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On June 3, the Sunday Harrisburg Patriot-News ran a front-page report by Jan Murphy noting Gov. Corbett's misplaced priorities. This was the gist of the criticism: "The governor has resisted taxing Marcellus shale natural gas drillers and wants to slash business taxes by $300 million. At the same time, he proposed drastic cuts in money for schools and cut off a state-subsidized health insurance program for nearly 42,000 low-income adults." Corbett made his decisions to cover a $4 billion shortfall. I'm not sure what was wrong with the health-insurance cutback. I do know that low-income adults can avail themselves of Medicaid - and once they reach a certain age, they can tap into Medicare. More importantly, Corbett is to be commended for trying to lure industries into the state. The west...
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HARRISBURG -- Some lawmakers who left office last month will get handsome parting gifts: retirement packages few people in the private sector can expect in these days of disappearing or frozen company pension plans. Six former legislators, including Sen. Barry Stout of Washington County, are eligible to receive pension payments topping $100,000 a year, an analysis by the Harrisburg Patriot-News found. None could be reached for comment.
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HARRISBURG, Pa. - School officials say the students at a Pennsylvania school are getting sandwiches for lunch for failing to appreciate the hot meals the district provides. The Harrisburg Patriot-News reported the pre-kindergarten through eighth-grade students at Camp Curtain School received cold sandwiches this week as punishment for misbehavior, including failure to clean up after themselves.
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Gov. Leadfoot seems to be up to his old tricks. The Patriot-News of Harrisburg obtained E-ZPass records for Gov. Ed Rendell's vehicle indicating it was traveling at an estimated 99 mph last October between the Warrendale and New Stanton exits of the Pennsylvania Turnpike.
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Daily News staff writer Jill Painter tied for first place in column writing in the annual Associated Press Sports Editors contest, it was announced Thursday. Painter shared the top honor with David Jones of The Patriot- News in Harrisburg, Pa., in the division for papers with daily circulations between 75,000-175,000.
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Dear Heloise: Thank you for your wonderful hints in The (Harrisburg, Pa.) Patriot-News. I read your hint on how to clean the interior of aluminum pans. I have pans with dark interiors from cooking things such as asparagus, etc., and they need a good cleaning. Please help! -- Charlotte McCrary, Hummelstown, Pa.
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A ruling Tuesday by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court means the public can soon decide whether legendary Penn State football coach Joe Paterno earns too much or too little. The court, in a 4-2 decision, ruled the State Employees' Retirement System must release the salary of Paterno, 80, and other top university officials. The school had fought the request by the Harrisburg Patriot-News since 2002.
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BELLEFONTE, Pa. - Former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky stunned a packed courtroom and backed out of a preliminary hearing at the last minute Tuesday, avoiding a face-to- face confrontation with accusers who his lawyer said were just trying to cash in by making up stories of child sex abuse. Sandusky pleaded not guilty and vowed afterward to "stay the course, to fight for four quarters.
... courthouse steps and spoke before dozens of news cameras for an hour, saying some of the 10 men who..."It makes my blood boil," said Harrisburg lawyer Ben Andreozzi, who read a statement by his ... McQueary by citing a Sunday report in The Patriot-News of Harrisburg, Pa., that claimed he changed h...
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We have some important news for those of you who've been harboring an urge to eat poinsettias. This news comes from an article in the Harrisburg, Pa., Patriot-News, sent in by alert reader Karen Durkin. The article makes this fascinating statement: Despite persistent rumors, poinsettias are NOT poisonous. Ohio State University testing has found that a 50-pound child could eat more than 500 poinsettia bracts with no ill effects other than possibly a sick stomach from eating that much foliage." The two questions that immediately come to mind are:
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A Commonwealth Court decision denying access to records of Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission employees' free E-ZPass rides on the toll road is wrong -- for transparency, for accountability and for public trust in public agencies. The Patriot-News of Harrisburg sought the records to determine how much revenue is lost due to about 2,000 turnpike employees' free- ride "perk." The state Office of Open Records ruled for those records' release, minus employees' names.
