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Lean. Austere. Bare bones. Those are some of the descriptions of Gov. Tom Corbett's proposed 2012-13 state budget, and no matter what your political affiliation is, the terms are accurate.

THEFT BY DECEPTION: A Chambersburg man is charged with collecting more than $3,000 in unemployment insurance benefits while he was incarcerated at Franklin County Jail, 1804 Opportunity Ave.

Linda Morgan / Times-Shamrock Joe Fasula, Gerrity's Supermarket co-owner, says his company has had difficulties hiring people, who believe they're better off on unemployment.

A grievance dating to 2009 filed by union faculty members and coaches at California University of Pennsylvania over having to pay to park on campus has landed before Commonwealth Court.

Isaac Hill of Industry, Pa., helps break down the Occupy Pittsburgh encampment in Mellon Green Park on Sunday, Feb.

The board of directors of the Secondary Materials and Recycled Textiles Association recently approved a Donation Drop Box Operator Code of Conduct.

Jennifer Reeger is a Tribune-Review staff writer and can be reached at 724-836-6155 or via e-mail. A proposed bill would protect Pennsylvania homeowners against mechanics' liens filed by subcontractors, but it is too late for 17 Westmoreland County residents who paid a Texas roofing contractor but face liens filed by a building supplier.

The final 2011 unemployment rate for Northumberland County was a full percentage point lower than it was a year ago in December 2010, according to the latest figures from the Department of Labor and Industry .

There will be no $573 weekly check for Arlene Ackerman, whose attempt to collect Pennsylvania unemployment benefits has been denied.

Auditor General Jack Wagner said today that the State Workers' Insurance Fund, the largest workers' compensation insurance carrier in Pennsylvania, paid nearly $4.9 million over a two-year period to a Pennsylvania-based claims services and medical management company to help manage operations and save money, but SWIF failed to hold the contractor ... (more)

Lebanon County's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate dropped to 6.0 percent in December, the lowest rate in two years.

The unemployment rate was up and down throughout 2011, but as the final numbers for the year were tallied, analysts say the job situation appears to be going in the right direction.

Cody Aughenbaugh, second from right, of Springettsbury Township receives an appointment for a job interview from Steve Sosko, eastern district manager, at Cheddar's Casual Cafe in Manchester Township Monday.

Ronald K. Christy, no address listed, reported his debit card used to purchase more than $880 worth of good without his knowledge or permission.

Unemployment in the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre/Hazleton metro area decreased three-tenths of a percentage point in December to 8.9 percent.

In Municipal Court Monday, William E. Fultz II, 40, Y&O Road, was fined $85 for driving under suspension and $28 for expired plates.

Linda Morgan / Times-Shamrock Alvin 'Buddy' Rothstein, a B-17 bomber pilot during World War II, shows off a print depicting the ocean ditching of a bomber at his Mountain Top home November 2010.

Timothy Puko is a Pittsburgh Tribune-Review staff writer and can be reached at 412-320-7991 or via e-mail. Big businesses could be in line for millions of dollars in new tax breaks in Pennsylvania under legislation that may be critical in the state's bid to best Ohio and West Virginia for a petrochemicals plant.

Republican Ryan MacKenzie of South Whitehall announced Wednesday that he is entering the race for the state House seat for the 134th District, which covers a portion of South Whitehall.

State Rep. Dan Moul expects labor unions to bristle when he introduces a bill to reform unemployment compensation in the state.