And at a time when other groups are petitioning for a permanent voting voice on the board, including the student body, the faculty and even the Penn State Alumni Association, paring the alumni-elected cohort could make room for more diversity without growing the overall board, they said…
Kudos to the Lancaster City Alliance
But there is a more important thing for us to do. That is to actually provide financial support to those local agencies so that they indeed can advise and assist. So long as we have done so generously, we should feel no guilt about turning down panhandlers.
NewsLanc seeks nominees for Convention Center ‘Honor Roll’
NewsLanc is requesting nominations for it’s the Honor Roll. Otherwise we must rely upon our Convention Center Series to identify individuals and we know that such a list will be incomplete.
Early Returns on Health Care Reform
NEW YORK TIMES Editorial: …The survey, sponsored by the Commonwealth Fund, a research group that tracks health care reform, conducted phone interviews with some 4,400 working-age adults around the country from April 9 to June 2, shortly after the first open enrollment period ended. It found that 78 percent of the newly insured were either […]
Capitolwire: Corbett signs budget, draws rebuke from GOP leaders with line-item veto.
Corbett said all options are on the table in terms of compelling lawmakers to return to the Capitol this summer, which could include a special session on pension reform.
Pennsylvania sends 14,000 draft notices to men born in 1800s
WASHINGTON POST: No, the United States isn’t trying to build a military force of centenarians. It just seems that way after the Selective Service System mistakenly sent notices to more than 14,000 Pennsylvania men born between 1893 and 1897, ordering them to register for the nation’s military draft and warning that failure to do so […]
Audio: Nixon’s Secret White House Tapes
VANITY FAIR published the following transcript from President Richard Nixon’s White House tapes: April 28, 1971. During a discussion with Haldeman and Kissinger about an annual youth conference, the subject turned to homosexuality and society. Nixon: Let me say something before we get off the gay thing. I don’t want my views misunderstood. I am […]
Judge: Florida Congress Maps Illegal, Must Be Redrawn
NEWSMAX: The Florida Legislature illegally drew the state’s congressional districts to primarily benefit the Republican Party, a judge ruled Thursday as he ordered them redrawn. Circuit Judge Terry Lewis said in a 41-page ruling that legislators relied on GOP political operatives who worked in secret to craft the final political maps adopted in 2012. In […]
Fewer reporters now cover statehouses
“In numerous conversations with journalists, legislative leaders and other experts, the one sentiment expressed again and again was concern about the impact of a perceived decline in mainstream media coverage,” said Mark Jurkowitz, associate director of the Journalism Project at the Pew Research Center.
Race Is On to Profit From Rise of Urgent Care
Urgent care clinics also have a crucial business advantage over traditional hospital emergency rooms in that they can cherry-pick patients. Most of these centers do not accept Medicaid and turn away the uninsured unless they pay upfront. Hospital E.R.s, by contrast, are legally obligated to treat everyone.
LETTER: Restoration of Penn State’s records and football program
The speed at which Joe Pa was tossed under the bus was incredible, especially given the lifetime of dedication Joe gave to Penn State.
County Receives Statewide Recognition for Prison Population Reduction Initiative
At a ceremony in State College, Lancaster County was selected for the 2014 Large County Award for their Prison Population Reduction Initiative (Initiative) from the County Commissioners’ Association of Pennsylvania’s (CCAP) 21st Century Committee.
Veto, special session studied by Corbett to push Pa. pension reform
Cutting the Legislature’s money and calling lawmakers back into session could be an attractive move to a governor seeking re-election and trailing in public opinion polls. Yet analysts who know Corbett aren’t sure he’ll do so. He could sign or veto the entire $29.1 billion budget…
Fed Details End of Bond-Buying Program
NEW YORK TIMES: The Federal Reserve said on Wednesday that it planned to stop adding to its bond holdings in October, in a sign of its confidence that the economy is gaining strength even as the central bank gradually withdraws its support. The decision, described in an account of the Fed’s most recent policy-making meeting […]