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The Legislature
Backers, foes
of gay marriage collide at Capitol
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08121/877635-178.stm
Outbursts
disrupt hearing
http://www.pennlive.com/news/patriotnews/index.ssf?/base/news/1209518727326020.xml&coll=1
Pa. House panel
advances bill to boost government pensions
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08121/877667-178.stm
Push on for state pension increase
http://www.timesleader.com/news/20080430_30pensions_1a_ART.html
Missed chance
to change courts
http://www.thetimes-tribune.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19529868&BRD=2185&PAG=461&dept_id=418218&rfi=6
Gaming
State GOP wants
to cut power of gaming board
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08121/877634-336.stm
Editorial:
Gambling in Pa.
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/opinion/20080430_Editorial__Gambling_in_Pa_.html
Tracking Pa.'s
problem gamblers
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/opinion/pa/20080430_Tracking_Pa__s_problem_gamblers.html
State slots revenues
drop slightly as Mount Airy numbers level off
http://www.poconorecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080430/NEWS/804300340
Healthcare
Poor Pennsylvanians need access to
care
http://www.mcall.com/news/opinion/ourview/all-a.6383005apr29,0,135750.story
State,
managed-care companies argue over drug coverage
http://www.mcall.com/news/nationworld/state/all-a8_medicaid.6385130apr30,0,4868180.story
Education
Lehman teachers give board a counter
offer
http://www.timesleader.com/news/20080430_30_AddBrief_ART.html
Lake-Lehman talks come
to screeching halt
http://www.citizensvoice.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19529960&BRD=2259&PAG=461&dept_id=455154&rfi=6
Fighting for an
education
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08121/877585-109.stm
PHEAA
PHEAA in trouble again
http://www.heraldstandard.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19525658&BRD=2280&PAG=461&dept_id=468517&rfi=6
PHEAA funding
crisis not all about bad luck
http://www.sungazette.com/page/content.detail/id/509543.html?nav=5004
Elections/Politics
Rev. Wright now
wrong, an angry Obama says
http://www.mcall.com/news/local/all-now.6385201apr30,0,4038909.story
Next stop for
Arizona senator: Lehigh Valley Hospital
http://www.mcall.com/news/local/all-a4_5mccain.6384627apr30,0,2882401.story
Dems spar over gas tax holiday,
pointing up one of few differences
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08121/877679-176.stm
Carney won’t endorse just yet
http://www.timesleader.com/news/20080430_30-CARNEY_ART0.html
Barletta: Kanjorski energy bill
can’t work
http://www.timesleader.com/news/20080430_30-BARLETTA_ART.html
Green Party
candidate announces bid for state Senate seat
http://yorkdispatch.inyork.com/yd/local/ci_9095321
Opponents agree on gas tax proposal
http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/111-04302008-1527110.html
Murtha rival wins GOP nod as
write-in
http://www.tribune-democrat.com/local/local_story_120232620.html
Transportation
Teamsters rally
against turnpike lease
http://www.pennlive.com/news/patriotnews/index.ssf?/base/news/1209517804303530.xml&coll=1
Maglev project
carries benefits for passengers and development
http://www.pennlive.com/editorials/patriotnews/index.ssf?/base/opinion/1209506122313060.xml&coll=1
State News
Pa. newspapers
fight Senate bill on legal ads
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/local/20080430_Pa__newspapers_fight_Senate_bill_on_legal_ads.html
Questions
raised over wine kiosks
http://www.mcall.com/news/local/all-a1_5wine.6384798apr30,0,7070917.story
PLCB's wine
kiosks
http://www.pennlive.com/editorials/patriotnews/index.ssf?/base/opinion/1209506107313060.xml&coll=1
Court shouldn't
muzzle common sense gun control
http://www.mcall.com/news/opinion/anotherview/all-right_col-a.6384493apr30,0,6328408.story
Unemployment
snookering: An isolated case?
