In this week’s Up & Down, Pennsylvania politicians do battle with the media (especially in Pittsburgh), AG Tom Corbett flip-flops, and a House Republican starts a “Beer Revolution.”
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PoliticsPA’s Up & Down: 2/19 Edition
Friday, February 19th, 2010Ravenstahl Fires Back After Questions About Whereabouts
Wednesday, February 17th, 2010On Tuesday morning, Ravenstahl canceled a meeting with City Council President Darlene Harris, which raised questions about where he was.
PoliticsPA: Ravenstahl backs Specter
Thursday, February 4th, 2010Democratic U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter on Thursday received the endorsement of Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl, just days before the incumbent senator seeks the state party’s endorsement at its annual winter meeting.
Senate committee holds hearing on tax-exempts
Wednesday, January 13th, 2010When universities grow but cities don’t, taxpayers lose, officials said yesterday at a state Senate Democratic Policy Committee hearing on new legislation to tax big nonprofit institutions.
Hoeffel criticizes Ravenstahl veto of wage bill
Friday, January 8th, 2010Montgomery County Commissioner Joe Hoeffel is running for governor, but from across the state, he injected himself into a local municipal controversy this week as he issued a statement sharply criticizing Mayor Luke Ravenstahl’s last-minute decision to veto a prevailing wage bill.
Pittsburgh’s Ravenstahl wants to build bridges for the future
Tuesday, January 5th, 2010Mayor Luke Ravenstahl started his four-year term yesterday with a call for building bridges — “of ideas, progress and vision” — and acknowledging that he’ll need a few new spans, and maybe repair a few, to bring about what he called “the new Pittsburgh.”
Pittsburgh City Council possessed by politicking
Tuesday, December 29th, 2009On its surface a contest between Councilmen Ricky Burgess and William Peduto, it is also an opportunity for council to declare either a more collaborative approach to the mayor’s office or a more independent stance. The last two years have seen the city’s nine lawmakers swing wildly between those poles.
Ravenstahl abandons tuition tax
Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009Six weeks after touting a tuition tax as a key component of the city of Pittsburgh’s fiscal recovery, Mayor Luke Ravenstahl yesterday shelved the levy in favor of pledges of help from universities, tax-exempt organizations and the corporate community.
Pittsburgh, non-profits reach deal to avert tuition tax
Monday, December 21st, 2009Mayor Luke Ravenstahl and leaders of some of the city’s largest non-profit organizations have reached an agreement that will allow the mayor’s controversial tuition tax to be tabled.
Wagner critical of Ravenstahl’s tuition tax plan
Tuesday, December 15th, 2009State Auditor General Jack Wagner, a gubernatorial candidate, said today that Pittsburgh’s proposed tuition tax is a poor solution to the city’s pension problems.
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