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Sep. 3, 2010: Lawmaker Wants Outside Probe of DOC Agency
HARRISBURG -- An agency outside the state Department of Corrections should investigate allegations that ranking officers misused leave and sick time, a lawmaker serving on the House Judiciary Committee said Thursday.
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Sep. 3, 2010: Pa. Residents' Buying Power Still Eroding
Pennsylvania families were squeezed last year as many residents lost jobs and those working saw their inflation-adjusted buying power eroded by stagnation in income and wages, according to an annual report on the state of the state's economy.
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Sep. 3, 2010: Post-Gazette Asks Court to Release Document in Orie Investigation
The Post-Gazette on Thursday filed a motion with Allegheny County Judge John A. Zottola asking that he hold a hearing on the issue of releasing documents related to the grand jury investigation of state Sen. Jane Orie, R-McCandless.
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Sep. 2, 2010: Time-off Abuses by Ranking Corrections Officers Alleged
HARRISBURG -- State Department of Corrections investigators are examining allegations that ranking corrections officers have abused leave and sick time, an agency spokeswoman confirmed Wednesday.
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Sep. 1, 2010: Uncertainty Remains as Landowners Band Together
Aaron Davis has been trying for months to get in on the state's natural gas boom and turn a profit from his 19 acres of hunting land in Clarion County.
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Sep. 1, 2010: Jailed Veon to Stand Trial for Fraud Jan. 31
HARRISBURG -- Former Rep. Mike Veon and an aide are scheduled to stand trial Jan. 31 in Dauphin County Court on criminal charges of defrauding nonprofit Beaver Initiative for Growth.
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Aug. 31, 2010: Investment Gain Puts State Teacher Pension Fund on Sounder Footing
HARRISBURG -- Pennsylvania's mammoth retirement fund for teachers and other school workers is on sounder footing thanks to a 14.6 percent return on its investments for the year that ended June 30.
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Aug. 30, 2010: Brief Caucus for 100 Saves Summer Recess
HARRISBURG - For several hours last week, about 100 House lawmakers and senators gathered in one room for a serious discussion of transportation funding issues with two cabinet secretaries.
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Aug. 30, 2010: Marcellus Shale Drilling Drives Economic Growth
While still in its infancy, the environmentally responsible development of clean-burning natural gas from Pennsylvania’s portion of the Marcellus Shale formation continues to create tens of thousands of good-paying jobs and drive economic activity and growth during some of the most challenging economic conditions in decades.
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Aug. 30, 2010: Pennsylvania Coal Plants Face Big Changes Under Planned EPA Pollution-Control Rules
Outside, demonstrators wore breathing masks