SENATE GOP URGE RENDELL TO INCLUDE GRANTS IN CONTRACTS DATABASE
By Kari L. Andren
Capitolwire
HARRISBURG (July 23) — The state Department of Community and Economic Development has posted more than 400 grants and contracts on the Department of Treasury’s new contract database as required by the state’s new Right-to-Know Law.
But as of Wednesday only a few dozen [...]
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Capitolwire: Senate GOP leaders ask House Dems to act on reform bills.
By Kari L. Andren
Capitolwire
HARRISBURG (July 15) – Senate [...]
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Education funding a casualty amid state budget talks
GOP-led Senate cuts nearly $118 million out of Rendell plan.
By Kari Andren |Special to The Morning Call
June 19, 2008
| The Republican-controlled state Senate on Wednesday put down its marker in this year’s budget debate, passing a spending plan that slashed nearly $118 million in basic education [...]
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Pa. budget wrangles intensify
By Kari Andren
Inquirer Staff Writer
HARRISBURG – Senate Republicans yesterday challenged Gov. Rendell’s rationale for furloughing state workers in the event of a budget stalemate at the end of the month.Rendell has said that should the state fail to enact a budget by its June 30 deadline, “nonessential” workers would be furloughed starting [...]
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