Friday, October 21, 2011
Tweets 600 Through 717
LeonCzikowskyLeon Czikowsky
13 states, none of them Penna., require corrections fiscal impact statements for criminal justice bills. http://www.ncsl.org/default.aspx?TabId=23558
20 Oct
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LeonCzikowskyLeon Czikowsky
Gallup Poll: 50% of those polled favor legalizing marijuana, 46% oppose: http://www.gallup.com/poll/150149/Record-High-Americans-Favor-Legalizing-Marijuana.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication
19 OctFavoriteReplyDelete
LeonCzikowskyLeon Czikowsky
Penna. has 4,703 jobs in solar energy, 4th most of all states: http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-solar-jobs-20111017,0,3230671.story
18 Oct
LeonCzikowskyLeon Czikowsky
New York's Skyline park project may inspire Philadelphia park project: http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/travel/nyc-skyline-park-inspires-ideas-for-new-life-for-old-viaduct-blighting-phillys-eraserhood/2011/10/17/gIQA0ldLrL_story.html
18 Oct
LeonCzikowskyLeon Czikowsky
New Child and Family Services Act creates federal-state partnerships; eliminates maintenance of effort requirements. http://bit.ly/paYdTh
17 Oct
LeonCzikowskyLeon Czikowsky
Marijuana may be the only effective drug for post-traumatic stress disorder: http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/our-troops-deserve-an-effective-treatment-for-ptsd-marijuana/2011/10/10/gIQAxlEkkL_story_1.html
17 Oct
LeonCzikowskyLeon Czikowsky
Most state government revenues are below projections: collectively it is about $31 billion less than anticipated:http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-10-14/state-revenue-under-plan-means-cuts-from-new-york-to-california.html
14 Oct
LeonCzikowskyLeon Czikowsky
34 states ban texting while driving; in 31 states it is a primary offense: http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/story/2011-10-13/texting-driving-crackdown/50757010/1
14 Oct
LeonCzikowskyLeon Czikowsky
10 states adjust their minimum wage to changes in the rate of the cost of living:http://stateline.org/live/details/story?contentId=606603
14 Oct
LeonCzikowskyLeon Czikowsky
Bipartisan Management Fellows photo with former Illinois Governor Jim Edgar. Edgar supports National Popular Vote. http://www.flickr.com/photos/65878461@N06/6211976458/in/photostream
13 Oct
LeonCzikowskyLeon Czikowsky
Realtors love redistrictiong: http://ncsl.typepad.com/the_thicket/2011/10/diving-and-dodging-in-california.html
13 Oct
LeonCzikowskyLeon Czikowsky
Medical hope for people with paralysis:http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid1202686990001?bckey=AQ~~,AAABAWGN-5E~,qpDkffrm8g_YfUq2KomzdDn5HFx_sRlB&bctid=1208447472001
12 Oct
LeonCzikowskyLeon Czikowsky
most # of tolls: Penna 14. NH 14, Ok 14, Calif 18, Fla 34, NY 37, NJ 40, Texas 51
11 Oct
LeonCzikowskyLeon Czikowsky
Former Illinois Gov. Jim Edgar with Bipartisan Management Fellows: http://www.flickr.com/photos/65878461@N06/6211976458/in/photostream
4 Oct
LeonCzikowskyLeon Czikowsky
Pa.combined state & avg local tax rate = 6.34%, 32nd highest of states. http://taxfoundation.org/publications/show/27023.html
22 Sep
LeonCzikowskyLeon Czikowsky
Massachusetts legislature is debating mandatory minimum sentences for nonviolent drug offenses. http://bo.st/oYMW26 via @BostonUpdate
21 Sep
RepToddStephensTodd Stephens
by LeonCzikowsky
On my way to participate in a panel discussion on Rep. Cohen's bill to legalize marijuana. Should be an interesting afternoon! #FB
21 Sep
washingtonpostThe Washington Post
by LeonCzikowsky
Harold Meyerson: The GOP is trying to rig the electoral college http://wapo.st/qKsONK
21 Sep
LeonCzikowskyLeon Czikowsky
1% of Federal funds for distressed mortgage holders has been distributed by state governments over 16 months.
