HARRISBURG PATRIOT-NEWS: ../And while it was true that the Great Recession left Corbett a $4.2 billion deficit upon taking office, his poorly explained decision to initially cut spending on basic and higher education, as well as popular social welfare programs, hurt him politically.
Corbett showed wisdom late in his administration by reversing course and declining to challenge court decisions overturning Pennsylvania’s wrong-headed voter identification law and a 1990s-vintage ban on same-sex marriage that was rooted in decades of prejudice and discrimination… (more)
