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Smoking
Ban
Smoking ban
compromise unravels
http://www.pennlive.com/news/patriotnews/index.ssf?/base/news/1210650009213300.xml&coll=1
Rendell vows
veto if state bill preempts Philadelphia smoking ban
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/local/20080513_Rendell_vows_veto_if_state_bill_preempts_Philadelphia_smoking_ban.html
Rendell says he'll veto weakened
ban on smoking
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08134/881294-178.stm
State smoking
ban stalls on question of stronger local bans
http://www.delcotimes.com/WebApp/appmanager/JRC/Daily;jsessionid=j9b2LpCZMQ9LxpQ7YrVnmSbXN5Ph38y8Jq81DYNJbt7lvcZ8c1CG!1911692037?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=pg_article&r21.pgpath=%2FDCT%2FHome&r21.content=%2FDCT%2FHome%2FFeaturedArticle_Story_2039185
Transportation
Turnpike bidding goes into overtime
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/local/20080513_Turnpike_bidding_goes_into_overtime.html
Bidders for Turnpike lease get
extra time to up the ante
http://www.mcall.com/news/local/all-a2_5tpike.6403708may13,0,3825184.story
Turnpike bid
winner to be named
http://www.thetimes-tribune.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19683730&BRD=2185&PAG=461&dept_id=416046&rfi=6
Turnpike lease
deadline extended
http://www.pennlive.com/news/patriotnews/index.ssf?/base/news/1210641926313990.xml&coll=1
Binghamton
link could bode well for train service
http://www.thetimes-tribune.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19683728&BRD=2185&PAG=461&dept_id=415898&rfi=6
The Legislature
INSIDE THE
CAPITOL
http://www.pennlive.com/news/patriotnews/index.ssf?/base/news/1210641911313990.xml&coll=1
Taxpayer bill
in Pa.'s Bonusgate grows
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/front_page/20080513_Taxpayer_bill_in_Pa__s_Bonusgate_grows.html
Gaming
Phila. Park
slated for new games
http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/111-05132008-1533168.html
Study says casinos cut into bingo profits
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/regional/s_567147.html
DA wants judge
to appoint special prosecutor without hearing to investigate
DeNaples grand jury
http://www.citizensvoice.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19683837&BRD=2259&PAG=461&dept_id=455154&rfi=6
The
Administration
Governor says there's
no need for a gas-tax holid
http://www.poconorecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080513/NEWS/805130323
Healthcare
Insurers pay
caregivers to track patients
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/local/pa/20080513_Insurers_pay_caregivers_to_track_patients.html
Hearings set
on health insurers' merger proposal
http://www.pennlive.com/business/patriotnews/index.ssf?/base/business/1210641935313990.xml&coll=1
Health care
still being delivered to homes
http://www.pennlive.com/columns/patriotnews/asiseeit/index.ssf?/base/columnists/121063291382360.xml&coll=1
Education
New chief for Pa. Universities
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/local/20080513_New_chief_for_Pa__universities.html
Florida administrator chosen as
chancellor of Pa. university system
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08134/881321-298.stm
State System
hires chancellor
http://www.pennlive.com/news/patriotnews/index.ssf?/base/news/1210641905313990.xml&coll=1
Solicitor:
Lake-Lehman board wants union to get realistic
http://www.citizensvoice.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19683858&BRD=2259&PAG=461&dept_id=455154&rfi=6
BIG SPRING:
Strike looming, district begins negotiations with teachers
http://www.pennlive.com/news/patriotnews/index.ssf?/base/news/1210635602153800.xml&coll=1
Elections/Politics
Elmer Smith:
Elmer Smith: Obama and Clinton no dream team, but there is one
http://www.philly.com/dailynews/local/20080513_Elmer_Smith__Elmer_Smith__Obama_and_Clinton_no_dream_team__but_there_is_one.html
Carville,
Matalin coming
http://www.inyork.com/local/ci_9239092
Guns
19 arrested or
sought on illegal gun charges
http://www.philly.com/dailynews/local/20080513_19_arrested_or_sought_on_illegal_gun_charges.html
Annette
John-Hall: Why do we buy the NRA's line?
