Category Archives: Budget/Taxes/Spending

Activists March 100 Miles to Protest New Prisons in Montgomery County

An organization called Decarcerate PA held a rally in Philadelphia and marched over a hundred miles to Harrisburg where they rallied a week later to protest against Governor Corbett’s administration spending over $400 million on two new prisons in Montgomery … More after the jump

Posted in Budget/Taxes/Spending, Civil Rights, Education, Environment and Energy, Governor Corbett, Harrisburg / South Central, Health, Philadelphia and suburbs, Social Services, State Government

PA AG Kathleen Kane (D) Opposes Legalizing Marijuana for Same Bogus Reason as Gov. Corbett (R)

The attorney general of Pennsylvania, Kathleen Kane (D), recently said she’s against marijuana legalization – not for any solid personal or objective reason, but for the same laughably lame, demonstrably debunked reason that our conservative Republican governor, Tom Corbett, holds … More after the jump

Posted in Budget/Taxes/Spending, Elections, Governor Corbett, Health, Miscellany, State Government, The Economy

PA House Passes Corporate Tax Cut with Loophole Closure

In Pennsylvania, the state tax code has a notorious loophole that allows corporations to get away without paying millions of dollars in taxes every year, and this is known as the Delaware tax loophole. The PA House recently passed House … More after the jump

Posted in Budget/Taxes/Spending, Business, House of Representatives, State Government, The Economy

Philly & Allentown Students Protest Education Cuts

Hundreds of students in two major cities in Pennsylvania recently organized, rallied, and marched in protest of continued slashing of education funding for their schools. In Philadelphia and in Allentown, students held signs and chanted to fight against cuts to … More after the jump

Posted in Budget/Taxes/Spending, Education, Northeast PA, Philadelphia and suburbs

Corbett Aide Says if Medicaid is Expanded it Will Be in 2015; Issue Lives for PA 2014 Gov. Race

This week a top aide to Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett said that if the governor winds up accepting the expansion of Medicaid under ObamaCare, it probably won’t be until 2015. If that’s how it happens, it will mean hundreds of … More after the jump

Posted in Budget/Taxes/Spending, Elections, Governor Corbett, Health, Issues, National Politics, Social Services, State Government

Democrats Join Republicans in Pennsylvania War on “Welfare”

It doesn’t greatly disappoint me that there are Republicans in the PA Legislature who hate the idea of “welfare” so much that they want to take away millions of dollars that were supposed to go to helping people in need … More after the jump

Posted in Budget/Taxes/Spending, Health, House of Representatives, Senate, Social Services, State Government

Union Fights Corbett Administration Decision to Close Nearly Half of Pennsylvania’s Health Centers

There are currently 60 health care centers across Pennsylvania where people who have illnesses or injuries but don’t have the money for treatment can go for care. The Corbett administration is now planning to close nearly half of them before … More after the jump

Posted in Budget/Taxes/Spending, Governor Corbett, Health, House of Representatives, Judiciary, Labor and Unions, Senate, Social Services, State Government

UPMC Challenge Not Just Good Policy

But good politics for a Mayoral candidate to base a campaign around: The poll conducted by Susquehanna Polling & Research of Harrisburg found that 76 percent of those voters support outgoing Mayor Luke Ravenstahl’s bid to strip [UPMC]‘s property and payroll tax … More after the jump

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Catching up with the World: A Universal Health Care System for Pennsylvania

A bill that would provide universal health care coverage for all Pennsylvanians is being considered in the PA Legislature, and a new study about the plan says it would be just as healthy for the commonwealth’s economy as its citizens. … More after the jump

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Governor Corbett Signs Executive Order Legalizing Marijuana

APRIL 1ST – Late yesterday evening, Governor Tom Corbett stunned both liberals and conservatives alike when he drafted and signed an executive order that legal experts believe legalizes the possession, cultivation, and distribution of marijuana, commonly referred to as “weed.”

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