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Bets Off! AG Shoots Down Lottery Management Deal

Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane said Gov. Tom Corbett’s plan to outsource management of the state lottery was unconstitutional.

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Fuels Lobby Expert Says PA Gas Tax Could Be Highest

An economist representing petroleum lobbyists claims Gov. Corbett’s budget proposal to raise money for fixing roads and bridges could leave Pennsylvania with the nation’s highest gasoline tax.

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Corbett Ties More School Funds To Liquor Store Sales

The Pennsylvania Independent described Wednesday’s announcement as a “deft political move” intended to win converts to privatizing Pennsylvania’s liquor sales and distribution system, while silencing critics.

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Senate GOP Plans Bill To Raise Highway Fix-Up Fees

Republicans in the Pennsylvania Senate, tired of waiting for the governor to find money to fix roads and bridges, plans to push legislation that would do the job.

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Corbett Proposing Student-Like Grading For Teachers

Teacher performance statewide currently is graded only as satisfactory or unsatisfactory. More than 99 percent of all Pennsylvania teachers are deemed satisfactory, even though some schools have student proficiency issues. Gov. Corbett proposes to change the rating system.

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Route 422 Toll Plan Officially Dead, At Least For Now

The Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission acknowledged Tuesday it could not, and would not try, to go further with its proposal to toll U.S. Route 422. There was just too much public and political opposition, its executive director said.

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Lawmakers, Editorials Press On Transportation Funding

Outside pressure seems to be building for Gov. Tom Corbett to say whether he will act on a special commission’s recommendations to increase transportation funding in Pennsylvania. One proposal so far deemed dead-on-arrival?: tolling U.S. Route 422.

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School Voucher Users Must Pass Tests, State Suggests

The state’s education secretary said Wednesday that if school choice vouchers ever win Legislative approval, children whose families use them must be prepared to take and pass Pennsylvania’s standardized tests.

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State Budget Effect: Cut School Funds At Top, Bottom

The new state budget presents a double whammy for Pottsgrove and other school districts across Pennsylvania, one legislator says: it cuts state funding, and limits the ability to raise local taxes.

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School May Be Out, But Not For Charter School Marketers

In an attempt to woo school districts’ students to charter and cyber-charter schools for 2011-2012, some charter school marketers have already begun their advertising and information campaigns.

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