Category: Governor’s Office News
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Under Corbett, Integrity Is Restored To Welfare System
Secretary Gary Alexander Centre Daily Times For far too long, Pennsylvania’s welfare policy was “when in doubt, give it out.” But under Gov. Tom Corbett’s leadership, the Department of Public […]
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Crises Play To Corbett’s Strength: Governor’s Actions In Penn State Scandal, During Recent Floods Were Strong, Decisive.
John Micek Allentown Morning Call Gov. Tom Corbett stopped, took a breath, folded his hands and stared hard at the top of the podium in front of him, as if it […]
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Governor Corbett Hosts Trick-Or-Treaters
Wilkes-Barre Times Leader Governor Tom Corbett and First Lady Susan Corbett got into the Halloween spirit Monday evening by opening the Governor’s Residence in Harrisburg to Trick or Treaters. Hundreds of neighborhood children […]
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Corbett Plans To Grade Teachers More Like Students
Upper Saucuon Patch A discrepancy between some school districts having barely 50 percent of its students performing at grade level and more than 99 percent of teachers statewide getting straight […]
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Gov. Wants Pa. To Ban Texting While Driving
WTAE Tougher rules for teenage drivers were signed into law in Pennsylvania on Tuesday, while state lawmakers amended a bill to ban texting by all drivers and give police the […]
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Corbett Signs Pa. Bill Restricting Teen Drivers
Associated Press A new Pennsylvania law limiting how many passengers that teen drivers can have and increasing the number of hours of behind-the-wheel experience required for a junior license was […]
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Report: Privatizing LCB Would Generate $1.6 Billion
Philadelphia Inquirer When it comes to the future of Pennsylvania’s wine and liquor stores, one word applies: privatize. So concluded a report commissioned by Gov. Corbett, finding that auctioning off […]
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Study Calls For More Than 1,250 Private Liquor Stores
Charles Thompson Harrisburg Patriot-News A draft of a study commissioned by the Corbett administration to find the best way for Pennsylvania to get out of the liquor store business finds […]
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Governor Moves To Take Fiscal Control Of Pennsylvania’s Capital
Sabrina Tavernise New York Times The fate of Pennsylvania’s financially troubled capital city, Harrisburg, took another twist in a long road on Thursday when Gov. Tom Corbett signed a bill […]