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As the Corbett administration attempts to slash corporate taxes amid a revenue shortfall in the existing state budget, it and lawmakers continue to allow the burgeoning natural gas industry to export legitimate tax revenue.

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A boom in natural gas drilling in Pennsylvania is generating billions of dollars for companies and private landowners, but some experts question whether the state's low effective tax on the bounty makes long-term sense.

The company explores, acquires, develops, and produces non-conventional natural gas.

House Bill 2015, by state Rep. Sean Roberts and state Sen. Kyle Loveless, would add additional questions to the Individual Abortion Form completed by the abortion provider and add additional reporting measures to the Annual Abortion Report issued by the Oklahoma State Department of Health.

Jim Thorpe Borough Council has voted to appeal a federal judge's order to relinquish the famed athlete's remains so they can be reinterred on American Indian land in Oklahoma.

Among those 23 schools, only seven schools -- LSU, Nebraska, Ohio State, Oklahoma, Penn State, Purdue and Texas -- did not take subsidy money.

Two passengers aboard last Tuesday's American Airlines flight from San Antonio to Dallas-Fort Worth got into a fist fight that left one man bloody and facing criminal charges.According to a police report, 33-year-old Scott Prascher of McKinney was extremely intoxicated and sitting across the aisle from Oklahoma resident Declan Cooper.Cooper was ... (more)

Today, the Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council published a new report titled "The Benefits of Natural Gas Production and Exports for U.S. Small Businesses." The report highlights the significant growth in the number of employer firms and jobs in the energy sector between 2005-2010. The job growth is most striking among small businesses.

Temple University has asked a Canadian high school to stop using an owl mascot that looks very much like its own.

Jim Thorpe, Carbon County- The borough of Jim Thorpe is the resting place of the famous olympian himself, but that could change.

A bittersweet restlessness has long been tied to the legend of Jim Thorpe, the Olympic champion and American Indian whose gold medal feats mesmerized the nation a century ago.

That was the consensus at a recent congressional hearing examining what the Senate Special Committee on Aging calls an epidemic of identity theft among seniors and other taxpayers.

A new report raises serious concerns about the online database used by 11 states to track the chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing, or fracking.

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and stories that will be talked about in Pennsylvania on Friday.

A new report raises serious concerns about the online database used by 11 states to track the chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing, or fracking.

Former state Auditor General Jack Wagner says his 27 years in politics makes him "hands down" the most qualified candidate in the race to become Pittsburgh's next mayor.

Public water conservation leaders and Protestant clergy are teaming up in an effort to encourage Oklahomans to pray for rain that will end the state's drought, The Oklahoman reports .

Social Security's disability program is overwhelmed by so many claims that judges sometimes award benefits they might otherwise deny just to keep up with the flow of cases, according to a lawsuit filed by the judges themselves.

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and stories that will be talked about in Pennsylvania on Monday.