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.
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Gov. Ed Rendell’s trip to rescue 54 Haitian orphans cost taxpayers after all
Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010ON 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.
CNN’s Cooper questions Rendell’s Haitian rescue mission
Tuesday, January 19th, 2010During his CNN broadcast from Port-au-Prince on Monday night, anchor Anderson Cooper implied that the overwhelming task of helping Haiti’s victims might be being compromised by ad-hoc rescue missions launched through political channels.
Video: Rendell goes to Haiti for orphans
Tuesday, January 19th, 2010Governor Rendell talks to MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell about the overnight rescue mission to bring orphans to Pittsburgh.
Politics as Usual: The gov in Haiti, McCall’s retirement and Bonusgate
Tuesday, January 19th, 2010Pennsylvania’s Only State Government Podcast (TM) returns this week with a full accounting of this weekend’s gubernatorial forum put on by the Pennsylvania State Education Association.
We’ll issue a definitive ruling on which candidate pandered most effectively to the state’s largest teachers union and muse aloud on Scranton Mayor Chris Doherty’s mysterious disappearance from the stage.
Governor’s push for major reforms not abandoned
Friday, January 15th, 2010The week before Thanksgiving, Gov. Ed Rendell announced in Scranton a push for major reforms to the state’s campaign finance law, the way judges are chosen and the process for drawing congressional and legislative district boundaries. Since then, hardly a peep.
Rendell to revive gas drilling tax plan
Friday, January 15th, 2010Gov. Rendell says the higher-than-expected bids at the state auction of gas-drilling leases this week, along with the fact that Exxon Mobil Corp. paid billions for a drilling company active in Pennsylvania, are evidence the industry can withstand a new tax this year. Rendell, who dropped his proposal to tax natural gas extracted from the Marcellus Shale amid difficult budget negotiations last year, yesterday reiterated his plan to revive the tax as part of his annual budget address Feb. 9.
Rendell signs gambling bill, wants Pennsylvania table games on the fast track
Friday, January 8th, 2010With Gov. Ed Rendell pledging to get table games “up and running in as many casino venues as possible by July,” Nemacolin Woodlands in Fayette County yesterday entered a four-way competition for the state’s last resort casino license.
Court rules against Rendell furloughs
Tuesday, December 29th, 2009HARRISBURG – Pennsylvania’s highest court ruled yesterday that the state constitution does not prohibit the governor from continuing to employ and pay state employees during a budget impasse.



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