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Ed Rendell's payments from gas drilling interests not disclosed in pro-fracking column
Former Gov. Ed Rendell, whose Democratic Party usually comes down on the side of protecting the environment, once called New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo "crazy" for backing a moratorium on gas drilling until environmental concerns could be resolved. This past...Tags: Environmental Pollution, Economy, Business and Finance, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Finance, Petroleum Industry
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Increasing costs
Gov. Tom Corbett has outlined a plan to increase funding for roads, bridges and mass transit by $1.7 billion annually. State Sen. John Rafferty, chairman of the Senate Transportation Committee, wants to increase revenue by at least $2.7 billion annually....Tags: United Way , Politics, Public Transportation, Somerset County (Pennsylvania), Government
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Funding for Route 219 from Meyersdale to Maryland still in limbo
Daily American Staff WriterThere is insufficient money in Pennsylvania's pot of Appalachian Development Highway System funds to build the section of Route 219 from Meyersdale south to the Maryland line. Presently only certain highway projects qualify for the money. In...Tags: Politics, Travel, Government, Transportation, Regional Authority
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Gov. Tom Corbett blames workers, again, for state's job growth fiasco
When Tom Corbett was running for governor in 2010, he argued that the business community was suffering because Pennsylvania's workers were too lazy to wean themselves from the unemployment benefits being extended by those nasty Democrats in Washington....
Tags: Nazareth, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Government, Unemployment Benefits, Entertainment
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It's a problem
Gov. Tom Corbett is right to point out that drugs are hurting people's ability to find good jobs. On Monday Corbett commented about too many Pennsylvanians being unemployed because they cannot pass a drug test. Democrats have criticized his comment....Tags: Politics, Lifestyle and Leisure, Drug Use, Government, Executive Branch
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General Services secretary touts state purchasing program for small businesses
Daily American Staff WriterSomerset County lost purchasing power under the Gov. Ed Rendell administration because the administration focused on buying in bulk from bigger suppliers and vendors, Somerset County Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Ron Aldom said. Aldom is...Tags: Politics, Small Businesses, Somerset County (Pennsylvania), Business Opportunities, Services and Shopping
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In Michigan, GOP governor finds a tax to like
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan's venture capitalist-turned-governor, Rick Snyder, needed just five months in office to slash his state's business taxes. Elected on the downside of the recession, he was among a crop of new Republican leaders eager to...
Tags: Republican Party, Bob McDonnell, Economy, Business and Finance, Passenger Cars, Finance
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Right direction
In most cases, private industry is more efficient than the government in meeting the needs of consumers. Private businesses have to cater to the needs of their customers and be open to new ways to be better than their competition. In Pennsylvania,...Tags: Politics, Republican Party, Parties and Movements, Business, Sales
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Secretary of aging speaks with Somerset seniors
Daily American Staff WriterMore than 100 people crowded into the Somerset senior center Friday to hear what Secretary of Aging Brian Duke had to say about funding their programs and keeping the center doors open. Duke heads the state department that oversees many services and...Tags: Politics, Physical Conditions, Lifestyle and Leisure, Lotteries, Government
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Fish and Boat commissioner encourages public to voice concern about Lake Somerset
Daily American Staff Writer, @daalyssacFish and Boat Commissioner Len Lichvar said funding could be available for Lake Somerset, but residents must lobby to secure the funds. "It's the citizens that got it here and it's the citizens that can keep it here," he said during a live online...Tags: Politics, Lifestyle and Leisure, Lakes and Ponds, Lobbying
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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...... -
PA House Democrats talk transportation at America on Wheels Museum
The Road Warrior w/Dan HartzellThe impressive America on Wheels Museum just off Hamilton Street along the Lehigh River in Allentown served as an appropriate site for a meeting of the Pennsylvania House Democratic Policy Committee hearing on transportation funding -- or the lack thereof...
Mar 30, 2013
|Column| Allentown Morning Call
Mar 24, 2013
|Story| Daily American
May 2, 2013
|Story| Daily American
May 2, 2013
|Column| Allentown Morning Call
May 1, 2013
|Story| Daily American
Apr 26, 2013
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Mar 22, 2013
|Story| Petoskey News
Mar 22, 2013
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Apr 19, 2013
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Apr 18, 2013
|Story| Daily American
Mar 20, 2013
| Allentown Morning Call
Feb 28, 2013
| Allentown Morning Call
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