Christie-Backed Measure Targets Sick Leave Payments To Government Workers
There's another attempt in the New Jersey legislature to cut down on government workers leaving their jobs with tens of thousands of dollars as payment for unused sick leave.
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There's another attempt in the New Jersey legislature to cut down on government workers leaving their jobs with tens of thousands of dollars as payment for unused sick leave.
Gov. Corbett is proposing 30-percent cuts in state funding for three state-related universities -- Temple, Penn State, and Pitt -- and 20-percent cuts for state-owned universities.
President Obama says he's very impressed with the high-tech work from young people like Benjamin Hylak of West Grove, Pa.
With no funds available from the city, the Philadelphia Police Foundation is launching a fundraising drive to build a home for the police department's mounted patrol unit.
Sources in the Santorum campaign say the candidate is determined to be the only conservative alternative remaining against Mitt Romney. Today's showing may determine whether the former Pa. Senator can get the resources to stay in the race.
Mayor Nutter next week is expected to make public a consultant's study on whether the city could -- and should -- sell the Philadelphia Gas Works.
The Pennsylvania House and Senate could vote as soon as today on a compromise bill to regulate and impose fees on the natural gas drilling industry in the state.
The top Republican in the state Senate says he's braced for another painful budget process as Governor Corbett outlines his spending proposals during a speech before a joint session of the legislature today.
Nutter extended an olive branch to US Airways, which last month openly questioned the need for a new runway at Philadelphia International Airport.
The judge heard arguments this morning that, because of a recent state Supreme Court ruling, the election should be halted.
William DeWeese was Democratic leader of the state House when he was accused of using public resources, mainly staff, for campaign purposes. He is still a sitting member of the House.
"Given a choice... I seriously doubt that the Boards of Governors and Trustees would want to give up the Rutgers-Camden campus," says Rutgers president Richard McCormick.
Democratic legislators say they'll fight efforts to get Pennsylvania's primary election postponed. They plan to file, today, to intervene in a federal lawsuit on the matter.
City Council is looking at creating a new kind of bank -- a "Land Bank" -- that would be responsible for disposing of 30,000 vacant properties scattered throughout Philadelphia.
"One of the main highlights is it basically requires motorists to give a bicyclist basically a four-foot swath of safety around them."
