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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.
MOREPa. 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.
MOREPa. 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.
MOREGov. Corbett announces redevelopment grant for former Saks site, Oliver building
Published in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, by James O'Toole
September 29, 2014
Surrounded by an array of Pittsburgh civic and development interests, Gov. Tom Corbett stood in Mellon Square Monday to announce a $4 million state grant to seed the redevelopment of the Henry W. Oliver Building and its neighbor, the former Saks Fifth Avenue department store.
MORECorbett announces funding for programs for at-risk students
Published in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, by Megan Harris
September 29, 2014
Gov. Tom Corbett announced $23.1 million in state funding for social and artistic activities in high-poverty, low-performing schools on Monday, including nine in Western Pennsylvania.
Corbett: Downtown project will 'make a huge difference' in Pittsburgh
Published in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, by Melissa Daniels
September 29, 2014
A $4 million state grant toward renovating the former Saks Fifth Avenue site and the Henry W. Oliver Building in an investment in the continued transformation of Pittsburgh's Downtown, Gov. Tom Corbett said Monday.
Lt. Gov. Cawley says Corbett has made tough calls
Published in the Daily Local News, Jim Callahan
September 25, 2014
Lt. Gov. Jim Cawley said the administration of Republican Gov. Tom Corbett deserves a second term to finish work started to make state government more accountable.
MOREPPG opens new Cranberry regional headquarters
Published in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, by Rachel Farkas
September 25, 2014
PPG Industries opened a new, regional headquarters for its architectural coatings business Thursday in the Cranberry Woods business park. Nearly 400 people — including employees from other PPG sites in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kentucky and Delaware and 150 new hires — work there now. The company plans to employ 550 people in management, marketing, customer support, information technology and administrative positions by 2015.
Bucks Republicans want peek at Tom Wolf's tax records
Published in the Bucks County Courier Times, by James McGinnis
September 23, 2014
With just six weeks left in the campaign, Republicans in Bucks County and beyond are hunting for some hypocrisy in the tax returns and business practices of Democrat for governor Tom Wolf.
MOREThese Governors Return Their Salary To The State
Published in Time, by Kiran Dhillon
September 24, 2014
Every state appropriates its governor a salary, but not every governor accepts it. Some return a percentage to the state, while others forgo any compensation whatsoever.
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