Dems In NJ State Senate Force More Votes On Veto Overrides, Without Success
Democratic state senators, needing some Republican support to override the governor's vetoes, got none.
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Democratic state senators, needing some Republican support to override the governor's vetoes, got none.
The city has been listing tax delinquents on its website for the last few years, focusing on those who owe the most business taxes. Now that is expanding the site to include those who owe the city-owned Water department and PGW.
The push to privatize Pennsylvania liquor sales will be in the spotlight this week when the much-anticipated legislative proposal is expected to be unveiled. But when the legislature returns in the fall, the fate of state stores will share the stage with several other major issues.
Democrats in the New Jersey state senate were trying, with little early success, to mount overrides of more than three dozen line-item vetoes that Governor Chris Christie made in the budget.
Camden police chief J. Scott Thomson has been doing double-duty for the past year, handling the police operations and making decisions on personnel and finance matters. Now, retired state police major Lanuel Ferguson will be the civilian director of police.
It was more than a "three-hour tour" for a top Obama administration official, who was in Philadelphia on Monday getting a firsthand look at the crumbling infrastructure of the SEPTA transit system.
With the migration of people from land line phones to cell phones, advertisers have tried to go there too, and in many cases they're not supposed to.
In typical fashion, state lawmakers dumped a bucket of bills on Governor Corbett's desk along with the budget just before they left town for the summer.
A measure introduced into the New Jersey Assembly this week would make the Garden State a so-called "right to work" state. But the plan's not likely to get very far in the legislature.
The first of what are likely to be numerous bills resulting from the sensational Florida murder case that ended this week is already being worked up in the Pennsylvania Senate.
Be aware there's an e-mail making the rounds that could be deadly to your computer.
High-profile cases like the murder of little Caylee Anthony in Florida almost always prompt a spate of legislative proposals, and bills are already in the pipeline in both Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
The Philadelphia Bar Association has decided to withdraw its lawsuit against the City of Philadelphia -- at least for now -- over a new law regulating lobbyists.
