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Nearly Half of State’s Municipal Pensions Distressed
New report shows pension issues extend beyond SERS and PSERS
While state employee pensions have gained attention for running up a bill of unfunded liabilities that threatens to bankrupt the state, many municipal pension plans in Pennsylvania are in dangerous… Read the rest
Auditor General Joins Calls for Reform
Delaware River Port Authority already under fire from Treasurer, NJ Gov
Pennsylvania Auditor General Jack Wagner is adding to the mounting pressure to reform the bistate Delaware River Port Authority (DRPA), calling for 10 reforms in a letter to DRPA… Read the rest
Accountability in the Delaware River Port Authority Hard to Come By
Two state commission comes under fire in recent weeks
The flurry of questions surrounding the Delaware River Port Authority
AG Files Motion to Dismiss Part of ACORN Lawsuit
Office has not filed action against the community organization
Pennsylvania Attorney General Tom Corbett filed a motion to dismiss part of an ACORN lawsuit Friday, because the attorney general
$30 Million in RACP Available For Pitt Medical Center
Recipient of largest RACP line item unnamed in bill
The largest project included in the Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program (RACP) bill – $30 million for a biologics manufacturing facility in Allegheny County
Barnes Foundation Moving with RACP Funds
Concerns over national heritage site status persist
The art collection of the Barnes Foundation, valued between $25 billion and $30 billion, is being moved to Philadelphia from Lower Merion Township with the use of taxpayer dollars, even while opponents argue… Read the rest
Pennsylvania Spends More Money Than Any Other State on Lobbyists in Washington D.C.
This story originally published July 9, 2010
Editor’s Note: This story appears today as part of the PA Independent’s Year in Review series. This week, we will re-post several of our top stories from 2010. The article below was originally… Read the rest
A Third of RACP Going to Rendell
Legitimacy of the RACP program being called into question
The disproportionate amount of Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program (RACP) funding Gov. Ed Rendell has picked out for projects based in and around his home city of Philadelphia is raising questions over… Read the rest
Five Years Later, Pay Raise Legislators Still in Office
Moving onwards and upwards to Senate, Congress
Five years after the Pennsylvania General Assembly passed the controversial pay raise in the middle of the night, more than half of the 119 state representatives who voted in favor of the bill… Read the rest
WAMs Are Still Part of “Bare Bones” Budget
No one knows where the $65M came from
Over $65.5 million for special community and development grants, though removed from last year’s budget, are included as part of Pennsylvania’s 2010-2011 appropriations bill, passed Wednesday.
The line items, all for the… Read the rest