POLITICO: …The shale gas boom has been one of the state’s economic bright spots, turning long-dormant rural communities into boom towns. And both belea
Many Democrats lambaste Corbett for refusing to support a state drilling tax on the gas industry, saying he’s forgoing billions of dollars in revenue at the same time he’s imposing spending cuts on needs like schools. But Corbett and the state GOP say Democratic tax proposals threaten to drive the industry — and its jobs — to other states…
Gas is far from the only issue in the race, of course. Corbett faces no shortage of political dangers, including anemic job growth, school budget cuts and the state’s handling of the Penn State University child sexual abuse investigation when he was attorney general. Recent poll numbers indicate that almost half the state’s Republicans want him to drop out of the 2014 race… (more)