19 Sep
LeonCzikowskyLeon Czikowsky
Pennsylvania's official unemployment rate for August 2011 was 8.2%. http://www.ncsl.org/?TabId=13308
16 Sep
LeonCzikowskyLeon Czikowsky
There may be a national partsan response leading to state legislative proposals nationwide. http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/republicans-rewriting-state-election-laws-in-ways-that-could-hurt-democrat/2011/09/15/gIQApcuhVK_story.html via @washingtonpost
16 Sep
LeonCzikowskyLeon Czikowsky
Several states have allowed public testimony at legislative hearings through social media postings.
16 Sep
LeonCzikowskyLeon Czikowsky
Telemedicine will help provide more efficient health care to more patients in the face of fewer available doctors. http://www.ncsl.org/default.aspx?tabid=22228
15 Sep
LeonCzikowskyLeon Czikowsky
Eight states with 132 Electoral votes have joined the National Popular Vote compact.
15 Sep
LeonCzikowskyLeon Czikowsky
Nebraska legislature has a bill to return to "winner take all" Electoral vote. http://journalstar.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/article_b78c5b49-6d80-5164-985c-22b501dab566.html
15 Sep
LeonCzikowskyLeon Czikowsky
Since 1953, the states with the fewest disaster declarations, at 9 each, are Utah, Wyoming, and Rhode Island.
14 Sep
LeonCzikowskyLeon Czikowsky
Disasters have been declared this year in 48 states. Michigan and South Carolina have escaped disaster declarations.
14 Sep
LeonCzikowskyLeon Czikowsky
How to find healthy food choices in low income neighborhoods: http://www.ers.usda.gov/data/fooddesert/
14 Sep
LeonCzikowskyLeon Czikowsky
2 largest private employers, Wal-Mart & McDonalds, combined have fewer employees than the 2.4 million criminal justice employees.
13 Sep
LeonCzikowskyLeon Czikowsky
Steven Levitt study: 15% increase in police reduces crime 5%. More police officers also cost far less than more incarceration.
13 Sep
LeonCzikowskyLeon Czikowsky
Cats that glow in the dark may prevent AIDS. #thingsineverthoughtiwouldbetweetingabout http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/blogpost/post/glow-in-the-dark-cats-jellyfish-and-monkeys-may-prevent-aids/2011/09/12/gIQAdq89MK_blog.html#pagebreak?tid=sm_twitter_washingtonpost
12 Sep
LeonCzikowskyLeon Czikowsky
New Jersey enacts 1st discrimination against unemployed law; Employers can't consider only currently employed job applicants.
12 Sep
LeonCzikowskyLeon Czikowsky
The effective corporate tax rate from 1994-2008 averaged 26%. http://taxfoundation.org/files/sr194.pdf
11 Sep
LeonCzikowskyLeon Czikowsky
37 states, but not Penna, have enacted laws for implementing Affordable Care Act.
11 Sep
LeonCzikowskyLeon Czikowsky
The F-16 pilot who would have died downing Flight 93 had it not crashed in Pa. - The Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/f-16-pilot-was-ready-to-give-her-life-on-sept-11/2011/09/06/gIQAMpcODK_story.html via @washingtonpost
11 Sep
LeonCzikowskyLeon Czikowsky
10 yrs ago, I was a Penna. legislative aide at work post-attack. Today, I am a Penna. legislative aide at work, post flooding. #911Changes
11 Sep
LeonCzikowskyLeon Czikowsky
California allows car insurance by miles driven. http://stateline.org/live/details/story?contentId=598582
7 Sep
LeonCzikowskyLeon Czikowsky
@
@daylinleach The famous Scranton sign from "The Office" is now at the Mall at Steamtown.
