Posts Tagged ‘Ed Rendell’

Inquirer: Budget puzzle still lacks pieces

Tuesday, July 6th, 2010

HARRISBURG – When the much-maligned General Assembly approved on Saturday the final building blocks of a $28 billion Pennsylvania budget that held the line on taxes, limited new spending, and arrived more or less on time, there was relief on both sides of the aisle.

Scranton Times Editorial: Don’t horse-trade for state severance tax

Tuesday, July 6th, 2010

State lawmakers sort of passed the state budget on time last week. But the document they sent to Gov. Ed Rendell is far from a definitive budget, even if lawmakers work out a last-minute dispute over a new fiscal management agency.

Morning Buzz: 6/11 Edition

Friday, June 11th, 2010

It’s Friday, and here at the Buzz, we can not wait for the soccer showdown between U.S. and England tomorrow.  Time to go all Lexington and Concord on the Brits.
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It’s not over yet – Burn’s state chair election may not be sure thing. Spoiler Alert: Dan Onorato, who most assumed would line up with [...]

Morning Buzz: 6/10 Edition

Thursday, June 10th, 2010

Skip your “Favorites Bar”, we have your morning must-reads here in the Buzz.

PoliticsPA’s Up & Down: 6/4 Edition

Friday, June 4th, 2010

In this week’s Up & Down, the Guv buckles down for his last bout in Harrisburg, the President goes stag to Pittsburgh, and PoliticsPA has hockey on the mind.

Morning Buzz: 6/4 Edition

Friday, June 4th, 2010

Skip your “Favorites Bar” – We’ve got your morning must-reads here in the Buzz.

Chris Freind: Ed Rendell is a dope

Wednesday, March 31st, 2010

Attorney General Tom Corbett’s legal challenge to Obama-care is exactly the right thing to do. Why is the governor playing politics with it?

Rendell to Maddow: Corbett “probably the favorite to become the next governor” (VIDEO)

Wednesday, March 24th, 2010

Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell spoke with MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow last night to discuss GOP-backed lawsuits against the health care reform bill.  Rendell labeled the suits as purely political, but his relatively kind comments regarding Attorney General and GOP gubernatorial favorite were most telling.  Rendell has publicly supported Democratic Allegheny County Executive Dan Onorato in the [...]

Gov. Ed Rendell’s trip to rescue 54 Haitian orphans cost taxpayers after all

Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010

Gov. Ed Rendell has described his January rescue mission that brought 54 orphans out of earthquake-ravaged Haiti to Pennsylvania as one that cost taxpayers nothing. But the state plane log for January shows there was a cost to taxpayers after all.

ON BACKGROUND: Sestak’s fundraising, Adolph’s election and Knox’s exit

Wednesday, January 27th, 2010

Every week, PoliticsPA will give you a taste of the buzz, rumors and gossip floating around Pennsylvania’s political wags. This week’s edition focuses Sestak’s fundraising, a new House GOP appropriations chair, and Tom Knox’s sudden exit from the gubernatorial race.

Speculation among Pennsylvania’s chattering class has set a low bar for Joe Sestak’s fourth quarter fundraising numbers. The former admiral raised about $750,000 during last year’s third fiscal quarter, a disappointment, and the number is expected to be lower for the fourth.