9/16 Morning Buzz
We preview Republican state committee; electoral college fireworks; Corbett backs impact fee; David Christian for Senate; and will PA judges ever be selected by merit?
We preview Republican state committee; electoral college fireworks; Corbett backs impact fee; David Christian for Senate; and will PA judges ever be selected by merit?
Governor Tom Corbett on Thursday told Philadelphia-based radio host Dom Giordano that his in-development Marcellus Shale legislation would include a call for a local impact fee, as recommended in a July report compiled by the governor’s Shale advisory commission.
David Christian, the Bucks County veterans’ advocate and former congressional candidate, has thrown his hat in the ring against the incumbent Senator.
Pennsylvanians for Modern Courts and PMCAction strongly support the recent introduction of legislation in the House of Representatives formulated to implement a Merit Selection system for selecting appellate court judges, replacing the current system of partisan elections.
Senate Majority Leader Dominic Pileggi’s plan to distribute Pennsylvania’s electoral votes by congressional district has faced criticism from both sides of the political aisle — perhaps unsurprisingly, considering what happened in Nebraska three years ago.
At yesterday’s redistricting commission hearing in Pittsburgh, western PA residents asked panel members to protect the region’s influence in their final draft.
The electoral college story just keeps getting bigger; the redistricting panel meets in Harrisburg; John Vernon is in for U.S. Senate; and a Bucks Co employee pleads guilty.
Colonel John Vernon officially announced his candidacy for the 2012 U.S. Senate election this morning at Liberties Restaurant & Bar, a historic Philadelphia establishment
The first of four defendants in the Bucks County Register of Wills corruption case pleaded guilty this morning.
A member of President Obama’s cabinet toured the Hill District this morning to get a first-hand look at redevelopment there and to promote legislation he said would spur further rebuilding.
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