With the revenue generated from a 5 percent severance tax, we can give our kids the tools they need to succeed and build economic security for generations of families across the Commonwealth.
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Why didn’t District Attorney Craig Stedman dismiss charges against Dane Winey?
“Beyer suggested that the girl’s mother and her former boyfriend tried to frame [Dane] Winey.
“Text messages allegedly sent by the boyfriend to a woman acquaintance of the girl prove that, Beyer argued.
LETTER: Cycle of illegal cross border immigration and then reprieve
We seem to go through this cycle every 20 to 30 years. We look the other way as millions of mostly Hispanics cross the border while we give scrutiny to others who hail from other parts of the world.
Re Convention Center: Should State protect citizens or creditors?
Were it not for Act 47 the Lancaster County Convention Center Authority could have used the threat of Chapter 9 of the Federal Bankruptcy Act to reorganize its one sided contracts with Penn Square Partners and to have ‘crammed down’ interest rates and possibly principal owed on its bonds, owned by Wells-Fargo Bank.
Judge approves Sandusky investigative report; Corbett to have chance to respond
Cambria County Judge Norman A. Krumenacher III approved the report’s contents, a step that was necessary because it contains grand jury testimony. Grand juries meet in secret…
Tales of Army Discord Show Tiananmen Square in a New Light
In a stunning rebuke to his superiors, Maj. Gen. Xu Qinxian, leader of the mighty 38th Group Army, said the protests were a political problem and should be settled through negotiations, not force, according to new accounts of his actions from researchers who interviewed him.
BABUSHKAS
For me, as for every person who was growing up in Russia, the image of a granny wearing a headscarf tied under her chin is known from childhood.
LANCASTER NEW ERA
“With 12 million undocumented immigrants in the United States, it would be impractical to send them home.”
INTELLIGENCER JOURNAL
Editorial “A last, best chance to host the Olympics?” continues: “Last week, the city of Philadelphia withdrew its bid to host the 2024 Olympic Games. Philadelphia had been one of 35 cities the U.S. Olympic Committee invited to compete…
They shoot horses, don’t they?
The Governor and lawmakers want to begin peeling off proceeds from casinos that have been allocated to horseracing. They want to re-direct the funds to public education, a critical need. Right place for more funds, but wrong source.
GOP reps balk over medical marijuana
A spokesman for House Republicans said Friday that a majority of members do not support authorizing Mr. Corbett’s vision of allowing children with intractable epilepsy not helped by standard therapies to have supervised access to cannabidiol, a component of marijuana that does not cause a high.
Corbett Lags by 20 Points in Pa. Gov. Race
A new statewide telephone survey of likely Pennsylvania voters shows Wolf with 51 percent of the vote to Corbett’s 31 percent. Four percent (4 percent) prefer some other candidate in the race, but 14 percent are still undecided at this point.
A succinct summation of Barack Obama’s foreign policy
“In his second term, a time that presidents typically set about cementing their legacies as statesmen, Mr. Obama has instead settled on a minimalist foreign policy — one that he laid out at West Point and sums up with a saltier version of the phrase, “don’t do stupid stuff.”
An important exchange re Internet access with Kevin Zeese
This will mean wealthy website — like FOX News — will have websites that are instantaneous, while poorer sites like Truthout.org or other independent news sites — will have slow service. This is the current change they are considering.