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/opinion/archive/s_564919.html
TMI saves state
residents on electric bills, study says
http://www.pennlive.com/business/patriotnews/index.ssf?/base/business/1209516903276240.xml&coll=1
Local News
Last Steel tract to be business
park
http://www.mcall.com/news/local/all-a1_4majestic.6384557apr30,0,7832166.story
Half of Luzerne
juveniles are denied lawyers at hearings, group claims
http://www.mcall.com/news/nationworld/state/all-a9_juveniles.6385199apr30,0,7480486.story
Group alleges hundreds of county
youths denied lawyers
http://www.timesleader.com/news/20080430_30juvenile_law_ART.html
State moves to stop
county juvenile delinquency hearings
http://www.citizensvoice.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19529957&BRD=2259&PAG=461&dept_id=455154&rfi=6
Fayette
election officials throw out 41 ballots
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/tribunereview/news/fayette/s_565005.html
Mericle plans $25 M
corporate project
http://www.citizensvoice.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19529974&BRD=2259&PAG=461&dept_id=455154&rfi=6
York job
numbers show signs of slowdown
http://yorkdispatch.inyork.com/yd/local/ci_9095337
Serious
offenses in Reading skyrocket; police cite rocky economic landscape
http://www.readingeagle.com/article.aspx?id=90248
Berks prison
expansion put on hold
http://www.readingeagle.com/article.aspx?id=90229
Leaders back
funding deal for CATA
http://www.centredaily.com/news/local/story/554719.html
Wall Street
West plan loses steam
http://www.poconorecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080430/NEWS/804300333
Water, sewer bills going up
http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/111-04302008-1527111.html
Merged
municipality could be ‘stronger than Hermitage’
http://www.sharon-herald.com/local/local_story_120230803.html
Revised Act 47
plan unveiled
http://www.sharon-herald.com/local/local_story_120224448.html
Fuel hurting
municipal budgets
http://www.altoonamirror.com/page/content.detail/id/507025.html?nav=742
Philly
City asks court
to rule on casino question
http://www.philly.com/dailynews/local/20080430_City_asks_court_to_rule_on_casino_question.html
TIME TO CHANGE
THE CALIBER OF GUN TALK
http://www.philly.com/dailynews/opinion/20080430_TIME_TO_CHANGE_THE_CALIBER_OF_GUN_TALK.html
OUR SCHOOLS'
PERCEPTIBLE PROGRESS
http://www.philly.com/dailynews/opinion/20080430_OUR_SCHOOLS__PERCEPTIBLE_PROGRESS.html
Mayor Nutter is
deluged with visitors
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/front_page/20080430_Mayor_Nutter_is_deluged_with_visitors.html
Phila., SEPTA
seek better relationship
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/local/20080430_Phila___SEPTA_seek_better_relationship.html
Lawyers sue
again over prison overcrowding in Philadelphia
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/local/20080430_Lawyers_sue_again_over_prison_overcrowding_in_Philadelphia.html
Jill Porter: Demise of Safe and
Sound is shameful episode
http://www.philly.com/dailynews/local/20080430_Jill_Porter___Demise_of_Safe_and_Sound_is_shameful_episode.html
Lawyers &
judges are coming to Phila. classrooms
http://www.philly.com/dailynews/local/20080430_Lawyers___judges_are_coming_to_Phila__classrooms.html
City, 'burbs
see dramatic increase in children living in poverty
http://www.philly.com/dailynews/local/20080430_City___burbs_see_dramatic_increase_in_children_living_in_poverty.html
Ramsey
reassigns narcotics officers to patrol duty
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/local/20080430_Ramsey_reassigns_narcotics_officers_to_patrol_duty.html
Schools budget
disappoints many
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/local/20080430_Schools_budget_disappoints_many.html
Philadelphia
area's foreclosure rate drops 30%
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/business/20080430_Philadelphia_area_s_foreclosure_rate_drops_30_.html
Pitt
Drink tax haul exceeds forecast
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08121/877656-85.stm
Moody's gives
Barden low but stable rating
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08121/877666-85.stm
Promises kept:
Barden sticks to his commitment to the Hill
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08121/877624-192.stm
Pittsburgh's
water authority ups debt $100 million for overhaul
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/cityregion/s_564973.html
Nuisance bars
called burdens by neighbors
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/cityregion/s_564975.html
Washington
Food fight: The
farm bill's subsidies have an unseen cost
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08121/877625-192.stm |
