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Obama budget predicts $1.3T deficit for 2012

2012-02-10T23:03:26-05:00

President Barack Obama's new budget predicts a $1.3 trillion deficit for the ongoing fiscal year but that would drop to $575 billion in 2018 if the president gets his wish to raise taxes and if policymakers can live within tight restraints on the Pentagon and other Cabinet agency budgets, the White House said Friday.

DeWeese says he will resign when sentenced

2012-02-08T15:05:22-05:00

A Democratic state lawmaker who has been convicted on corruption charges said today he will follow tradition and step down from the House of Representatives when he is sentenced, but that he hopes to delay the proceeding so he can run for re-election.

Highlights of Gov. Corbett's state spending plan

2012-02-08T00:05:24-05:00

Read on to see a bulleted list of Gov. Tom Corbett’s $27.1 billion state spending plan for the year that starts July 1.

Pa. gas drilling fee bill debate ends without vote

2012-02-07T23:57:55-05:00

Pennsylvania, the only major gas-producing state that does not tax the taking of natural gas from its soil, moved closer Tuesday to imposing a fee on the drilling in the vast Marcellus Shale reserves that have transformed the state in recent years.

$27.1B budget proposed

2012-02-07T23:38:46-05:00

Gov. Tom Corbett on Tuesday proposed a budget of $27.1 billion, with no tax increases, deep cuts to higher education assistance and a range of cost-cutting in services for the poor, elderly and disabled.

Universities face steep cuts

2012-02-07T23:37:25-05:00

State universities still trying to recover from deep cuts last year would have their public funding slashed even further under a budget plan unveiled Tuesday, leading some institutions to warn of a choice between maintaining buildings and offering academic programs students need to graduate.

Plan hurts middle class, local Democrats contend

2012-02-07T23:33:42-05:00

While members of his own party praised Gov. Tom Corbett’s fiscal restraint, some local Democratic lawmakers said the Republican’s proposed budget panders to corporate interests while inflicting pain on the middle class.

Santorum: Country 'is in jeopardy'

2012-02-03T07:58:50-05:00

Rick Santorum’s campaign slogan could very well be one word: doomsday. ... Unless, of course, Republicans pick Santorum as the party’s presidential nominee and he goes on to defeat President Barack Obama.

Gingrich storms to SC victory, scrambling GOP race

2012-01-22T00:38:59-05:00

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich stormed to an upset victory in the South Carolina primary Saturday night, dealing a sharp setback to former front-runner Mitt Romney and abruptly scrambling the race for the Republican presidential nomination.

In victory, Gingrich praised his Republican rivals and attacked President Barack Obama and "elites in New York and Washington."

AP source: Obama campaign seeks ad rates in states

2012-01-17T21:25:10-05:00

President Barack Obama's re-election campaign has requested advertising rates in a number of key states, a sign that it could be close to airing its first television commercials of the 2012 race.