__officials_subpoena_Chester_Upland_minutes.html
Property-tax,
rent rebate checks for Pa. sent out
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/local/philadelphia/20080702_Property-tax__rent_rebate_checks_for_Pa__sent_out.html
Bald eagles
now in 47 Pa. counties, including Delco
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/local/philadelphia/20080702_Bald_eagles_now_in_47_Pa__counties__including_Delco.html
PHEAA deal
brings benefit
http://www.pennlive.com/news/patriotnews/index.ssf?/base/news/1214965514274480.xml&coll=1
10% of PHEAA
employees agree to voluntary buyouts
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08184/894129-298.stm
Pennsylvania
should get a cut of the state's increasingly valuable natural gas
resources
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08184/894020-109.stm
State must develop
technology, science
http://www.heraldstandard.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19820471&BRD=2280&PAG=461&dept_id=468517&rfi=6
Local News
Centre D.A.
slammed by Montour's
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/local/20080702_Centre_D_A__slammed_by_Montour_s.html
Will the puck
drop here?
http://www.mcall.com/news/local/all-a1-5phantoms.6487087jul02,0,5168181.story
County labor pacts prove costly
http://www.mcall.com/news/local/all-b1_3labor-r.6485290jul02,0,2402957.story
State DEP
extends air permit for Nemacolin power plant
http://www.observer-reporter.com/OR/Story/07-02-Nemacolin-Wellington
PUC attorney:
Approval needed for line expansion
http://www.observer-reporter.com/OR/Story/07-02-PUC-rep-speaks
Flight 93
memorial work set after 4th
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/regional/s_575608.html
W-B has yet to OK new values
http://www.timesleader.com/news/W-B_has_yet_to_OK_new_values_07-02-2008.html
Upgrade near
for Scranton waterworks
http://www.thetimes-tribune.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19821228&BRD=2185&PAG=461&dept_id=415898&rfi=6
Little has
been said about Lackawanna County prison policy on inmates in labor
http://www.thetimes-tribune.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19821227&BRD=2185&PAG=461&dept_id=415898&rfi=6
Flight cuts a
local, state challenge
http://yorkdispatch.inyork.com/ci_9753106
Sewer plant
overhaul to cost $8 million
http://www.centredaily.com/news/local/story/691940.html
Williamsport
to lose flights
http://www.pennlive.com/business/patriotnews/index.ssf?/base/business/1214961926181120.xml&coll=1
Philly
City business taxes lower than
expected
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/local/20080702_City_business_taxes_lower_than_expected.html
Hell on wheels
http://www.philly.com/dailynews/local/20080702_Hell_on_wheels.html
This year,
more Philadelphians celebrating the 4th at home
http://www.philly.com/dailynews/local/20080702_This_year__more_Philadelphians_celebrating_the_4th_at_home.html
White-collar
city workers authorize strike, but stay on the job
http://www.philly.com/dailynews/local/20080702_White-collar_city_workers_authorize_strike__but_stay_on_the_job.html
White-collar
city union takes strike step
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/local/20080702_White-collar_city_union_takes_strike_step.html
Academic-coach positions axed in
school district shake-up
http://www.philly.com/dailynews/local/20080702_Academic-coach_positions_axed_in_school_district_shake-up.html
Phila. School
District lays off 200
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/local/20080702_Phila__School_District_lays_off_200.html
City Council
mustn't be allowed to trample on tour guides' speech
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/opinion/20080702_City_Council_mustn_t_be_allowed_to_trample_on_tour_guides__speech.html
New Phila. tax plan figures to be
released next week
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/breaking/news_breaking/20080702_New_Phila__tax_plan_figures_to_be_released_next_week.html
Pitt
Casino plans
scaled back in effort to contain costs
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08184/894071-53.stm
Delay sought
for casino's amphitheater, docks
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/cityregion/s_575565.html
Taxpayers
could foot half of council's legal bill
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/cityregion/s_575577.html
City to pay half of councilmen's
legal bill
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08184/894073-53.stm
Tarnished
star: Barden's casino is Pittsburgh's latest gamble
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08184/894046-192.stm
Barden's
financing
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/opinion/archive/s_575526.html
Allegheny
County drink-tax referendum pushed to side
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/cityregion/s_575573.html
New Jersey
Minimum wage
too low, some say
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/local/20080702_Minimum_wage_too_low__some_say.html
Washington
Senator Casey
outlines his economic priorities
http://www.poconorecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080702/NEWS/807020321
Casey talks jobs,
economy at summit
http://www.poconorecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080702/NEWS/807020314
National News
Literacy key
to future
http://www.thetimes-tribune.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19821219&BRD=2185&PAG=461&dept_id=418218&rfi=6 |
