Company Privatization

The state has a long list of public-works projects but little money. The private sector is willing to invest but has been starved for work. From that simple equation comes a business model called public-private partnerships — or P3s — that...

As the Corbett Administration pursues private management of the Pennsylvania Lottery at breakneck speed, the old adage, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it," comes to mind. The 41-year-old lottery has been a great success story. Since 1972, the lottery...

Gov. Tom Corbett will offer a long-awaited plan to state lawmakers early next year to pay for an estimated $2.5 billion in road and bridge repairs that will likely take advantage of updates in federal highway law as well as......

Good Thursday Morning, Fellow Seekers. With Mother Nature apparently officially done with toying with our affections (the past few days of spring-ish weather are over and December has officially returned) we're feeling a bit sluggish and on the sleepy...

HARRISBURG — State officials are considering a number of “alternatives” to pay for $2.5 billion in badly needed repairs and reconstruction of Pennsylvania’s network of roads and bridges, Gov. Tom Corbett said in wide-ranging...

CALEXICO — The critical need to improve Calexico’s ports of entry and various roadblocks to doing so were spotlighted once again during a state hearing on border infrastructure and economic development at Calexico City Hall on Wednesday. As...

By Brandon Larrabee, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — A judge struck down a decision by the Legislative Budget Commission to privatize health-care at prisons across most of the state, one of the first times a court has weighed in on the...

Gov. Tom Corbett was the last speaker year at today's Pennsylvania Press Club luncheon and political junkies left with both plenty of food for thought and girst for Harrisburg's bottomless speculation mill. Herewith, a summary of some of the Greatest........

For decades, the Los Angeles Convention Center, that drab behemoth on the south edge of downtown, has done a serviceable job of providing space for local trade and consumer shows, most notably the Auto Show. But if Los Angeles officials want it to be...

The public-private partnership that could fund the expansion of the Calexico West Port of Entry continues taking shape, now in the form of a memorandum of understanding between the county and the California Power Corp. which the county Board of...

Much of the country is reveling in the changes affecting doctors and patients due to the Affordable Care Act, commonly referred to as “Obamacare.” However, many Kentucky hospitals and doctors — and consequently their patients — are...

For years, there have been demands that Pennsylvania join the civilized world by privatizing its retail liquor operation. State stores are a vestige of the frenzy at the repeal of Prohibition in 1933, when it was felt that letting people choose for...