7 Sep
LeonCzikowskyLeon Czikowsky
80% support use of effective drug that can't lead to overdose or physical addiction. http://aclupa.blogspot.com/2011/09/if-you-dont-get-it-you-must-be-high.html
2 Sep
LeonCzikowskyLeon Czikowsky
Florida moves to restrict Oxycodone. People overdose from Oxycodone. There is a safer alternative in Cohen HB 1653: http://nyti.ms/pPE8BS
1 Sep
LeonCzikowskyLeon Czikowsky
States may use same eligibility determinations for Medicare, TANF, SNAP (Food Stamps), and state health insurance. http://www.ncsl.org/default.aspx?tabid=23480
1 Sep
LeonCzikowskyLeon Czikowsky
Deadline for homeowner emergency mortgage loan application is September 16. http://www.newsworks.org/index.php/local/item/25896
1 Sep
LeonCzikowskyLeon Czikowsky
Israel allows medical marijuana; Penna, not yet. http://thejewishchronicle.net/view/full_story/15213698/article-Israel-advances-with-medical-marijuana-use-while-Pa--efforts-slow-in-General-Assembly-?
1 Sep
LeonCzikowskyLeon Czikowsky
Franklin and Marshall poll of Pennsylvanians: 62% support civil union. Cohen HB 706 provides for civil unions.
1 Sep
LeonCzikowskyLeon Czikowsky
Bacterial oddball may defeat dengue - The Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/field-tests-show-bacterial-oddball-can-be-a-dengue-destroyer/2011/08/24/gIQA7qBobJ_story.html via @washingtonpost
24 Aug
LeonCzikowskyLeon Czikowsky
Congress held a pro forma session today in the Old Post Office basement.
23 Aug
LeonCzikowskyLeon Czikowsky
Years ago, I was in a California earthquake. I was on a highway at the time; I just thought they had lots of potholes.
23 Aug
LeonCzikowskyLeon Czikowsky
CNN reports the Washington Monument is fine.
23 Aug
LeonCzikowskyLeon Czikowsky
Fox News reports the Washington Monument is tilting. Of course, they report it now tilts to the right,
23 Aug
LeonCzikowskyLeon Czikowsky
We did not feel it in Connecticut, but we hear it was felt in Manhattan.
23 Aug
LeonCzikowskyLeon Czikowsky
Yes, it was an earthquake. Centered in Mineral, Virginia.
23 Aug
LeonCzikowskyLeon Czikowsky
Decades ago, Penna offered only 40 Allison Hill apartments to 200 families displaced by state building expansion.
22 Aug
LeonCzikowskyLeon Czikowsky
Keep this link if you ever wind up in prison: http://ccrjustice.org/files/Report_JailHouseLawyersHandbook.pdf
18 Aug
LeonCzikowskyLeon Czikowsky
Phila. Inquirer endorses National Popular Vote. Reps. Creighton and Cohen are fighting for its passage in Penna.
16 Aug
LeonCzikowskyLeon Czikowsky
Twitter recommends I follow "business woman" Kim Kardashian. Is she an economic or public policy analyst?
15 Aug
LeonCzikowskyLeon Czikowsky
@
@sherikartz I hope all is well. How are classes? There is a world out there for you to help, and I know you can help many.
13 Aug
LeonCzikowskyLeon Czikowsky
Guy with red clown nose spotted riding roller skates outside of Capitol.
8 Aug
LeonCzikowskyLeon Czikowsky
@terrymadonna That guy Tom who replaced you did a good job. Is Tom available to replace me when I am away?
8 Aug
LeonCzikowskyLeon Czikowsky
Which Governor put explosives in toilets when in college? http://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/2011/08/who-is-rick-perry-the-texas-am-years/
8 Aug
LeonCzikowskyLeon Czikowsky
Sorry to learn Hugh Carey has died. http://www.amazon.com/Man-Who-Saved-New-York/dp/1438434537/ref=cm_cr-mr-title
8 Aug
LeonCzikowskyLeon Czikowsky
Shark Week news: Oregon bans shark fins transactions. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/greenspace/2011/08/shark-finning-ban-oregon.html via @latimes
5 Aug
LeonCzikowskyLeon Czikowsky
19 states consolidated or eliminated offices since 2009. http://www.ncsl.org/documents/fiscal/eliminations2011.pdf
5 Aug
LeonCzikowskyLeon Czikowsky
Congratulations to Erika Jeanette and Andy Hoover for making Capitol Ideas' Harrisburg's Ten Most Beautiful by popular, not Electoral, vote.
