Pennsylvania Tax Collections Come In Lower Than Expected
"It is an indication that people aren't spending money. The economy, again, is in a fragile state. The indicators do not indicate any level of strong growth."
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"It is an indication that people aren't spending money. The economy, again, is in a fragile state. The indicators do not indicate any level of strong growth."
The towns are motivated by the two-percent cap on property tax increases imposed two years ago by the State of New Jersey.
Day one: Michelle Obama speaks tonight and Pennsylvania delegates have their first breakfast.
The Social Security Administration says it will close its Jenkintown field office at the end of this month (September 28th), leaving residents of Eastern Montgomery County without a local office, but at least one local lawmaker is hoping to get the decision reversed.
We're in the eye of the political storm this weekend, between opposing political conventions, and a former Republican Congressman argues that the parties themselves are holding us back.
The committee is extending indefinitely its investigation into Rep. Rob Andrews (D-NJ), who has been accused of using tens of thousands of dollars in his campaign fund for personal travel.
"On Labor Day, the most important thing for labor is to protect themselves," said Steve Sweeney, president of the New Jersey state senate.
Romney was very heavy on the Obama attacks, heavier on autobiography and still light on the details of his recovery program, but it was a speech filled with Americana from its story of family roots, building businesses and family pride.
Clarke Patrone, 13, has been meeting politicians and collecting autographs on a pocket-sized booklet of the US Constitution.
Nielsen estimates that 22 million people watched the first night's telecast of the GOP convention on Tuesday (delayed one day by the passage of Isaac).
Paul Ryan had his moment at the RNC Wednesday night - and he seized it.
Four people were arrested in front of the governor's residence as a group of several hundred demonstrators protested the end of cash assistance for the poor in Pennsylvania.
"You got your ID?" one person involved in the campaign asked passersby.
Speeches By Chris Christie and Ann Romney at the first night of the RNC were both personal, not political,
One of the challenging things about grading the headliners on any given night of a political convention is that it really is the proverbial process of comparing apples and oranges.
