There’s no guarantee that the jobs will go to Pennsylvanians, said Rep. Mike Sturla, D-Lancaster. “One could live in Ohio or West Virginia and drive to Pennsylvania every day,” Sturla said…
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Disturbing e-mails could spell more trouble for Penn State officials
CNN With convicted serial child sex abuser Jerry Sandusky behind bars, new questions are surfacing about what Penn State officials knew about a 2001 incident involving the former assistant football coach’s encounter with a boy in the shower — and whether they covered up the incident…
The messages indicate former Penn State President Graham Spanier and two other former university officials knew they had a problem with Sandusky after a 2001 shower incident, but apparently first decided to handle it using a “humane” approach before contacting outside authorities whose job it is to investigate suspected abuse…
St. Petersburg’s Scarlet Sails Festival
One of the most famous in Russia annual public events – Alye Parusa (“Scarlet Sails”) Festival took place last week in St. Petersburg. The event is highly popular for spectacular fireworks and a massive show celebrating the end of the high school year.
Deal reached on tax breaks for PA refinery
From the READING EAGLE: Top state Republican lawmakers have reached an agreement on a package of tax breaks that Gov. Tom Corbett has sought in hopes of encouraging the construction of a multibillion-dollar petrochemical refinery and an associated chemical manufacturing industry in Pennsylvania, lawmakers and legislative aides said Thursday.
Moral and legal authority of PA’s highest offices and the equal enforcement of our laws are in doubt
It didn’t take long for a jury in Bellefonte, PA, to conclude that former Penn State football coach Jerry Sandusky for more than a decade misused his positions of trust at the university and the Second Mile Charity to seduce and rape vulnerable boys.
Health Care Dissent: Here’s What The Conservative Wing Wanted To Happen
From the HUFFINGTON POST: “The Act before us here exceeds federal power both in mandating the purchase of health insurance and in denying nonconsenting States all Medicaid funding. These parts of the Act are central to its design and operation, and all the Act’s other provisions would not have been enacted without them. In our view it must follow that the entire statute is inoperative.”
Supreme Court upholds Affordable Care Act.
With Chief Justice John Roberts casting the pivotal vote on a 5/4 decision, President Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act was virtually fully upheld by the nation’s highest court.
The Court rejected the Administration’s argument that requiring health care insurance was permitted under the Commerce Clause, yet it justified the mandate under the government’s power to tax.
Castille called it: Corbett’s decision to nominate judges isn’t fiscally sound
From the HARRISBURG PATRIOT-NEWS: …The state’s top judge correctly predicted the political winds in Harrisburg. And he accurately anticipated the flurry of legislative deal-making that will cost the judiciary a lot of money. A few weeks ago, [Ronald] Castille expressed concern when Gov. Tom Corbett nominated his former top aide, William Ward, to serve as an Allegheny County judge.
Lancaster Solid Waste Authority is sole contender to buy Harrisburg incinerator
From the HARRISBURG PATRIOT-NEWS: The Lancaster County Solid Waste Management Authority has emerged as the sole remaining bidder for the Harrisburg incinerator. Harrisburg Receiver William Lynch made the announcement today at a by-weekly update meeting for Harrisburg’s financial recovery.
Mayor Gray owes Hamid Zahedi an apology
In an article appearing in the Intelligencer Journal New Era titled “Mayor, Lancaster city scrutinize Hotel Brunswick”, the following appears: “Gray said the owner, New York-based investor Hamid Zahedi, has told city officials the tenant is responsible for management and upkeep.
Harrisburg’s debt history Chapter Four: Slide Show
By 1900, Harrisburg, in fact, was a hell hole of dirty, unpaved streets and untreated sewage that was pumped from the Susquehanna River into residents’ spigots, by way of a gravity fed reservoir built in 1862 in Reservoir Park. “Many streets were poorly paved or unpaved, even at intersections,” writes Wilson in The City Beautiful Movement.
A Cruel and Unusual Record (by President Jimmy Carter)
Revelations that top officials are targeting people to be assassinated abroad, including American citizens, are only the most recent, disturbing proof of how far our nation’s violation of human rights has extended. This development began after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, and has been sanctioned and escalated by bipartisan executive and legislative actions, without dissent from the general public.
Supreme Court makes two good decisions, and one bad one
From the PHILADELPHIA DAILY NEWS Editorial: NEARLY 500 Pennsylvania inmates who were sentenced to life without parole while they were juveniles may get another chance for freedom thanks to Monday’s Supreme Court decision that ruled such sentences are unconstitutional. Following a 2005 decision that outlawed the death penalty for juveniles, and a 2010 decision that outlawed life without parole for juvenile nonhomicide offenders…
Capitolwire: Senate approves corrections reform, sends to governor.
HARRISBURG (June 25)– The state Senate on Monday unanimously voted to send to the governor a bill to reform the state’s corrections system. The chamber approved amendments made to Senate Bill 100 by the House of Representatives that would implement much of Gov. Tom Corbett’s Justice Reinvestment Initiative proposals.