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Post-Gazette: Attorney general race already getting rough

David Spett — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 04:00:44 +0000

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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Post-Gazette: Nader blames Dems for tossing him off ballot

David Spett — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 04:00:12 +0000

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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Post-Gazette: Government records database launched

David Spett — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:00:03 +0000

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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Post-Gazette: States thwart license plate SNAFUs

David Spett — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 04:00:32 +0000

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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Post-Gazette: State police to sell 5 propeller planes (web story)

David Spett — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 04:00:56 +0000

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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Post-Gazette: Regola seeks end to Pa. inheritance tax (web story)

David Spett — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 04:00:10 +0000

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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