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$141 Million Goes to Stadium Construction

Matt Coyne — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 14:18:38 +0000

Includes two $1.5 million high school football stadiums

During his two terms as governor, Ed Rendell has spent at least $141 million on athletic facilities, $5 million of which went to high schools

Auditor General Joins Calls for Reform

Matt Coyne — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:17:13 +0000

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

Matt Coyne — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 14:30:42 +0000

Two state commission comes under fire in recent weeks

The flurry of questions surrounding the Delaware River Port Authority… Read the rest

$30 Million in RACP Available For Pitt Medical Center

Matt Coyne — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 14:16:26 +0000

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

A Third of RACP Going to Rendell

Matt Coyne — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 15:57:37 +0000

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 the legitimacy of the program.

Philadelphia County received $109.5 million in RACP funds for 12 projects, a little more than a third of the total funding doled out in the bill signed yesterday by Mr. Rendell, including $10 million for the Sen. Arlen Specter Library at Philadelphia University. Mr. Specter, who served as Philadelphia District Attorney from 1965 until 1974, was Mr. Rendell