Capitolwire Articles and Information OFF THE FLOOR II: It’s all connected. HARRISBURG (March 4) – There is a temptation to look at the big issues Gov. Tom Corbett wants to resolve with this state budget by June 30 as separate. But the fact is they are all entwined. People can say they should each be …
During a medical transport an inmate attacked a Corrections Officer and took his weapon while inside of the Richland Hospital Emergency Room. The inmate then attempted to escape from the emergency room and was stopped by a bystander and a second Corrections Officer who discharged his weapon at the inmate escaping, missing other patients in …
In keeping with his policy on budget hearings, Chairman Corman directed that the committee proceed directly to questions for Sec. Zogby, instead of any opening statements or testimony. Noting the proposed closing of the New Castle Youth Development Center in Lawrence County, Sen. Vogel asked what savings the move will generate and where the money …
Wetzel: Here’s your boss, if you haven’t seen already. He doesn’t seem to care… February 13: Corrections Call-In Program
Stability hard to find in state pension fund A dozen years ago when America’s Largest Full-Time State Legislature voted itself and the state’s workers big-time pension increases, everything seemed rosy. “It’s not a raid on any taxpayer money,” Mike Manzo said in April 2001. “It is funded by the surplus in the pension fund and …
OFF THE FLOOR: . HARRISBURG (Feb. 18) – Senate President Pro Tem Joe Scarnati, R-Jefferson, has said a major concern with Gov. Tom Corbett’s pension reform plan is that its savings from cuts to the future benefits of current state employees is that it faces stern court challenges. “How can you rely on those savings, …