5 Aug
LeonCzikowskyLeon Czikowsky
. Republicans tweet, retweet, and reply on Twitter more than Democrats. http://www.cond.org/partyat.pdf
4 Aug
LeonCzikowskyLeon Czikowsky
Memo to Government Executives: Do not sign contracts while drunk http://www.suntimes.com/news/nation/6880266-418/new-mexico-mayor-wrote-he-was-drunk-when-he-signed-9-contracts.html#.TjrdHD_VpjI.twitter via @AddThis
4 Aug
LeonCzikowskyLeon Czikowsky
We are living in a moment of great history: CNN poll has Congressional approval at 14%; the lowest it has been ever.
4 Aug
LeonCzikowskyLeon Czikowsky
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@NYCDearest Sorry for the late reply. You are correct about Carey helping New York City. I doubt Corbett will do same for Harrisburg.
4 Aug
LeonCzikowskyLeon Czikowsky
New Orleans is building public housing in mixed use neighborhoods.
4 Aug
LeonCzikowskyLeon Czikowsky
Princeton has high tuition yet much student aid. Princeton graduates have among the least debt of graduates from any other college.
3 Aug
LeonCzikowskyLeon Czikowsky
Penna. is state with 3rd highest student debt to credentials awarded ratio at $20,922. Calif. is lowest at $6,008. Vermont highest: $25,461.
3 Aug
LeonCzikowskyLeon Czikowsky
@
@sherikartz What is sad? That we lost our nurses, that there are so many recovery homes, or just general being in Harrisburg? How are you?
2 Aug
LeonCzikowskyLeon Czikowsky
There are an estimated 400 to 500 recovery homes in Philadelphia. Many form in abandoned homes. 23 received city funds.
2 Aug
LeonCzikowskyLeon Czikowsky
Vote centers exist in 9 states. Voters from all applicable jurisdictions may vote at a vote center.
2 Aug
LeonCzikowskyLeon Czikowsky
Irvis Building employees left without health care. We will try and never get sick.
2 Aug
LeonCzikowskyLeon Czikowsky
NCSL: States lost over $23 billion in uncollected sales taxes. Cohen HB 1664 would give Penna. our share.
1 Aug
LeonCzikowskyLeon Czikowsky
@
@roxburynews I hear his piano playing was more Billy No tell..
31 Jul
LeonCzikowskyLeon Czikowsky
@
@roxburynews I heard your friend found the piano and was playing it. The reviews are mixed.
29 Jul
LeonCzikowskyLeon Czikowsky
@
@roxburynews Well, if anyone else asks, there actually is a piano in the East Wing Rotunda.
29 Jul
LeonCzikowskyLeon Czikowsky
The official Penna. unemployment rate for June 2011 was 7.6%.
22 Jul
LeonCzikowskyLeon Czikowsky
State governments have added an annual record 80 new abortion restrictions.. http://www.guttmacher.org/media/inthenews/2011/07/13/index.html
21 Jul
LeonCzikowskyLeon Czikowsky
Florida rejects Federal money, even $50 million for child abuse that would likely save them social services funds in future.
21 Jul
LeonCzikowskyLeon Czikowsky
Minnesota may pay $315 million over two years for $700 million loan. .
21 Jul
LeonCzikowskyLeon Czikowsky
New Jersey will soon open six medical marijuana dispensaries.
20 Jul
LeonCzikowskyLeon Czikowsky
A fedeveral government default could delay payments to state governments. http://www.ncsl.org/default.aspx?TabId=23270
20 Jul
LeonCzikowskyLeon Czikowsky
Three states require disclosure of fracking chemicals. http://www.ncsl.org/default.aspx?tabid=23224
13 Jul
LeonCzikowskyLeon Czikowsky
Only in Ohio can one buy alcohol at the State Capitol. http://ncsl.typepad.com/the_thicket/2011/07/bar-opens-in-ohio-statehouse.html
13 Jul
LeonCzikowskyLeon Czikowsky
Tthe Federal government could sell gold to the Federal Reserve and pay any owed debt. Won't happen, but it could.
11 Jul
LeonCzikowskyLeon Czikowsky
There were 1.6 million students in 5,268 charter schools authorized in 955 districts, as of Dec. 2010.
