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…

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.

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.

“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.

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.

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.

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…

That, of course doesn’t mean freezing out dissenting voices. But it also doesn’t mean you should give equal space or airtime to established truth on the one hand and reality-challenged people who don’t like it on the other…

SCRANTON TIMES-TRIBUNE Editorial: There is irony and symmetry to Penn State University’s effort to prevent public disclosure of information relative to the Joe Paterno estate’s lawsuit against the NCAA.

“I am against legalizing marijuana. And that’s not what this is. This is medical marijuana,” Cuomo said. “So no smoking, only through a prescription, highly regulated, only for a very descriptive set of conditions.”

Casino revenue has declined almost every month for the past eight years and now amounts to just half of the $5 billion reported for 2006. Atlantic Club (1,600 jobs) closed in January, Showboat (2,100 jobs) will close next month, and several of the 10 surviving casino-hotels probably will shut or shrink…