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Acting Secretary of Public Welfare Harriet Dichter said yesterday the state will close Allentown State Hospital in Lehigh County by Dec. 31.

Ms. Dichter said the closure is part of Pennsylvania’s commitment to reducing reliance… Read the rest

Improvements planned for Harrisburg-to-Philadelphia line

President Barack Obama announced Thursday that Pennsylvania will be receiving more than $26 million of the $8 million federal stimulus grant for high speed passenger rail service.

The eastern half of the so-called “Keystone Corridor”… Read the rest

Taxpayers must repay $806.5 million by June 30

On Dec. 7, the Rendell Administration authorized the sale of $800 million in Tax Anticipation Notes (TANs) to insure adequate state cash flow.

While not an indication of bankruptcy, a legal term,… Read the rest

Cost of federal Medicaid coverage for Pennsylvania, all states is indeterminate

Pennsylvania Attorney General Tom Corbett has joined with 14 other attorney generals across the country to challenge the Nebraska

Three way race takes two ballots

State House Republicans voted yesterday for Bill Adolph (R-Delaware) as Minority Chair of the important House Appropriations Committee.

Mr. Adolph was chosen after two rounds of secret balloting, the first of which eliminated state… Read the rest

House Appropriations Chair started organization 10 years ago

PHILADELPHIA – Friends and colleagues of state House Appropriations Chairman Dwight Evans (D-Philadelphia) were bailed out of a failed nightclub venture at a cost of more than $700,000 last year, by a… Read the rest

Sen. Argall tied to non-profit group property “flip”

TAMAQUA- A nonprofit, economic development group founded by state Sen. David Argall (R-Schuylkill) and funded primarily with tax dollars, purchased a downtown property for $196,000 last year and sold it to a… Read the rest