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Pa. record copies limited to a quarter a page
Starting next year, citizens seeking copies of most public records in Pennsylvania won't be charged more than a quarter a page, under an order that the state's open-records chief plans to issue Monday.
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Police to step up patrols for holiday
With millions of motorists planning to travel for Thanksgiving, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation will launch Operation Safe Holiday.
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Pennsylvania: You bail out department stores, wea ll take a pay raise
Yesterday, I noted that Pennsylvania Democrat Gov. Ed Rendell had secured $35 million in federal money - your money - to bail out ailing department store Boscov's. So, with all the belt-tightening and rough ...
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DEP Secretary Recommends Measures to Save Electricity Consumers $500 Million by 2013
Acting Department of Environmental Protection Secretary John Hanger offered the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission suggestions today to ensure that consumers can realize the greatest amount of savings - up ...
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Duke University report ties 'green' innovation to jobs
Duke University researchers predicted in a report that U.S. manufacturing is poised to grow in a low-carbon economy.
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Federal loan could aid Boscov's purchase
The Harrisburg Mall Boscov's department store was closed as a result of the chain's financial difficulties.
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Pa. sheds 7,000 jobs in Oct.
Pennsylvanians lost 7,300 nonfarm jobs in October, according to state figures released Thursday, leaving payrolls at the lowest level in 20 months.
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State Needs to Plan for Gas Well Drilling Brine
A long-term plan for gas well drilling water disposal may be one outcome of this fall's water quality problem on the Monongahela River in Pennsylvania.
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Warm Winter Predicted For Midwest, Dry For SE
Government forecasters are predicting a warmer-than-average winter for the much of the nation's midsection and a dry one for the Southeast.
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Pa. Senate GOP has bragging rights in Northeast
Republicans have controlled the Pennsylvania Senate for most of the last three decades, and now they have new bragging rights: The Senate is the last state legislative chamber in the Northeast in GOP hands. The party's success could provide a template for fellow Republicans looking to win back majorities not just in the Northeast and mid-Atlantic, where they lost the New York Senate and Delaware House on Nov. 4, but across the country. 'The Republicans in the state Senate are smart cookies and know how to win,' said Bob Asher, the party's national committeeman in Pennsylvania. 'Maybe there ought to be a campaign school in Harrisburg and you could send people to it.'
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Rendell says more state budget cuts looming
Pennsylvania's state agencies are being asked to pinch pennies even tighter because of falling tax revenue, and Gov.
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Editorials from around Pennsylvania
We welcome efforts of the State Board of Education's higher education council to focus on a serious and escalating issue facing college graduates: Hefty debt.
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A victory in fight for veterans cemetery
For nearly a week, as a judge weighed legal arguments surrounding a plan to bring a national veterans cemetery to Bucks County , Fran Dembowski sat in the gallery wearing a T-shirt bearing a picture of her son, ...
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Lehigh Valley Woman Killed In Crash with Cargo Container
Authorities say 42-year-old Michelle Lamaze of Whitehall Township was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash Tuesday.
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Drilling companies: Pa. DEP hampering business
Executives of drilling companies exploring a huge untapped reserve of natural gas say the economic windfall expected from the Marcellus shale may not come to pass if Pennsylvania doesn't get its regulatory ...
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Holder is Obama's top choice for attorney general
President-elect Barack Obama's top choice for attorney general is Eric Holder, a former No.
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President-Elect Barack Obama, Congressional Democrats Frame...
Main Category: Health Insurance / Medical Insurance Also Included In: Public Health Article Date: 18 Nov 2008 - 10:00 PST President-elect Barack Obama and congressional Democrats have begun to frame their ...
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Ascent Therapeutics Debuts with the Appointment of CEO; $19 Million Series A
November 17, 2008 - " Ascent Therapeutics, Inc. today announced the completion of its senior management team with the appointment of Frederick Jones, M.D. as President and Chief Executive Officer and Stephen ...
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Yudichak opposes Eachus
Regional ties are not the only factor deciding votes in today's closed-door election to pick the next House majority leader.
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The DUI paradox
Most people say it's wrong to drive under the influence, even if you're sure you can drive safely, according to a recent poll of York County residents.
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