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1 hr ago | Philly.com

Bill of Rights copy from 1789 to go on display here

As the result of a historic agreement between the New York Public Library and the State of Pennsylvania, the National Constitution Center will exhibit one of the original copies of the Bill of Rights that President George Washington dispatched to the states in 1789 for ratification.

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Related Topix: Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Government, York, PA, US Governors

Tue May 21, 2013

ABC 27

2 Pa. teens charged after trying to re-enter prom

Gov. Tom Corbett is asking state education officials to clarify that a set of proposed academic achievement standards for Pennsylvania public school students are not uniform national standards.

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Related Topix: US Governors, Pennsylvania, Fairless Hills, PA

Chambersburg Public Opinion

Corbett seeks to clarify new academic standards

Gov. Tom Corbett has asked state education officials to clarify that a set of proposed academic achievement standards for Pennsylvania public school students are not uniform national standards, a step a spokesman said Tuesday is designed to respond to criticism of the proposal.

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Related Topix: US Governors, Education Etc., Opinion

ABC 27

Carlisle company to add 50 jobs

Carlisle Construction Materials plans to build a new 72,500 square-foot facility where it will produce a roofing product known as thermoplastic polyolefin membrane, Governor Tom Corbett announced Tuesday.

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Related Topix: Carlisle, PA, US Governors, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Senator Bob Casey, Pennsylvania

PennLive.com

What faculty did at Millersville should be a firing offense: PennLive letters

I was appalled while reading the article concerning Gov. Corbett speaking at Millersville University.

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Related Topix: US Governors, Opinion

Post-gazette.com

More work to do: Improved state of bridges can't lull lawmakers

The number of state-maintained, structurally deficient spans has fallen from 5,600 three years ago to fewer than 4,500 now.

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Related Topix: Pennsylvania, US Governors, Opinion

Statecollege.com

No Ruling After Attorneys Battle Over Gov. Corbett's Lawsuit

HARRISBURG The status of Gov. Tom Corbett's lawsuit remains unknown after two hours of arguments Monday.

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Related Topix: US Governors, Criminal Defense Law, Law, Centre County, PA

Mon May 20, 2013

O-R Online

Pension system is sustainable

The pension debt confronting Pennsylvania's retirement systems for state and public school workers is not primarily a result of benefit changes which occurred in 2001, as the editorial states.

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Related Topix: Pension, Personal Finance, Education Etc., US Governors, Opinion

Patch.com

No cost? Not quite: Self-funded PA website contract costing up to $2.6M

By Melissa Daniels | PA Independent HARRISBURG - A state lawmaker continues to raise red flags about a website redesign and management contract.

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Related Topix: US Governors

Waly 103.9

News for 5/20/13

The legal battle between Governor Corbett and the NCAA will land in a court room for the first time today.

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Related Topix: US Governors

The Lebanon Daily News

Proposed Pennsylvania graduation standards flying into flak

It seemed to hit the Capitol like a brick: a sudden groundswell of criticism over a move by Gov.

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Related Topix: Pennsylvania, US Governors, US News, Clymer, PA, Lebanon County, PA

CBS Local

Governor Corbett Faces Off Against NCAA

Lawyers for the Corbett administration and the NCAA will be in a federal courtroom this afternoon to argue a motion to dismiss the lawsuit against Penn State sanctions.

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Related Topix: US Governors

WGAL-TV Lancaster

Some Millersville students turn back on commencement speaker

It was graduation day Saturday at Millersville University. During the commencement ceremony, about ten students and faculty members turned their chairs around as the commencement speaker Gov.

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Related Topix: US Governors

The Citizens' Voice

State budget deadline casts spell

A combination of events is focusing attention on whether Gov. Tom Corbett and lawmakers can perform the political hat trick of passing major legislation dealing with transportation spending, liquor store privatization and curbing public pension costs while passing the next state budget on time for the third year in a row.

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Related Topix: Healthcare Law, Law, US Governors, Pension, Personal Finance, Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA

Sun May 19, 2013

The News Item

Noteworthy: Sunday, May 19, 2013

The state Senate and House unanimously passed legislation to help develop and expand community-based health care clinics, according to Sen.

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Related Topix: US Governors, Mifflinville, PA

Patch.com

Political Nonprofit Skirting PA Election Law Targeted Four GOP Lawmakers Last November

By Eric Boehm | PA Independent HARRISBURG - A new political nonprofit claims to be holding Gov.

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Related Topix: Non-Profit, Pennsylvania, US Governors, Pittsburgh, PA

Erie Times News

Erie region job-training officials to meet Monday

State officials in no more than five weeks are expected to be done with a long-awaited audit of the region's job-training agency.

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Related Topix: Erie, PA, Pennsylvania, US Governors, Venango, PA, Warren, PA

O-R Online

Corbett gets cool reception at Pa. graduation

Tom Corbett got a cool reception when he addressed a central Pennsylvania university's graduating class.

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Related Topix: US Governors, Harrisburg, PA, West Chester, PA

Philly.com

Karen Heller: Not investing in Pa. students now will cost us later

We're in budget season, which means the city school district is experiencing yet another round of asking for money from local and state governments that have grown inured to the perpetual crisis, as common a sign of spring as azaleas.

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Related Topix: Education Etc., Electronics, Hite, Ed Rendell, US Governors

Philly.com

Montco's Shapiro laying groundwork for statewide run

Josh Shapiro, chairman of the Montgomery County commissioners and a rising Democratic star, will bypass 2014 races for governor and Congress already congested with ambitious pols and instead launch his own political action committee to try to influence campaigns and issues around the state.

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Related Topix: US News, Montgomery County, PA, US Governors, US Politics, Allyson Schwartz, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Jenkintown, PA