Obama and Corbett: Twinsies On Program Consolidation

Posted on January 13, 2012 by | 1 Comment |

President Obama announced some reorganization and consolidation of small business assistance programs today, providing a useful frame for thinking about some similar moves Tom Corbett’s been making in Harrisburg. Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellany

Corbett Now Open to “Rejiggering” Gas Tax to Fund Transportation

Posted on January 13, 2012 by | 1 Comment |

Is this new? Didn’t Tom Corbett used to want to fund transportation only with license and registration fee increases? Wasn’t the gas tax supposed to be off the table? Continue reading →

Posted in Transportation

What Occupy Philly is Occupied With Now

Posted on January 13, 2012 by | Discuss this post |

Samantha Melamed has a nice update on what Occupy Philly activists have been up to. Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellany

Reassessment Doom Postponed in Pittsburgh

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If you haven’t been tuning in for the reassessment insanity in Allegheny County, treat yourself.  Continue reading →

Posted in Pittsburgh / SW Region, Regional News

Can Dave Freed Investigate the Milton Hershey School Impartially?

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Tim Potts thinks he cannot: Continue reading →

Posted in 2012 - Election or End-of-days?, Elections

LCB Liquor Pricing: You’re Doing It Wrong

Posted on January 12, 2012 by | 2 Comments |

People in different parts of the state like different kinds of booze. Continue reading →

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464K Philadelphians Could Be Hurt By Corbett’s Food Stamp Rules

Posted on January 12, 2012 by | Discuss this post |

Via Mark Price, the Inquirer has a powerful editorial on the human damage that will result from Tom Corbett’s asset test for food stamps: Continue reading →

Posted in State Government, The Economy

Today in Pittsburgh Steelers Opining on Environmental Policy

Posted on January 11, 2012 by | 1 Comment |

A couple days ago we brought you Jerome Bettis endorsing the EPA’s new power plant regs. Continue reading →

Posted in Environment and Energy

The Surprisingly Good Politics of the 1% Sales Tax

Posted on January 11, 2012 by | Discuss this post |

You often hear that the Lehigh Valley is considered a political bellwether region, so I thought it would be interesting to see what the Pennsylvania Economy League’s 2009 survey of LV supervoters on the 1% County sales tax would tell us about the politics. Continue reading →

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Tom Corbett: People With $2000 Are Too Rich for Food Stamps

Posted on January 11, 2012 by | 3 Comments |

The Corbett administration rolled out a new policy yesterday where people who have $2000 in assets will no longer be eligible for food stamps. Continue reading →

Posted in The Economy