Pocono Raceway economic impact: $257M last year

Published in the Pocono Record, by Staff

March 10, 2014

The economic impact of Pocono Raceway is as great as hosting the Super Bowl in Pennsylvania each year, said Gov. Tom Corbett during a news conference inside the Capitol Building Monday.

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Corbett Joins Opposition Against National Guard Cuts

Published by WESA, by Julian Routh

March 10, 2014

Potential budget cuts to the Army National Guard have received opposition from 50 governors across the country, including Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett.

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New money for Pa. highways to flow out in April

Published by the Associated Press, by Staff

March 10, 2014

Pennsylvanians should soon start seeing highway projects funded under the state's major new transportation funding bill signed four months ago by Gov. Tom Corbett.

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Gov. Corbett visits Pennsbury Manor to view state's "birth certificate"

Published in the Bucks County Courier Times, by Christian Menno

March 9, 2014

It's been 333 years since England's King Charles II granted the land that is now Pennsylvania to William Penn.

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Cawley talks education funding, pensions with Lower Bucks chamber

Published in The Intelligencer, by Crissa Shoemaker DeBree

March 7, 2014

Lt. Gov. Jim Cawley was in Bristol Township Friday to outline Gov. Tom Corbett's budget plan for members of the Lower Bucks County Chamber of Commerce.

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Corbett-Cawley Campaign Statement on January Employment Report

6.4% Unemployment Rate Below National Average; Lowest Since Nov. 2008

HARRISBURG, PA – Corbett-Cawley Campaign Manager Mike Barley released the following statement on January’s jobs report where unemployment dropped to 6.4%, the lowest level since November 2008 and below the national rate of 6.7%:

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Administration's food stamps decision nets praise from advocates & grocers

Published by WITF, by Mary Wilson

March 6, 2014

Anti-hunger groups and trade groups are applauding the Corbett administration's decision to prevent a change in federal policy from cutting food stamps for mostly seniors and people with disabilities.

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New funding will allow PennDOT to do more paving

Published in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, by John Schmitz

March 5, 2014

First, drivers are going to see more potholes. Then, thanks to a funding infusion from the new state transportation law, they're going to see more paving.

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Pa. has most new or expanded plants in Northeast during 2013

Published by Lancaster Online, by Staff

March 3, 2014

Pennsylvania had the most new plants or plant expansions in the Northeast during 2013, Site Selection magazine said Monday.

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In Defense of Tom Corbett - Robert A. Gleason Jr.

Published in the Wall Street Journal, by Robert A. Gleason Jr.

March 4, 2014

Allysia Finley's "GOP Trouble In Pennsylvania" (Political Diary, Feb. 27) is off the mark because Republican governors like Tom Corbett are accomplishing tough agendas and have only begun to tell their stories.

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