Jul 31
Everyone gets statements on bank accounts and credit cards, but do you want a statement on how much you won — or lost — at the casino?
Perhaps just as importantly: Do you want your spouse to see that statement?
A bill before the General Assembly would require Pennsylvania’s casinos to send monthly statements to gamblers on their winnings and losses. Such a step would be a protective measure, said state Rep. Paul Clymer, R-Bucks County, the bill’s sponsor.
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Jul 30
A state pilot program begins this week to track some registered sex offenders using GPS technology, but some state officials question if the system works properly.
Offenders selected for the pilot program are to wear a bracelet that transmits a wireless signal to a satellite, allowing law enforcement officials to find them.
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Jul 29
For state government reform activist Gene Stilp, desperate measures are in order.
Such as a beauty contest.
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Jul 27
HARRISBURG — Attorney General Tom Corbett has been in the news a lot lately. That’s mostly because of charges he announced two weeks ago against a dozen current and former House Democratic lawmakers and staffers.
But the saga over alleged misuse of taxpayer money, often called “Bonusgate,” isn’t the only battle that Mr. Corbett, a Shaler resident, is waging: He also faces a tough re-election battle this November.
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Jul 25
HARRISBURG — It is “inconceivable” that House Majority Leader H. William DeWeese wasn’t aware of bonuses paid to state employees for work on Democratic campaigns, independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader said at a news conference yesterday.
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Jul 23
HARRISBURG — State Treasurer Robin L. Wiessmann yesterday showed off a new Web site that features a database of government contracts the public can access.
She said the state’s new right-to-know law required creation of the database, known as the Pennsylvania Contracts e-Library.
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Jul 20
HARRISBURG — WTF.
Three little letters. On a license plate. They didn’t mean anything to 60-year-old Mary Ann Hardee, a North Carolina resident.
But then her tech-savvy grandchildren, who were LOL (Laughing Out Loud), clued her in: These days, the WTF on her license plate means “What The (expletive)” in text messages and online lingo.
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Jul 18
HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania State Police have decided to sell five of their seven single-engine airplanes.
The public is eligible to purchase the Cessna 182 planes, which cost anywhere from $86,000 to $188,000, depending on their age. The planes have four seats, with an option for two child seats to be added in the baggage area.
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Jul 18
HARRISBURG — State Sen. Bob Regola, R-Hempfield, doesn’t think the state “should profit from someone’s death.”
So he’s introduced a bill to repeal the state’s estate tax — also known as the inheritance tax — and also known, by its critics, as the “death tax.”
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Jul 17
HARRISBURG — In the midst of the growing Bonusgate scandal, a state senator has announced a petition drive to force a special legislative session on ethics reform.
“Pennsylvania, we have a problem,” said Sen. Jeffrey Piccola, R-Dauphin. “It is a problem of arrogance, greed and corruption, and a system that encourages, protects and rewards all three.”
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