PA Government

The database was hailed as a model to stop bad officers from job hopping. But now legislative changes are needed to make it more effective.

Current rules leave many people, including administration officials and lobbyists, unprotected.

Funding for county programs has been flat since 2007, while costs and demand have gone up.

“The first step to achieving those goals is to make the state’s corporate net income tax rate competitive with that of our neighboring states."

“What we’re passing now is incredibly weak anyway, but we just have to move forward, we just have to stop this."

The proposal would require insurers to provide doctors with more information upfront.

“Data that paints a gloomy economic outlook over the next few years has majority GOP budget makers worried.”

Lawmakers moved forward bills addressing all three in a whirlwind session week.

With the June 30 deadline to pass a budget approaching, GOP lawmakers who previously shunned additional spending seem to be warming to the idea.

The probe has been snared by court challenges, procedural headaches, and funding issues.