5 area schools win prestigious National Blue Ribbon

Published in the Philadelphia Inquirer, by Kristen A. Graham

October 2, 2014

Five area schools scored a prestigious National Blue Ribbon, including a city school that won for the second time, U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan announced Tuesday.

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Corbett rallies with supporters

Published in the Tribune-Democrat, by Dave Sutor

September 30, 2014

Gov. Tom Corbett promoted what he called his “all-of-the-above-and-below strategy for energy” during a campaign rally in downtown Johnstown on Tuesday

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Corbett signs bill to help lower fatal overdoses

Published by the Associated Press

September 30, 2014

Gov. Tom Corbett has signed a bill that's designed to reduce fatalities from heroin overdoses, partly by making an antidote more available to police and the public.

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Pa. Chamber survey: Businesses hopeful, more confident

Published in the Lehigh Valley Business, by Stacy Wescoe

September 30, 2014

Business leaders in Pennsylvania are more hopeful about the state’s economic outlook and the future than they’ve been in some time, according to the Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry.

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CORBETT-CAWLEY CAMPAIGN PROVIDES WOLF LATEST TAX DATA & A BRAND NEW CALCULATOR TO PROVIDE DETAILS ON INCOME TAX HIKE PROPOSAL

HARRISBURG – The Corbett-Cawley campaign today hand delivered a copy of the latest tax data from the Pennsylvania Department of Revenue that contains information on taxable income on personal tax returns filed with the Commonwealth. This data, published less than two months ago, contains the data Wolf says he needs to give the people of Pennsylvania an idea of how high he wants to raise middle class taxes. The Corbett-Cawley campaign also provided former Secretary of Revenue Tom Wolf with a brand new calculator to work on the details of his plan.

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Democrat in Pa. governor’s race plans income-tax hikes

“Millionaire Tom Wolf has finally admitted that middle class families making a combined income of $90,000 annually are ‘rich like him’ and should be paying higher taxes. Middle class Pennsylvanians now have a very clear choice this November between an out-of-touch millionaire like Tom Wolf and a fiscal watchdog like Governor Tom Corbett who protects their hard-earned paychecks. Pennsylvanians must take notice, Tom Wolf is going to raise your taxes." -- Communications Director, Chris Pack

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Democrat in Pa. governor’s race plans income-tax hikes

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WOLF FINALLY COMES CLEAN IN DEBATE AND ADMITS THAT HOUSEHOLDS MAKING OVER $90k WILL SEE TAX INCREASE

HARRISBURG – The Corbett-Cawley campaign today released the following statement in response to Secretary Tom Wolf finally coming clean and admitting that households making over $90,000 annually are ‘rich like him’ and should be paying more in taxes. Wolf made his comments this morning in a CBS Philadelphia/KYW Radio debate. Last week, Wolf adamantly said that was not the case and was merely a hypothetical example.

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Governor Corbett Again Provides Vision and Leadership in KYW Debate

Governor Corbett Again Provides Vision and Leadership in KYW Debate

Tom Wolf evades specifics and cost of tax hikes to middle class Pennsylvanians

HARRISBURG – The Corbett-Cawley campaign released the following statement from Campaign Manager Mike Barley following this morning's KYW gubernatorial debate in Philadelphia, where Governor Corbett continued to show the leadership and vision that has built a stronger Pennsylvania over the last four years. while Secretary Wolf continued to evade the specifics of his failed vision and policies and how much they would cost Pennsylvania's small businesses and middle class.

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In visit to Pittsburgh bridge, Corbett touts transportation improvements

Published in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, by John Schmitz

September 30, 2014

Gov. Tom Corbett visited the site of the $28.5 million Birmingham Bridge rehabilitation project today to tout the benefits of the transportation funding legislation he signed last year.

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Pa. business climate good, say majority of executives in survey

Published in the Lancaster Online, by Tim Stuhldreher

September 30, 2014

For the first time ever, a majority of respondents in the Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry’s annual economic survey have given the commonwealth’s business climate a thumbs-up.

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