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/local/20080513_Annette_John-Hall__Why_do_we_buy_the_NRA_s_line_.html
State News
Editorial:
Selling Beer
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/opinion/20080513_Editorial__Selling_Beer.html
Spinning the LCB: Private merchants
wouldn't need a wine council
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08134/881244-35.stm
Wine-selling vending machines would
be more trouble than they're worth
http://www.mcall.com/news/opinion/ourview/all-editorial1.6403236may13,0,6205358.story
... And wine shipments are a
problem, too
http://www.mcall.com/news/opinion/ourview/all-editorial2.6403237may13,0,7516080.story
Core issue
http://www.timesleader.com/news/20080513_13_nuke_longevity_ART.html
Review car use
http://www.thetimes-tribune.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19683718&BRD=2185&PAG=461&dept_id=418218&rfi=6
Do 3,650
workers need them, and shouldn't they be efficient?
http://www.pennlive.com/editorials/patriotnews/index.ssf?/base/opinion/121063200860830.xml&coll=1
Increase in pension benefits questioned
http://www.heraldstandard.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19682733&BRD=2280&PAG=461&dept_id=468517&rfi=6
Looming leaps
in electric rates as caps come off is good reason for Rendell,
Republicans to agree
http://www.pennlive.com/editorials/patriotnews/index.ssf?/base/opinion/121063201160830.xml&coll=1
Local News
5,000 new jobs
in store at last Bethlehem Steel tract
http://www.mcall.com/news/local/all-a1_4majesticbox.6403915may13,0,3662087.story
As gaming revenue rolls
in, Jim Thorpe gets a cut
http://www.mcall.com/news/local/all-b3_1thorpe.6404644may13,0,6665117.story
Oprah helps make NEPA safer place
http://www.timesleader.com/news/Oprah_helps_make_NEPA_safer_place.html
State files brief to contest juvie
cases
http://www.timesleader.com/news/20080513_13juvenile_dpw_tmb_ART.html
Greensburg
Tuesday takes
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/opinion/archive/s_567127.html
Loftus leaving
Dunmore position
http://www.thetimes-tribune.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19683715&BRD=2185&PAG=461&dept_id=415898&rfi=6
International
forum on rights will visit ‘real America’: here
http://www.thetimes-tribune.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19683727&BRD=2185&PAG=461&dept_id=415898&rfi=6
Tax office
fiasco politics over all
http://www.thetimes-tribune.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19683717&BRD=2185&PAG=461&dept_id=418218&rfi=6
Reading City
Council works to tighten disruptive-tenant ordinance
http://www.readingeagle.com/article.aspx?id=91690
BRIGHT LIGHTS,
SAFER CITY?
http://www.sungazette.com/page/content.detail/id/510217.html?nav=5011
With help from
slots, realty tax rises 6.6% in tentative budget
http://www.pennlive.com/news/patriotnews/index.ssf?/base/news/121064460573470.xml&coll=1
Philly
Ronnie Polaneczky: Nutter fumbled
beating response, then rose to occasion
http://www.philly.com/dailynews/local/20080513_Ronnie_Polaneczky__Nutter_fumbled_beating_response__then_rose_to_occasion.html
Philadelphia
School District kills deals with two security firms
http://www.philly.com/dailynews/local/20080513_Philadelphia_School_District_kills_deals_with_two_security_firms.html
Budget still
has tax cuts, but smaller than planned
http://www.philly.com/dailynews/local/20080513_Budget_still_has_tax_cuts__but_smaller_than_planned.html
Pitt
Onorato
pitches merger to smaller municipalities
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08134/881305-85.stm
Council
members in conflict of interest over legal bills
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08134/881306-53.stm
Four
Pittsburgh council members told to not vote
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/cityregion/s_567187.html
Pittsburgh
police to get $10,000 for replacement dog
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/cityregion/s_567164.html
Pittsburgh Tuesday takes
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/opinion/archive/s_567125.html
Washington
Candidates
should address Bush's 'secret laws'
http://www.mcall.com/news/opinion/anotherview/all-left_col-a.6403572may13,0,2115693.story
Lawmakers work
to ease taxes
http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/111-05132008-1533176.html
Sen. Casey
seeks new hearing on power lines
http://www.dailylocal.com/WebApp/appmanager/JRC/Daily;jsessionid=zLDlLpCdpZ1pnC2PnKwhcyPWj27myNcnvnsNrwQ0bhw18JvnNCqZ!1911692037?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=pg_article&r21.pgpath=%2FDLN%2FHome&r21.content=%2FDLN%2FHome%2FTopStoryList_Story_2038560
National News
THE ENEMY
WITHIN
http://www.philly.com/dailynews/opinion/20080513_THE_ENEMY_WITHIN.html
Wind power
expected to grow dramatically
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08134/881248-28.stm |
