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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.”
