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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: Labor Markets, Jim Ferlo, Tom Corbett, Mike Turzai, Public Transportation
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Final maps enlarge Kasunic's presence in Somerset County; Metzgar's district reduced
staff writer, @damichellegWhen the first state redistricting maps were approved by lawmakers in 2011, Somerset County residents voiced their frustration because Sen. Rich Kasunic was drawn out of the county. But the redrawn maps — giving the veteran senator all of the...Tags: Frank Burns, Bryan Barbin, Carl Walker Metzgar, Tim Mahoney, Richard A Kasunic
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Senate to consider gas tax increase
staff writer, @damichellegA bill soon to be introduced in the state Senate will use an increase in gasoline taxes to improve safety and create jobs, according to Senate officials. Cheryl Hicks, executive director of the Senate Democratic Transportation Committee, said the bill...Tags: Travel, Petroleum Industry, Prices, Public Transportation, Carl Walker Metzgar
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Democrats rally in Berlin for the upcoming primary
Daily American Staff Writer @PeteBosakBERLIN — More than 200 people packed the Berlin Community Building on Thursday to rally Democrats for the upcoming primary and general elections to restore Pennsylvania's focus on jobs and prosperity. Democratic candidates for office, mostly...Tags: Regional Authority, Government, Justice System, Judges, Local Elections
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Tuesday Morning Coffee: Kane, DePasquale take office today.
Capitol IdeasGood Tuesday Morning, Fellow Seekers. The Kathleen Kane era in the state Attorney General's office officially gets underway today. The Lackawanna County Democrat will take the oath of office during a 2 p.m. ceremony today in the state Capitol rotunda,....... -
Local legislators offer opinions on governor's proposed budget
staff writer, @damichellegLocal lawmakers wasted little time Tuesday before dissecting Gov. Tom Corbett's $28.4 billion budget proposal. State Rep. Carl Walker Metzgar, R-Allegheny Township, said he was reviewing the administration's plan. "It's a starting point for...Tags: Regional Authority, Government, Carl Walker Metzgar, Budgets and Budgeting, Frank Burns
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Senate Dems say mass-transit funding has to be part of any highway bill.
Capitol Ideas with John L. MicekDemocrats in the Pennsylvania Senate added a new wrinkle to next year’s expected debate on how to pay for billions of dollars in repairs to the state’s roads and bridges, insisting that new money for mass-transit agencies also had to...... -
Thursday Morning Coffee: The five things you need to know this morning.
Capitol Ideas with John L. MicekGood Thursday Morning, Fellow Seekers. If you've been around politics for a while, then you know how hard it is for politicians to break from the mold and occasionally swim upstream. In the wake of the Newtown shootings, it's been...... -
Top stories for 2012
Daily American Staff Writer1. Good news for Route 219. Route 219 was chosen as the top news story in Somerset County this year, as voted by the Daily American news department staff. On March 14, the Senate passed a two-year $109 billion transportation bill that includes...Tags: Mark Critz, Career and Workplace, Punishment, Coal, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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First time without local representation in decades
Daily American Staff WriterIt is truly the end of an era. U.S. Rep. Mark Critz's office in Johnstown is closed and in eight days — for the first time in nearly 50 years — the congressman representing the 12th Congressional District will not be from the Johnstown...Tags: Mark Critz, Barack Obama, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Local Elections, John P Murtha
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Somerset County residents cast hundreds of write-in votes during election
Daily American Staff WriterSomerset County election results show that while some write-in votes were reserved for real people, others were cast for Disney characters. In Somerset County Berlin resident Paul Ritchey ran a write-in campaign in the 9th Congressional District...Tags: Track and Field, Mark Critz, Mike Huckabee, Stephen Colbert, John McCain
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Wozniak edges Houser in 35th District
Daily American Staff WriterState Sen. John Wozniak, D-Johnstown, has experienced plenty of election-night victories during his 32 years in public office, but few were as close as Tuesday night's win over Republican challenger Tim Houser. Wozniak, 56, captured the 35th...Tags: Funeral Parlor and Crematorium, Elections, U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, Politics
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