Tom Corbett News

Citing findings in a recent series of Times-Tribune investigative reports, a coalition of environmental groups called on Gov. Tom Corbett on Tuesday to speak publicly about the extent of water contamination from natural gas development in Pennsylvania.

Top Republican state senators continued to seek enough support Tuesday to pass legislation one of their members is writing to liberalize wine, beer and liquor sales in Pennsylvania and give Gov. Tom Corbett the ability to claim victory on one of his top priorities.

Protesters hit the streets of Center City on Friday afternoon in an effort to try and save thousands of school district jobs.

Gov. Corbett's administration - along with city and state officials - is working to assemble a funding package that could pump as much as a $100 million more into the coffers of the Philadelphia School District, according to sources with knowledge of the high-level talks.

In 2013, another Republican governor, Tom Corbett of Pennsylvania, persuaded the Pennsylvania house of representatives to pass a liquor-privatization bill, which remains stalled in the senate.

Governor Tom Corbett has signed into law a bill that allows crime victims and their families to testify at parole hearings.

The state Department of Transportation has built a website that compares competing plans to spend billions of dollars on highways and bridges in new transportation money under proposals being considered by the Legislature, but agency officials have refused to release similar information to the public, which will pay for the chosen projects.

Lisa Jones, a bank teller, received a rude awakening after she and other Washingtonians voted to dismantle their state's liquor system.

It's been more than four years since a hole first appeared in the deck of the Spruce Street Bridge over the Quittapahilla Creek.

Reading Fire Department officials have identified the man who was badly burned in a city fire last week.

Republican state senators remained unsure Monday whether they will vote for legislation that one of their members is writing to liberalize the sale of wine, beer and hard liquor in Pennsylvania, a key priority of Gov. Tom Corbett.

Pennsylvania governor Tom Corbett has signed a bill that will prohibit coverage of most abortions by insurance policies to be offered through a federally run insurance "exchange" being set up as part of the new federal health care law.

Richard Allan is still the Secretary of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources on a video from the Department of Environmental Protection's website.

"Poison hemlock is a non-native, invasive we call it species that just seems to have exploded across the county and South Central PA," said Jeff Graybill, with Penn State Agriculture Extension.

A new Pennsylvania law will prohibit coverage of most abortions under policies offered in a federally-run insurance marketplace starting next year.

Legislative leaders are meeting with Gov. Tom Corbett this morning to get an update on where things stand following a weekend of work on attempting to resolve differences on various issues that have become attached to the 2013-14 budget.

As the school year ends and students hit the road for summer vacation, I think it is fair to say if Pennsylvanians – students, parents, educators and taxpayers – were able to grade Gov. Tom Corbett on his education policies, they'd give him an “F.” For the third year, the Republican-backed state budget proposal axes ... (more)

For the second year in a row, the president of the state's largest teachers union is calling for the Legislature to increase funding to public schools and to create alternative revenue sources to fund them.

The Corbett administration seeks to broaden the scope of MediA caid expansion talks with Washington, but expressed disappointment at the lack of progress so far with federal officials.

The new cuts, expected to save $32 million, affect 63 staffers at the district's headquarters at 440 N. Broad St. and 13 employees in regional offices, most working in early childhood education.