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STATE GOP NEWS
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Senate Education Committee Votes To
Block Contract With Testing Company
The members of the state
Senate Education Committee voted to unanimously shelve a Democrat plan to institute
statewide graduation exams. Before seeking the approval of the legislature, Governor
Rendell reached a deal with a Minnesota-based firm to create the tests at a cost of $201
million.
“The committee approved a bill
by Senate Majority Whip Jane Orie, R-McCandless, requiring that any graduation exam be
approved by the General Assembly. Orie, calling the Rendell administration's action
"unconscionable," predicted the bill would move through both chambers with a
veto-proof majority.”
Senate Approves Browne’s
Information Sharing Bill
The state Senate passed Senate Bill 531 yesterday, which
seeks to increase information sharing between governmental agencies.
"’County agencies often have information about
many of the same individuals or families, but because of confidentiality concerns, are
unable to legally and officially transmit information about at-risk persons or
families,’ Senator Browne said. ‘Senate Bill 531 is intended to facilitate the
distribution of information between all relevant agencies as a way to prevent both further
victimization and/or criminal conduct of individuals in a family.’"
Adolph Conducts Public Hearing On Ways
To Combat The Rising Number Of Ponzi Scheme Victims In Pennsylvania
State Representative Bill Adolph co-hosted a House
Professional Licensure Committee aimed at finding new ways to protect Pennsylvanians from
Ponzi schemes.
“’The way I see it, we need to have a checks and
balances system established to help protect the investing public from these types of
scams,’ said Adolph. ‘We are not talking about a small amount of money. In many
cases, we are talking about a person’s life savings and businesses and nonprofit
organizations being scammed out of millions of dollars. We need to work more diligently at
the state and federal levels at catching these individuals before irreparable damage is
done.’”
Baer: Philly Is No. 1!...When It Comes
To Taxes
John Baer examines Philadelphia’s absurd tax laws in
an opinion piece appearing in today’s Philadelphia Daily News.
“An annual survey by Washington's Office of Revenue
Analysis - mandated by Congress to measure state and local tax burden in the largest city
in every state - Philly ranks first.
City Finance Director Rob Dubow said in a written statement
yesterday: ‘Yes, when considering all tax revenue, Philadelphia is the highest-taxed
city in the country.’”
Editorial: Another Shady Deal From
Specter
The Valley Independent sheds light on Senator Arlen
Specter’s history of putting personal gain ahead of principle, including a 2002 real
estate deal between Specter and a Michael Blayson, a federal court nominee who Specter
supported twice.
“The deal was done while Baylson was a federal
judicial nominee before the Senate Judiciary Committee headed by Specter, who voted for
him in committee and in the full Senate.”
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