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.
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Inquirer: Budget puzzle still lacks pieces
Tuesday, July 6th, 2010Scranton Times Editorial: Don’t horse-trade for state severance tax
Tuesday, July 6th, 2010State 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: 6/10 Edition
Thursday, June 10th, 2010Skip your “Favorites Bar”, we have your morning must-reads here in the Buzz.
PoliticsPA’s Up & Down: 6/4 Edition
Friday, June 4th, 2010In 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, 2010Skip your “Favorites Bar” – We’ve got your morning must-reads here in the Buzz.
Chris Freind: Ed Rendell is a dope
Wednesday, March 31st, 2010Attorney 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, 2010Pennsylvania 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, 2010Gov. 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, 2010Every 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.
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By Commonwealth Foundation - Dan Onorato's Natural Gas Tax
[...] Candidate Dan Onorato held a press conference yesterday announcing he supports a tax on natural gas extraction in Pennsylvania ...
By PoliticsPA’s Morning Buzz: 9/2 Edition | Politics PA
[...] PoliticsPA: DSCC releases new ad attacking Pat Toomey for his ties to Wall Street and his plans for social ...
By Wyoming Valley Moderate
Interesting that Barletta was given an award by Rendell for fiscal responsibilty and that he was voted best mayor in ...
By Christine Brothers
A candidate who is profife has my vote. Secondly, as a teacher, I will consider a candiate who will ...