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Lawmaker Perks Criticized In Wake Of Proposed Pa. Budget
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett’s proposed state budget keeps his campaign promise to balance the budget without tax increases, but it comes at the price of cutting $1 billion in...
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Democratic Lawmakers Call On Governor To Fund Transportation
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A group of Democratic lawmakers from our area urged Governor Tom Corbett to come up with more money to improve transportation infrastructure and do more for mass transit. The plea...
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State Rep. Pushing To Make Communities Pay For State Police Protection
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – If you live in a municipality that depends on Pennsylvania State Police for protection, you could soon be paying for it. A state representative has renewed a push for legislation...
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Corbett Signs Budget, As Bigger Agenda Stalls
HARRISBURG, Pa. (KDKA/AP) – It took a marathon weekend session but — with just hours to spare — the General Assembly approved a new $28.4 billion dollar state budget. But the legislature failed to act...
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Government Shutdown Will Impact Local Area
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Absent a last minute Congressional deal, a government shutdown will begin at midnight tonight — and Pennsylvanians will be affected. Some 71,000 federal workers in this state,...
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NRA Wins One In The Legislature Over Local Opposition
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Despite the objections of mayors like Pittsburgh’s Bill Peduto and Philadelphia’s Michael Nutter, the state legislature approved a bill backed by the National Rifle Association that...
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Wolf Seeks Billions In Higher Taxes For Schools, Tax Revamp
HARRISBURG (KDKA) — Ambitious, gutsy, bold – these are the adjectives supporters used to describe Gov. Tom Wolf’s first budget presented to the state legislature on Tuesday. “The proposal I’m unveiling...
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Expert Crunches Numbers On Gov. Wolf’s Budget Proposal
http://media.pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/CBSPIT_0303201517370312111AA.mp4 PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Gov. Tom Wolf’s proposed trade off — lower property taxes, but higher income and sales taxes — is getting...
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Gov. Wolf Tours New Castle School, Pledging More State Money
http://media.pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/CBSPIT_1803201517451293194AA.mp4 NEW CASTLE (KDKA) — New Castle Area School District gave Gov. Tom Wolf quite a welcome, as he pitched his budget plan of $400...
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Negotiators To Meet Amid Pennsylvania’s Budget Stalemate
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – The Wolf administration and top lawmakers are expected to resume talking as Pennsylvania state government starts its new fiscal year with limited spending authority because the...
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Budget Impasse Continues With Differences From Last One
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Remember the sounds of protest in 2009 when protesters chanted, “A budget. When do we want it? Now!” It was the last major budget impasse when then-Gov. Ed Rendell and the...
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Budget Deadlock Approaching 3rd Week With No Talks Planned
HARRISBURG (AP) – No negotiations between the Wolf administration and leaders of the Legislature’s Republican majority are scheduled as Pennsylvania’s budget stalemate approaches its third week. No...
View ArticleTime Running Out In Effort To Cut Number Of State Lawmakers
Follow KDKA-TV: Facebook | Twitter HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – A proposal to shrink the number of Pennsylvania state lawmakers that’s kicked around the Capitol for years may not be dead, but it’s on life...
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