7 Jul
LeonCzikowskyLeon Czikowsky
State budgets nationwide are 22% Medicaid, 21% primary-secondary ed, 10% higher ed, 8% transportation, 3% corrections, 2% public assistance.
7 Jul
LeonCzikowskyLeon Czikowsky
@
@TheFix Algae produces more fuel than cane sugar, corn, gas, or oil, and it is easier to find algae than with these other sources.
6 Jul
LeonCzikowskyLeon Czikowsky
2,238 bills on elections introduced in state legislatures nationwide so far this year, 130 short of 2009 record of 2,368.
6 Jul
LeonCzikowskyLeon Czikowsky
Penna. and 4 other states (plus DC) allow state funds go to their Transportation Departments without appropriations.
6 Jul
LeonCzikowskyLeon Czikowsky
I will attempt to use the words "pigeon liver" in casual conversation today.
6 Jul
LeonCzikowskyLeon Czikowsky
Sine die does not apply to a House impeachment committee.
5 Jul
LeonCzikowskyLeon Czikowsky
27% of ERs closed despite 35% increase in demand for ERs. 33% of ambulance trips can not go to the closest hospital.
5 Jul
LeonCzikowskyLeon Czikowsky
Happy Fiscal New Year. Did anyone watch the annual dropping of tired legislators and staff at midnight?
1 Jul
LeonCzikowskyLeon Czikowsky
A legislator, sworn to uphold the Constitution, has standing to bring a Constitutional challenge before the judiciary.
30 Jun
LeonCzikowskyLeon Czikowsky
Penna. one of nine states without an implemented FY 2011-12 budget.
30 Jun
LeonCzikowskyLeon Czikowsky
The legislature cannot delegate its power to make law, under Commonwealth v. Collins, 1964 Superior Court.
30 Jun
LeonCzikowskyLeon Czikowsky
The legislature cannot delegate lawmaking power to the administrative branch, in Lookenbill v. Garrett, 1985 Superior Court.
30 Jun
LeonCzikowskyLeon Czikowsky
Cohen Resolution 363 will examine how revenue estimates are made, their limitations, and how estimates affect public budgeting and services.
30 Jun
LeonCzikowskyLeon Czikowsky
Hersheypark has hired a number of foreign seasonal employees. Seems there are not enough seasonal employees in central Penna.
30 Jun
LeonCzikowskyLeon Czikowsky
Chronic pain costs more than heart disease. If only there were a nonaddictive natural drug that works better with fewer side effects...
30 Jun
LeonCzikowskyLeon Czikowsky
One minute, 58 seconds in one universe is equal to five minutes in another universe.
29 Jun
LeonCzikowskyLeon Czikowsky
Members of Kyrgyz Republic Parliament are here today learning about the Pennsylvania legislative process. We are role models.
29 Jun
LeonCzikowskyLeon Czikowsky
The courts have ruled that the state legislature can not delegate their rulemaking authority.
29 Jun
LeonCzikowskyLeon Czikowsky
FY11-12 state government budgets have been enacted in 36 states. http://www.ncsl.org/default.aspx?tabid=23116
29 Jun
LeonCzikowskyLeon Czikowsky
A billion dollars of coins just sitting there, and no one wants them. http://www.npr.org/2011/06/28/137394348/-1-billion-that-nobody-wants
28 Jun
LeonCzikowskyLeon Czikowsky
All state pensions nationwide now under same accounting based system. http://www.stateline.org/live/details/story?contentId=584106
28 Jun
LeonCzikowskyLeon Czikowsky
For 12 and under only: name a puppy.(They probably will reject "Marcellus"). http://www.ydr.com/ci_18362543
27 Jun
LeonCzikowskyLeon Czikowsky
9 states (none of them Penna.) allow for electronic voter registration. http://www.ncsl.org/default.aspx?tabid=18421
27 Jun
LeonCzikowskyLeon Czikowsky
New York City technically went into bankruptcy. Governor Carey credited with saving NYC. Corbett wants to cut state funds to Harrisburg.
27 Jun
LeonCzikowskyLeon Czikowsky
"No vote scheduled on civic union." Why not? Even some anti-gay marriage advocates willing to end the unequal treatment of couples.
