In her decision, McInerney cited testimony that the hiring and firing of an editor is traditionally seen as an “editorial or journalistic” matter. But since the Limited Liability Agreement gives that power to the management committee, she had no choice but to bring back Marimow.

PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER: A typical driver can expect to pay $22 more a year in 2014 and $132 more by 2018, according to calculations made by Gov. Corbett’s Transportation Funding Advisory Commission in 2011. The commission’s recommendations formed the basis for the funding plan approved by the House and Senate this week…

“This was a Republican and Democrat voted bill,” Corbett added. “Leaders here did what was right, not necessarily what was politically expedient. Today Pennsylvanians can be proud of their leaders.”

ALJAZEERA: Ukraine abruptly abandoned a historic new alliance with its Western neighbors Thursday, halting plans for an imminent trade pact with the European Union and saying it would instead revive talks with Russia.

Once used sparingly, it has become a common procedural tactic in recent years that could be deployed even without heroic 24-hour speeches…

“[Library System Director] Bill Hudson touted recent improvements in network support — the network has not failed over the past 30 days, he said, and there’s been only one slow period this month.”

PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE: A land bank is a governmental or nonprofit entity that acquires and manages tax foreclosed, blighted and abandoned properties with the goal of returning them to productive reuse. The law allows any county, city or borough with a population of 10,000 or more to establish a land bank. Smaller towns can form them, too, if they team up.

SCRANTON TIMES-HERALD / AP: A new legislative proposal outlined Wednesday would shrink Penn State’s board from 30 to 23 voting members, a change designed to make the board work more efficiently and create a more inclusive system of doing business.

Shultz illustrated the Gipper’s strategy at work in negotiations with the Soviets that began in 1980 in Geneva over Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces, or INF

Today, 41% of the nation’s dailies are doing so or are about to, according to media analyst Ken Doctor. No doubt many more will soon be hopping on board…

The American Heart Association, whose conference featured the research on Tuesday, says the study is the first to show that children’s fitness has declined worldwide over the past three decades…

State funding for the program is now at $4.3 million. That enabled Ms. Kane to create the child predator section, hire additional agents and attorneys, upgrade the software and purchase two mobile forensic trucks to do on-the-scene analysis…