Bill would limit pensions of Pa. lawmakers
From The Associated Press
A state lawmaker from western Pennsylvania says legislators should set an example by limiting their own pensions.
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Bill aims to limit Pennsylvania lawmakers' pensions
From The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
HARRISBURG -- State legislators need to set an example by limiting their own pensions, a Westmoreland County legislator said Monday.
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Cuts run deep in state's budget
From The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
HARRISBURG -- Cigar smokers, snuff dippers, and the companies that make and sell tobacco products are among the winners in the $28 billion Pennsylvania state budget the General Assembly approved Wednesday six hours before the deadline.
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'No magic wand' for funding, Westmoreland lawmakers lament
From The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
State grant funding wishes flowed like water Thursday at a meeting between the Westmoreland County Association of Township Supervisors, a pair of local legislators and representatives of several more.
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Rendell: More taxes needed to plug $1 billion hole in budget
From The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
HARRISBURG — Gov. Ed Rendell said yesterday that the Legislature should consider raising taxes to reduce state employee layoffs that might be needed to close a $1 billion budget deficit, and should give up some of its $200 million surplus.
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Hempfield event honors veterans' sacrifice, service
From The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Kenneth Mains was barely out of high school when he left home for World War II. Aboard the USS Nevada, a troop escort ship, he was part of the invasion of France in 1944.
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The sands of time: Iwo Jima tribute
From The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Yesterday he left a banquet commemorating the battle with a piece of that godforsaken speck in the Pacific: a packet of the black volcanic sand that tormented the Marine Corps during its fight for the island from Feb. 19 to March 26, 1945.
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Pa. House OKs bill on dating awareness
From The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
HARRISBURG -- A state legislator from the State College area has some words of warning for teenagers regarding the people they date.
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Greensburg Tuesday takes
From The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Return on investment?:
State Rep. Tim Krieger, R-Delmont, provides a stinging example of Pennsylvania's corporate-welfare waste with the announcement from Ceratizit USA Inc.
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Republican group urges switch to part-time legislature
From The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
HARRISBURG — McKay Sailer would like to see Pennsylvania return to a part-time legislature, because she thinks "most people are going there (to the Capitol) now to get rich."
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Cut seats by half
From The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Regarding "Gradual downsizing of Legislature proposed" (Oct. 29 and TribLIVE.com):
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Against their interests
From The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Legislation to reduce the size of the General Assembly was debated at the 1968 Constitutional Convention. It didn't pass then and it hasn't passed since because of legislators' self-interest.
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Weaselly punt on state budget
From The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
And so, the Great Pennsylvania Budget Saga of 2009 has ended. After a 101-day impasse, the Keystone State finally has a spending blueprint for fiscal 2010. Woo-hoo and ding-dong and all that.
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Rendell signs a bill critics warn sets up another deficit
From The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
HARRISBURG — On the 101st day of a historic impasse, Gov. Ed Rendell Friday night signed a $27.8 billion state budget that critics say propels Pennsylvania toward another deficit without any financial cushion.
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