The state Senate took less than half an hour Wednesday to approve, with little debate, the $28 billion budget deal struck Tuesday between Gov. Rendell and top lawmakers.
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Inky: Senate passes Pa. budget, sends it to House
Wednesday, June 30th, 2010Rendell threat: 1,000 layoffs
Friday, December 18th, 2009HARRISBURG — Table games or 1,000 layoffs. That’s the choice Gov. Ed Rendell is giving state lawmakers who left Harrisburg yesterday without passing new gaming legislation and with no plans to return until Jan. 5.
State school funding bill awaits OK by Rendell
Wednesday, December 16th, 2009Tens of thousands of students attending Pennsylvania’s four state-related universities will escape a spring tuition surcharge if newly passed legislation becomes law.
Officials with the University of Pittsburgh as well as Penn State, Temple and Lincoln universities said as much yesterday after separate Senate bills with state appropriations for each school passed the state House late [...]
Pennsylvania revenue still lags behind budget projections
Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009Pennsylvania’s tax collections were both under budget estimates and behind last year’s pace in November, according to figures released by the Rendell administration today.But through the first five months of the new fiscal year, the total revenue shortfall is only a fraction of the size it was last year, and at this point state budget officials are holding off on calls for spending freezes.
John Baer: But could Ed pass THIS lie-detector test?
Monday, November 30th, 2009I CAN’T SHAKE the image of Gov. Ed strapped to a polygraph machine. It’s his fault, really. He brought it up by recently telling the Greater Scranton Chamber of Commerce, “I think I could pass a lie detector,” on the question of whether campaign contributions influence his decisions.
Christie, Rendell meet in Bucks County
Monday, November 23rd, 2009New Jersey Gov.-elect Christopher J. Christie and Pennsylvania Gov. Rendell met for about 45 minutes this morning to discuss economic development and how to attract more businesses to the region.
PoliticsPA’s Up & Down: 11/20 Edition
Friday, November 20th, 2009In this week’s Up & Down, America’s most (in?)famous “Maverick” goes rogue in Pennsylvania, President Obama returns from Asia to head to Allentown, and all of a sudden, Ed Rendell wants to limit campaign contributions!
Pa. drops plans for Willow Grove
Friday, November 13th, 2009In an abrupt reversal, Gov. Rendell yesterday abandoned plans to convert the soon-to-close Willow Grove Naval Air Station into a state-administered emergency and defense hub.
Rendell wrote to Secretary of Defense Robert Gates that because the military had declined to assign a flying mission to the Pennsylvania Air National Guard’s 111th Fighter Wing at the base, [...]
SEPTA strike ends; buses, trolleys to run this morning
Monday, November 9th, 2009The strike by SEPTA workers that had paralyzed much of the region since last week ended this morning with a signing of an agreement by SEPTA officials and leaders of Transport Workers Union Local 234.
Buses, subways and trolleys, idled since 3 a.m. Tuesday, are running in time for this morning’s rush.
The end to the six-day [...]
Nutter, Rendell blast SEPTA union for surprise strike
Wednesday, November 4th, 2009“It was an ambush of the citizens and the riding public,” Nutter said. “No one saw this coming. Everyone was caught off guard here.”



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