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March 24, 2011 at 7:32 am | Comments (1)

State corrections budget points to need for sentencing reform

Gov. Tom Corbett’s proposed budget includes a slight increase for the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections. Under the governor’s budget, the state would spend $1.967 billion on the prison system, compared to $1.955 billion for fiscal year 2010. The state general fund, however, would also have to cover the loss of almost $174 million in federal stabilization funds.

According to a summary in the proposed budget, Pennsylvania pays $30,248 per year to lock up an inmate.…

March 18, 2011 at 10:28 am | Comments (5)

Corbett budget features deep education cuts, tax breaks to encourage job growth #pabudget

Note: The Governor’s Budget Dashboard /em/p
pGov. Tom Corbett delivered his first budget proposal Tuesday, calling for deep cuts in education spending, government spending and economic development programs. The budget also slashes business taxes and proposes a number of targeted tax credits to encourage growth./p
pCorbett also announced that his lieutenant governor will head up a task force to study the issue of natural gas…

March 8, 2011 at 6:03 pm | Comments (5)

adultBasic HealthCare ends for thousands of low-income participants…

midnight due to lack of funding.

Participants at the rally shared their stories about living with the adultBasic benefit. The program cost the state $163 million and ended up on the budget chopping block as the state faces a $4 billion deficit. Gov. Tom Corbett pUnder adultBasic, low-income adults not eligible for other government health benefits could…

March 5, 2011 at 4:49 pm | Comments (0)

Weirdest campaign stop ever? Only in Philadelphia.

Posted: Laura Goldman and PA2010.com blogger Staff

We figured Halloween should bring out the best of the race for Governor.

Last night, Governor Rendell and Candidate Dan Onorato stopped at
Henry David’s Halloween Party. This party, which has been a
Philadelphia tradition since 1968, ends the night with a contest for
best transgendered male and female costume. Rendell and Onorato shook
hands and patiently posed for pictures with nearly all of…

November 1, 2010 at 1:00 pm | Comments (12)

Marcellus drilling opponent waging write-in bid for guv

A retired Air Force captain in Wyoming County says she is running for governor as a write-in candidate, and she’s making opposition to drilling in the Marcellus Shale the cornerstone of her campaign.

Virginia Cody says on

October 7, 2010 at 9:00 am | Comments (12)

Onorato gets a ‘Glee’-ful boost

Politics and entertainment more often intersect at the national level—or at least in high profile elections. But Pennsylvania’s often-sleep gubernatorial race is getting a dose of Hollywood this weekend.

Matthew Morrison, who stars on the Fox show “Glee,” will stump for Democratic gubernatorial candidate Dan Onorato Saturday.

An afternoon appearance at Carnegie Mellon University will be followed shortly after by an event at Point Park University.

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October 7, 2010 at 7:00 am | Comments (12)

Corbett sent Perzel a fundraising pitch

In his day job, Attorney General Tom Corbett has charged state Representative John Perzel (R-Philadelphia) as part of his long-running Bonsugate corruption probe. But as the GOP nominee for governor, Corbett also found time to hit up Perzel for some campaign cash.

The Inquirer

October 6, 2010 at 11:04 am | Comments (6)

Muhlenberg: Corbett up 11, Toomey up 7

Republicans continue to hold healthy leads in Pennsylvania’s statewide races just a month before Election Day, according to a new poll.

The Muhlenberg College/Morning Call survey released Wednesday showed Republican Tom Corbett holding a 11-point lead over Democrat Dan Onorato in the race for governor, 47 percent to 36 percent. Twelve percent of likely voters are still undecided, and Corbett’s edge is one point smaller when those undecided voters are pressed to say which candidate…

October 6, 2010 at 10:46 am | Comments (1)