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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: Rick Snyder, Washington, DC, Petroleum Industry, Bob McDonnell, Scott Walker
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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: Parties and Movements, Business, Politics, Republican Party, Sales
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Not an improvement
In June, Gov. Tom Corbett got $50 million added to the Educational Improvement Tax Credit program and earmarked it for low-income students to transfer out of low-performing schools. A low-achieving school is defined as a public school ranking in the...Tags: Executive Branch, Politics, Government
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Supreme Court throws out law abolishing jury commissioners
Daily American Staff WriterThe Pennsylvania Supreme Court declared a state law unconstitutional that gives county commissioners the power to abolish the jury commissioner office. The Association of Jury Commissioners challenged the law, Act 108 of 2011. The Commonwealth Court...Tags: Local Government, Somerset County (Pennsylvania), Local Elections, Unemployment, Elections
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Schwartz uses Christie Medicaid decision to pounce on Corbett
Call Washington BureauU.S. Rep. Allyson Schwartz wasted little time using New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's decision to accept expanded Medicaid to peer pressure Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett to do the same. Schwartz, who is perhaps readying her attack lines for a certain...Tags: Health Insurance, Executive Branch, Montgomery County (Pennsylvania), Medicaid, Regional Authority
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Qpoll: Pawlowski, Sestak top potential Dem challengers against Corbett
Call Washington BureauIf Allentown Mayor Ed Pawlowski faced Gov. Tom Corbett in a Pennsylvania gubernatorial matchup today he would win. Pawlowski, who has hinted at an interest in the 2014 governor's race, performs at the top of the list of potential Democratic challengers,...Tags: Patrick J. Toomey, Quinnipiac University, Delaware County, Allyson Y Schwartz, Joe Sestak
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SEC football needs to shed FCS cupcakes, schedule tougher nonconference games
The Southeastern Conference needs to go on a diet. Forget the cabbage. Put away the watermelon. Leave the grapefruit for the health nuts. What the SEC needs to avoid is the cupcakes. Not the sugary sweet ones that you find next to the deli at the...Tags: Southeastern Conference, Jerry Sandusky, Southern Methodist Mustangs, Media Industry, Sacred Heart University
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Fracking foes play with a stacked deck, and DEP knows 'when to run'
Somebody is not telling the truth. At issue is whether deliberate actions by state officials are letting Texas gas industry robber barons do more damage to the environment than was done by coal industry robber barons in the last century, and are...
Tags: Environmental Cleanup, Petroleum Industry, Metal and Mineral, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Issues
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Three Pa. state lawmakers speak at Tuscarora Area Chamber of Commerce breakfast
waynesboro@herald-mail.comThree Pennsylvania lawmakers stopped by a Tuscarora Area Chamber of Commerce breakfast Thursday to talk about Harrisburg’s ambitious political agenda that could have far-reaching and long-term effects. Members of the Pennsylvania General...Tags: Pension and Welfare, Todd Rock, Lifestyle and Leisure, Pennsylvania General Assembly, Harrisburg (Dauphin, Pennsylvania)
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County Commissioner discusses possibilities for economic development at 'DA Live'
Daily American Staff Writer, @daalyssacSomerset County Commissioner John Vatavuk discussed regional economic development during an interview Thursday on "DA Live," an online town hall hosted by the Daily American. The 219 extension project, started last week, is expected to be a boost...Tags: Economic Policy, Laurel, Somerset County (Pennsylvania), Business, Highway Transportation
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On transportation funding, Corbett comes through -- mostly, anyway
The Road Warrior w/Dan HartzellThere's a lot of good content in Gov. Tom Corbett's long-awaited recommendations on raising desperately needed new money to repair or replace the state's deteriorating bridges and roads. As expected, he proposed today that a tax paid the companies who buy... -
Poll finds surprising Pennsylvania support for gas-tax increase
The Road Warrior w/Dan HartzellA scientific poll conducted by Quinnipiac University of Hamden, Conn. found what I consider a surprising level of support for increasing the rate of Pennsylvania’s gasoline tax to help raise revenue for the state’s crumbling bridges and roads....
Mar 22, 2013
|Story| Petoskey News
Mar 22, 2013
|Story| Daily American
Feb 27, 2013
|Story| Daily American
Mar 15, 2013
|Story| Daily American
Feb 27, 2013
|Story| Allentown Morning Call
Mar 13, 2013
|Story| Allentown Morning Call
Feb 24, 2013
|Column| Orlando Sentinel
Feb 23, 2013
|Column| Allentown Morning Call
Feb 21, 2013
|Story| Herald Mail
Feb 21, 2013
|Story| Daily American
Feb 5, 2013
| Allentown Morning Call
Jan 31, 2013
| Allentown Morning Call
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