Pa. Attorney General Says No-Increase Budget Will Put State At Risk
Kathleen Kane is asking for a budget increase to battle child predators and Mexican drug cartels, which she says are more violent than the better-known Colombian cartels.
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Kathleen Kane is asking for a budget increase to battle child predators and Mexican drug cartels, which she says are more violent than the better-known Colombian cartels.
Philadelphia City Council members say they're getting inundated with calls and emails from residents upset about the new property assessments that the Nutter Administration issued last Friday.
Some communities are feeling relief, while others have renewed anger over the revised list of Philadelphia public school closures.
A bill is being introduced in the Pennsylvania Senate that would require an automated external defibrillator in all public school buildings in the Keystone state.
The 90-page report from the Philadelphia Jobs Commission was ordered nearly two years ago, when citizens approved creating the 17-member panel.
John McDaniel, longtime associate and former campaign manager of Councilwoman Blondell Reynolds Brown, pleaded guilty last week to stealing more than $100,000 from her 2011 campaign.
Tara Russell has worked for four years at the airport, assisting travelers who use wheelchairs. She told City Council's Commerce and Economic Development Committee that she earns just $7.00 an hour because she is expected to earn tips.
If you have questions about the assessment, you can call the Office of Property Assessment at 215-686-9200, or go to phila.gov/opa.
The oldest member of the U.S. Senate says he'll keep working until his term ends in 2015.
The Nutter Administration is mailing out more than 500,000 assessments to property owners -- the first wholesale remaking of property values in Philadelphia in many years.
Governor Tom Corbett says he's reviewing his options now that the state attorney general has determined that he doesn't have the authority to privatize the management of the Pennsylvania Lottery.
Opponents of the Philadelphia School District's plan to close 37 more public schools at the end of this school year delivered a special Valentine's Day message to the School Reform Commission.
She says the contract is not legal, citing several reasons, the most significant being that the Corbett administration has overstepped its authority.
Protesters stood outside Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's Palo Alto home Wednesday night during a fundraiser for New Jersey governor Chris Christie.
The former campaign manager for beleaguered Philadelphia city councilwoman Blondell Reynolds Brown has pleaded guilty to stealing about $100,000 from her campaign/political committee account.
