Decison To Close Greensburg State Prison Caught Officials Off-Guard
The Corbett administration's decision to close the state prison in Greensburg in just six months was made with no consultation with local elected officials.
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The Corbett administration's decision to close the state prison in Greensburg in just six months was made with no consultation with local elected officials.
Gov. Tom Corbett said his administration on Wednesday night signed off on the Pennsylvania Lottery deal. Corbett is giving a 20-year contract to a British firm to operate the lottery.
President Obama's anti-gun violence plan involves a combination of approaches, some of them controversial, involving guns, mental health and more police.
Move over Luke Ravenstahl -- and you, too, Bill Peduto -- there's another man who wants to be mayor.
A county detective is trying to figure out how an apparent prankster was able to fill out a 2008 voter registration card signed "Barack H. Obama."
Braced for a fight, President Barack Obama on Wednesday unveiled the most sweeping proposals for curbing gun violence in two decades, pressing a reluctant Congress to pass universal background checks and bans on military-style assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition magazines like the ones used in the Newtown, Conn., school shooting.
As required by state law after a county reassessment, Mayor Luke Ravenstahl has proposed a reduction in the city's property tax rate to keep the city from reaping a windfall from a 48 percent increase in property values under the county's new assessment system.
An unusual trio of Democrats is poised to be sworn in to Pennsylvania's three statewide row offices this week, heralding a new political dynamic in a Capitol that is otherwise under firm Republican control.
Gov. Tom Corbett has signed off on a controversial bid by a British company to take over the Pennsylvania Lottery. http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/tag/lottery/And some Democratic legislators are furious.
Hoping to get a tax refund quickly this year? Forget it.
Marty Griffin asks Gov. Tom Corbett why he had a change of mind regarding the NCAA sanctions after stating on July 23 that the sanctions were to be accepted.
For all the commotion -- some would say insanity -- that Washington created over the fiscal cliff these last few weeks, you'd think final approval of a bill late Tuesday night to avoid the cliff would mark lots of changes in tax rates for average Americans. Not so.
All it needs now is the President's signature. Late Tuesday night, the House of Representatives approved a bill to avert the Fiscal Cliff.
A member of the Allegheny County Council has been cited for allegedly driving under the influence. Robert Macey, who represents West Mifflin and much of the Mon Valley, crashed in Venango County this weekend.
