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ADMINISTRATION
Rendell pushes
care plan in Pottsville
http://www.republicanherald.com/articles/2008/05/03/news/local_news/doc481c32d915545835719150.txt
Rendell ends
‘Cover the Uninsured Week’ in Pottsville
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19658089&BRD=2715&PAG=461&dept_id=558782&rfi=6
LEGISLATURE
Damage
control: An indoor smoking ban would cut our losses
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08124/878733-35.stm
Time to bar
those robocall
http://www.inyork.com/opinion/ci_9131625
Chris
Satulloi: Stop the gerrymander
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/local/20080503_Chris_Satullo__Stop_the_gerrymander.html
Backers of Pa.
campaign finance reform start to think small
http://www.philly.com/philly/wires/ap/news/state/pennsylvania/20080503_ap_backersofpacampaignfinancereformstarttothinksmall.html
Teens testify
in favor of voting bill
http://www.mcall.com/news/local/all-b1_3vote.6390428may03,0,3855053.story
Kanjorski
heads roundtable to avert student loan crisis
http://www.citizensvoice.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19658147&BRD=2259&PAG=461&dept_id=455154&rfi=6
STATE NEWS
PPL profit up
over year-earlier quarter
http://www.pennlive.com/business/expresstimes/index.ssf?/base/business-1/1209787539310370.xml&coll=2
PPL holds off
on rate hike request
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19657996&BRD=2715&PAG=461&dept_id=558782&rfi=6
Plan calls
for storing CO2 beneath Pa.'s public forests
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08124/878832-85.stm
Pa. state
workers told to give back prizes from conference
http://www.philly.com/philly/wires/ap/news/state/pennsylvania/20080503_ap_pastateworkerstoldtogivebackprizesfromconference.html
5 state workers
told to return conference gifts
http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2008/05/5_state_employees_return_gifts.html
Been there,
done that
http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/318-05032008-1528724.html
State's
insurance program for kids a big success
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/cityregion/s_565568.html
ELECTIONS/POLITICS
Missed chance
to lift discourse
http://www.thetimes-tribune.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19658036&BRD=2185&PAG=461&dept_id=418218&rfi=6
Clinton likely
to see 12-delegate margin in state
http://www.mcall.com/news/nationworld/state/all-a8_5count.6390785may03,0,2234091.story
GOP in 10th
now less than 50 percent
http://www.timesleader.com/news/20080503_03tenthdistrict_as_ART.html
Complaint
alleges voter discrimination
http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/111-05032008-1528625.html
GAMING
Hearing
ordered on leaks in DeNaples case
http://www.mcall.com/news/nationworld/state/all-a4_5denaples.6391393may03,0,7357402.story
DeNaples’
defense claims win in ruling
http://www.timesleader.com/news/20080503_03Denaples_tmb_ART.html
Court rejects
efforts to dismiss perjury charges
http://www.citizensvoice.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19658179&BRD=2259&PAG=461&dept_id=455154&rfi=6
DeNaples, Sica
perjury cases to proceed
http://www.thetimes-tribune.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19658033&BRD=2185&PAG=461&dept_id=415898&rfi=6
Education
department details tax relief
http://www.heraldstandard.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19657758&BRD=2280&PAG=461&dept_id=480247&rfi=6
County,
township cash in
http://www.pennlive.com/news/patriotnews/index.ssf?/base/news/1209768909107400.xml&coll=1
Lebanon County
gets no slots cash
http://www.pennlive.com/news/patriotnews/index.ssf?/base/news/1209772507204600.xml&coll=1
TRANSPORTATION
Transportation
chief vows action
http://www.observer-reporter.com/OR/Story/05-03-Fatal-Intersection-Tour
Structurally
deficient bridges prove costly
http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/113-05032008-1528733.html
State bridge
repairs could cost $11
billion
http://www.mcall.com/news/local/all-b1_2bridge.6389796may03,0,7207790.story
IMMIGRATION
Remember
reform?
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/opinion/20080503_Editorial__Illegal_Immigration.html
LOCAL NEWS
Property tax
credits listed
http://www.thetimes-tribune.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19658034&BRD=2185&PAG=461&dept_id=415898&rfi=6
Eastern
approves 5.5 percent tax hike
http://www.inyork.com/local/ci_9131972
Red Lion
proposes 9.4 percent tax increase
http://www.inyork.com/local/ci_9133181
Design of
memorial defended
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/local/20080503_Design_of_memorial_defended.html
Flight 93
families want end to controversy
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/cityregion/s_565561.html
Some Flight
93 families still see memorial conspiracy
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08124/878937-100.stm
Psych-service
fees concern state
http://www.timesleader.com/news/20080503_03vita_jen_ART.html
County to
study options
http://www.centredaily.com/news/local/story/565886.html
PITTSBURGH
Iron City
rescue plan deadlines evaporating
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08124/878848-52.stm
Many
continue efforts to eliminate drink tax
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08124/878781-85.stm
Coalition
fights home foreclosures
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/business/s_565528.html
NATIONAL
Paid family
leave now law in NJ
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/local/20080503_Paid_family_leave_now_law_in_N_J_.html
Credit Card
Crackdown
http://www.mcall.com/news/local/all-a1_5credit.6391386may03,0,7530873.story
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