27 Jun
LeonCzikowskyLeon Czikowsky
An ancestor failed in challenging the blue laws in 19th century courts. Let it be noted I am working on a Sunday.
26 Jun
LeonCzikowskyLeon Czikowsky
Legislators use Twitter. http://www.pennlive.com/editorials/index.ssf/2011/06/forget_weiner_twitter_is_here.html
26 Jun
LeonCzikowskyLeon Czikowsky
New York will allow out of staters obtain gay marriage licenses. Penna. should adopt Cohen bill providing civil union rights.
26 Jun
LeonCzikowskyLeon Czikowsky
Cohen bill to collect these uncollected Internet sales taxes is HB 1664.
24 Jun
Penna. est. loss: $1.7 billion in uncollected sales taxes. http://www.ncsl.org/portals/1/documents/fiscal/Flash_Taxmap/streamlined_map.htm
Friday, June 24, 2011
Twitter Posts 500 through 599
Medical marijuana is legal in 14 states and the D.C.http://www.ncsl.org/default.aspx?tabid=19587
about 20 hours ago via web
Delete . Rep. Cohen's Medical Marijuana bill has been re-referred to the Human Services Committee.
about 20 hours ago via web
Delete . A timeline of Minnesota laws concerning women: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/lrl/womenstimeline/details.aspx?recid=all
about 20 hours ago via web
Delete . HAVA funds have been used in Pennsylvania for voter education, polling place accessibility, language accessibility, & voting system upgrades
Tuesday, June 21, 2011 7:14:42 PM via web
Delete . Penna. average 64 cases anually of wrong surgery on wrong patient or wrong body part.
Tuesday, June 21, 2011 2:23:58 PM via web
Delete . Univ of Md Baltimore study: 1 in 30 have a gambling problem. I bet the real number is higher.
Tuesday, June 21, 2011 8:45:21 AM via web
Delete . In a bit of a family feud, Jon Huntsman will be seeking the Republican nomination against Third Cousin Mitt Romney.
Tuesday, June 21, 2011 8:41:56 AM via web
Delete . With the decision of Donald Trump not to run, Jon Huntsman seeks to fill the gap of Penn graduates running for President.
Tuesday, June 21, 2011 8:41:00 AM via web
Delete . Penna official unemployment rate was 7.4% in April 2011. http://www.ncsl.org/default.aspx?TabId=13308
Monday, June 20, 2011 1:21:43 PM via web
Delete . Hackers erase 8 million patient records (they didn't get the back-up records). http://www.ncsl.org/?tabid=23044
Friday, June 17, 2011 3:45:16 PM via web
Delete . Anarchists going to the dogs. http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/2011/06/06/AGh2i5XH_story.html
Friday, June 17, 2011 2:57:29 PM via web
Delete . Hackers get into Citibank accounts of 8,490 Pennsylvanians and 360,083 total.
Thursday, June 16, 2011 4:42:52 PM via web
Delete . Prescription drug overdose is the second leading cause of unintentional death. Car accident is the leading cause.
Thursday, June 16, 2011 4:30:44 PM via web
Delete . Univ. of Penna. study: Doctors won't see these % of children: 11% with private insurace and 66% with CHIP or Medcaid.
Thursday, June 16, 2011 3:30:27 PM via web
Delete . Rep. Cohen bill to create a tax credit for installing electric vehicle charging stations is HB 1675..
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 4:24:42 PM via web
Delete . Electric vehicles use far less energy and are lighter since they don't have a motor, thus causing less wear on roads.
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 4:19:21 PM via web
Delete . If you wish more transparency: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2003052/Airbus-unveil-transparent-plane-flying-come-2050.html
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 11:55:29 AM via web
Delete . Rep. Cohen's multistate sales and use bill for Penna. to join compact to collect state's share of Internet sales taxes is HB 1664.
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 11:38:25 AM via web
Delete . HB 1653 is the Governor Raymond P. Shafer Compassionate Use Medical Marijuana Act.
Tuesday, June 14, 2011 1:24:54 PM via web
Delete . Raymond Shafer, former Pa. Governor, recommended to President Nixon that marijuana be decriminalized. Nixon chose otherwise.
