CARNEY VOTES FOR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT – Federal funds will provide 1,505 additional P.A. officers on the Beat

By THE OFFICE OF CONGRESSMAN CHRISTOPHER CARNEY

Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Carney joined a bipartisan majority in the House of Representatives to pass H.R. 1139, the COPS Improvement Act (342-78).  The measure will reinvigorate the COPS program by authorizing $1.25 billion per year for hiring grants, $350 million per year for COPS technology grants, and $200 million per year to help hire community prosecutors.  Pennsylvania will see over 1,500 new police officers on the…

Gerlach Calls on Governor Rendell to Address Concerns Over Tracking Stimulus Spending

By THE OFFICE OF CONGRESSMAN JIM GERLACH

Washington – Congressman Jim Gerlach (PA-6th District) sent a letter Thursday to Gov. Ed Rendell asking him to respond to a recent news article regarding Auditor General Jack Wagner’s concerns about whether the Commonwealth has sufficient controls in place to track economic stimulus funding.

“The public deserves complete openness and transparency in how the Commonwealth is spending billions of taxpayer dollars,” Gerlach said. “I am hopeful that the…

Congress Passes Key Bill that Could Mean Thousands of Additional Police Officers for Pennsylvania Communities

By THE OFFICE OF CONGRESSWOMAN ALLYSON SCHWARTZ

Washington, D.C. – Today, with U.S. Rep. Schwartz’s (PA-13) strong support, the House of Representatives passed the COPS Improvement Act. Building on the tremendous past successes of the COPS program (Community Oriented Policing Service, this plan calls for putting 50,000 additional police officers in communities throughout America over the next five years. The COPS Improvement Act invests $1.25 billion a year for COPS hiring grants, $350 million a…

Wearing multiple hats…

Sorry to our readers for things being a little slower on the news front today. Doubling as the site’s editor, I’ve been playing some catchup in soliciting op-ed content.

I’ll try to get more news up later, but rest assured that if I don’t, there will be plenty tomorrow.

Want to help me focus on covering and breaking news? Write an op-ed for us or find someone else to write one. E-mail …

Corruption: No longer an iffy proposition in Pennsylvania

By G. TERRY MADONNA AND MICHAEL L. YOUNG

The question is no longer a speculative one. No longer can we ask “if” corruption, widespread and systematic, is returning full bloom to Pennsylvania. Instead, it is now time to ask “why”—why after an absence of a quarter of a century, the blight of public corruption has returned to the Keystone State.

Certainly there is no scarcity of evidence to that effect. The sheer number of lawmakers…

Slow day…

Not much today, but I urge you to take a look at the pa2010.com

Corbett spokesman addresses delay on Fumo non-profit

An aide to Attorney General Tom Corbett today fired back at criticism that his boss waited too long to investigate a non-profit tied to convicted former state Senator Vince Fumo.

Responding to an

My 15 minutes of ‘fame’

Check out the

Are you listening Rush?

I have a

Full Story

Fumo’s play

Anyone who thought former state Senator Vince Fumo would go quietly to jail doesn’t know Vince Fumo. Five weeks after he was convicted of corruption and obstruction on a grand scale, Fumo’s lawyers are