A final vote in the PA legislature will occur early next week in Corbett’s push for tort reform. The “Fair Share” bill, sponsored by Republican Curt Schroder, would rid the state of its joint-and-several liability law, which forces a defendant to make all of a payout in the case that a co-defendant is financially unable.
Maybe it’s the Spring air, but Ups beat Downs 2-1 today. See who had the best week in PA politics.
Before there was a Tea Party, Pennsylvania conservatives had the PA Leadership Conference. Their annual meeting is this weekend at the Radisson Penn Harris in Camp Hill, and is a must-attend for any Republican seeking any statewide office.
Government shutdown looms, the PA Leadership Conference starts today, and Holden draws a possible challenger.
The Independence Hall Tea Party held a “Drill More, Spend Less” Conference prior to Obama’s speech. The purpose of the conference was to address the party’s distaste of Obama’s discouragement of domestic oil production as well as government overspending.
It looks like Sheila Dow-Ford is ready to give Tim Holden another primary challenge from the left. “There’s always the possibility of taking another run. Why not?” she said. “I’m looking, and I’m watching.”
Auditor General Jack Wagner and state Senator Stewart Greenleaf (R-Montgomery) are leading the charge to lower the number of inmates in Pennsylvania prisons, which is rising faster than in any other state, by offering alternatives other than incarceration to nonviolent offenders.
The Patriot-News Editorial Page will be hosting a forum on the selling of state liquor stores on Monday, April 11, at 11 a.m. The forum will occur at Harrisburg University, 326 Market street. It will feature debate between House Majority Leader Mike Turzai and Representative Dwight Evans over whether privatization of state stores is appropriate.
PA Democrats are raising the volume about Governor Corbett’s relative silence. In an effort to get Corbett to hold a town hall or public meeting about the budget, Dems have released a new web video.
President Barack Obama paid a visit to a Bucks County wind turbine manufacturing plant Wednesday, marking it his first visit to any state since announcing his run for another term in The White House.
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