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2 hrs ago | Statecollege.com

No Ruling After Attorneys Battle Over Gov. Corbett's Lawsuit

HARRISBURG The status of Gov. Tom Corbett's lawsuit remains unknown after two hours of arguments Monday.

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Related Topix: US Governors, Criminal Defense Law, Law, Centre County, PA

Mon May 20, 2013

O-R Online

Pension system is sustainable

The pension debt confronting Pennsylvania's retirement systems for state and public school workers is not primarily a result of benefit changes which occurred in 2001, as the editorial states.

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Related Topix: Pension, Personal Finance, Education Etc., US Governors, Opinion

Patch.com

No cost? Not quite: Self-funded PA website contract costing up to $2.6M

By Melissa Daniels | PA Independent HARRISBURG - A state lawmaker continues to raise red flags about a website redesign and management contract.

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Waly 103.9

News for 5/20/13

The legal battle between Governor Corbett and the NCAA will land in a court room for the first time today.

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The Lebanon Daily News

Proposed Pennsylvania graduation standards flying into flak

It seemed to hit the Capitol like a brick: a sudden groundswell of criticism over a move by Gov.

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Related Topix: Pennsylvania, US Governors, US News, Clymer, PA, Lebanon County, PA

CBS Local

Governor Corbett Faces Off Against NCAA

Lawyers for the Corbett administration and the NCAA will be in a federal courtroom this afternoon to argue a motion to dismiss the lawsuit against Penn State sanctions.

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WGAL-TV Lancaster

Some Millersville students turn back on commencement speaker

It was graduation day Saturday at Millersville University. During the commencement ceremony, about ten students and faculty members turned their chairs around as the commencement speaker Gov.

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The Citizens' Voice

State budget deadline casts spell

A combination of events is focusing attention on whether Gov. Tom Corbett and lawmakers can perform the political hat trick of passing major legislation dealing with transportation spending, liquor store privatization and curbing public pension costs while passing the next state budget on time for the third year in a row.

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Related Topix: Healthcare Law, Law, US Governors, Pension, Personal Finance, Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA

Sun May 19, 2013

The News Item

Noteworthy: Sunday, May 19, 2013

The state Senate and House unanimously passed legislation to help develop and expand community-based health care clinics, according to Sen.

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Related Topix: US Governors, Mifflinville, PA

Patch.com

Political Nonprofit Skirting PA Election Law Targeted Four GOP Lawmakers Last November

By Eric Boehm | PA Independent HARRISBURG - A new political nonprofit claims to be holding Gov.

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Related Topix: Non-Profit, Pennsylvania, US Governors, Pittsburgh, PA

Erie Times News

Erie region job-training officials to meet Monday

State officials in no more than five weeks are expected to be done with a long-awaited audit of the region's job-training agency.

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Related Topix: Erie, PA, Pennsylvania, US Governors, Venango, PA, Warren, PA

O-R Online

Corbett gets cool reception at Pa. graduation

Tom Corbett got a cool reception when he addressed a central Pennsylvania university's graduating class.

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Related Topix: US Governors, Harrisburg, PA, West Chester, PA

Philly.com

Karen Heller: Not investing in Pa. students now will cost us later

We're in budget season, which means the city school district is experiencing yet another round of asking for money from local and state governments that have grown inured to the perpetual crisis, as common a sign of spring as azaleas.

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Related Topix: Education Etc., Electronics, Hite, Ed Rendell, US Governors

Philly.com

Montco's Shapiro laying groundwork for statewide run

Josh Shapiro, chairman of the Montgomery County commissioners and a rising Democratic star, will bypass 2014 races for governor and Congress already congested with ambitious pols and instead launch his own political action committee to try to influence campaigns and issues around the state.

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Related Topix: US News, Montgomery County, PA, US Governors, US Politics, Allyson Schwartz, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Jenkintown, PA

Sat May 18, 2013

Chambersburg Public Opinion

Criticism flares around new Pa. graduation tests

It seemed to hit the Capitol like a brick: a sudden groundswell of criticism over a move by Gov.

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Related Topix: US Governors, US News, Clymer, PA, Education Etc., Opinion

Post-gazette.com

An F on guns: State campuses forced to allow firearms

Seven of Pennsylvania's 14 state-owned universities -- under pressure from gun-rights advocates who believe that carrying firearms on a campus full of young people is a good idea -- quietly have started to allow guns to be carried in open spaces on their campuses.

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Related Topix: US Governors, Edinboro, PA, Opinion

New Pittsburgh Courier Online

Social Welfare' group runs ads against Gov. Corbett. But who are they?

Tom Corbett of playing a shell game with the state. But what game is the Pittsburgh advocacy group itself playing? It refuses to name its officers and directors.

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Related Topix: US Governors, Pennsylvania, Tax, Non-Profit

The York Daily Record

Our take: Schreiber for 95th House seat

It's hard to recall the last time York County has seen a state House general election with not just two, but three outstanding candidates.

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Related Topix: York County, PA, US News, York, PA, US Governors, Opinion

Examiner.com

Governor Tom Corbett limps towards re-election

Pennsylvania's Governor Tom Corbett wants to serve another term and he has roughly 535 days to explain to the 8,508,015 registered voters why he should be re-elected. So far he's not doing that great of a job.

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The Nation

What You Should Know About the Philly Student Walkout

Running a massive deficit of hundreds of millions of dollars, Philadelphia's school system is planning to eliminate all sports, extracurricular activities, counselors and libraries - beyond which, for schools eviscerated by austerity politics, there's not much left to lose.

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Related Topix: Family, Adolescents and Pre-Teens, US Governors, Education Etc., US News, Liberal Political News