Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
New Jersey's governor-elect and Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell met for the first time since the election on Monday and seemed optimistic about working together.
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
New Jersey's governor-elect and Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell met for the first time since the election on Monday and seemed optimistic about working together.
THE CENTRIST (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
The other shoe has dropped. Ten Republicans connected to the Pennsylvania Legislature, including former Speaker of the House John Perzel, have been charged in a wide-ranging corruption case, Pennsylvania Attorney General Tom Corbett announced today. A grand jury found that Perzel was the architect of an illegal scheme in which more than $10 million in taxpayer money was spent to help win political...
Tony Phyrillas (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
The other shoe has dropped. Ten Republicans connected to the Pennsylvania Legislature, including former Speaker of the House John Perzel, have been charged in a wide-ranging corruption case, Pennsylvania Attorney General Tom Corbett announced today. A grand jury found that Perzel was the architect of an illegal scheme in which more than $10 million in taxpayer money was spent to help win political...
Tony Phyrillas (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Pennsylvania House Republicans have introduced legislation to save $100 million in welfare spending, but passage of the bill is iffy because House Democrats and Gov. Ed Rendell have presided over the largest increase in welfare spending of any state in the nation. Read more about the bill at the link below: House Republicans say bill could save $100 million annually - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Above Average Jane (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
Joe Hoeffel, former state representative, former congressman, current Montgomery County Commissioner, and candidate for governor, has unveiled a new campaign website, www.joehoeffel2010.com . Here are my rough notes from the call. I apologize in advance for any errors or misconceptions. Many of Hoeffel's policy statements are spelled out on the campaign site. On the call Hoeffel made some introductory...
The Washington Times (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Gov. Ed Rendell says a transit strike that shut down Philadelphia's buses, subways and trolleys for nearly a week is over. The governor announced early Monday that the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority had reached an agreement with its largest labor union on new contract provisions to end the strike. About 5,000 Transport Workers Local 234 workers walked off the...
Examiner (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
Gov. Ed Rendell says a negotiations in Philadelphia's transit strike have broken off.
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
Gov. Ed Rendell says a negotiations in Philadelphia's transit strike have broken off.
Examiner (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
A tentative contract agreement has been reached that could end the public transit strike that has idled Philadelphia's subways, buses and trolleys for four days, Gov. Ed Rendell said late Friday.
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Gov. Ed Rendell says buses, subways and trolleys in Philadelphia may be rolling again soon.
The Daily Politics (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Govs. Ed Rendell and David Paterson aren't going to let a little thing like the World Series come between them. On Sunday, less than a week after the Yankees beat the Phillies to win their 27th series title, the Pennsylvania governor will host a $2,500-a-head fundraiser for Paterson at the Park Hyatt hotel in Philadelphia. (Charles Breslin, a Democratic operative, longtime aide and friend of Rendell's...
CBS 3 (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
A union representing more than 5,000 Philadelphia transit workers is scheduled to meet with Gov. Ed Rendell to discuss their contract negotiations.
post-gazette.com (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Timothy McNulty | November 4, 2009 The first episode of "Moving Numbers" -- the Web series about a fictional US Senate run in Pennsylvania -- is up today, from executive producers John Brabender and Leslie Gromis Baker, two Pa-based Republican consultants. It's worth looking at alone for the pretty shots of Pittsburgh (including one of the Post-Gazette's sign Downtown) and brief mentions...
post-gazette.com (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
If Webster's put out a Pennsylvania edition of its famous dictionary, one of the entries might read like this: Patronage: n. 1) support, encouragement or sponsorship given by a patron; 2) the power to appoint to office or grant other favors, esp. political ones; 3) the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission. Before state Attorney General Tom Corbett is inevitably accused of launching another political prosecution...
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