Tuesday, June 14, 2011 1:23:36 PM via web
Delete . 75.5% of Penna legislators have college degrees. National average is 74.7%. http://chronicle.com/article/Degrees-in-the-Statehouse-/127797/
Monday, June 13, 2011 2:57:10 PM via web
Delete . Rep. Cohen's medical marijuana bill HB 1653 has been referred to the Health Committee.
Monday, June 13, 2011 2:48:46 PM via web
Delete . 24 states have enacted fiscal year 2011-2012 budgets. http://www.ncsl.org/?tabid=23116
Friday, June 10, 2011 3:02:15 PM via web
Delete . Brookings study: Percent of population that are immigrants: Phila. metro area: 9.3%, Pittsburgh metro area: 3.0%.
Friday, June 10, 2011 2:47:45 PM via web
Delete . Brookings study: percent of immigrants age 25-64 with college degree: 19% in 1980, 30% in 2010.
Friday, June 10, 2011 2:33:58 PM via web
Delete . Of legislators nationwide, 49% are age 50-64, 25% are age 35-49, 24% are age 65+, and 4% are age 20-34.
Thursday, June 09, 2011 3:11:08 PM via web
Delete . Susan Corbett asks for restoring funding for the Council on the Arts.
Wednesday, June 08, 2011 9:16:39 AM via web
Delete . Missouri health officials halt sales of cicada ice cream. Customers are bugged.
Wednesday, June 08, 2011 9:13:12 AM via web
Delete . Kudos to Stephanie Rothenberg and her proud family on her first Broadway show. A well earned standing ovation for a terrific play..
Thursday, June 02, 2011 6:57:26 PM via web
Delete . Lambeau Field is known as the Frozen Tundra.
Tuesday, May 24, 2011 3:56:40 PM via web
Delete . Wisconsin created the first primary in 1903. By 1917 almost all other states switched to primaries.
Tuesday, May 24, 2011 3:31:54 PM via web
Delete . Due to costs, Washington has canceled its 2012 Presidential Primary.
Thursday, May 12, 2011 5:40:04 PM via web
Delete . Delaware today enacted a civil union law effective the beginning of next year.
Thursday, May 12, 2011 4:45:40 PM via web
Delete . Study showed 61% of legislators responded to email from "Jake" while 55% responded to email from "DeShawn".
Thursday, May 12, 2011 3:45:21 PM via web
Delete . State legislators unkowingly used in academic research: http://butler.research.yale.edu/papers/AJPS_Discriminate.pdf
Thursday, May 12, 2011 3:44:29 PM via web
Delete . Drives that drive themselves already tested on the roads! http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/11/science/11drive.html?scp=6
Wednesday, May 11, 2011 3:33:14 PM via web
Delete . The most common childhood chronic illness is dental decay, sufered by 25% by age 5 and 68% by age 19.
Monday, May 09, 2011 12:27:42 PM via web
Delete . Penna and all states to be sued over climate change. http://bit.ly/kLI8p8
Wednesday, May 04, 2011 1:04:45 PM via TweetMeme
Delete . 6% of prisoners take college courses while in prison. http://on.wsj.com/klH9rQ
Wednesday, May 04, 2011 1:01:38 PM via web
Delete . Penna. does not have a specific law on shaken baby syndrome. http://www.ncsl.org/default.aspx?TabId=17848
Wednesday, May 04, 2011 11:12:29 AM via web
Delete . When I saw the tweet about 420 attendees, I note it was from PEGPAC and not NORML.
Tuesday, May 03, 2011 3:51:00 PM via web
Delete . Federal prosecutors warning they could prosecute legal medical marijuana operations and state employees approving their operations.
Tuesday, May 03, 2011 2:41:56 PM via web
Delete . Federal government proposing measuring all covered Medicaid benefits, access to care & compare with other insurance rates every 5 years.
Tuesday, May 03, 2011 2:31:33 PM via web
Delete . Operation Bravo seeks help for disabled veterans are in long term care facilities who need assistance in voting, as do other such residents.
Wednesday, April 27, 2011 9:54:14 AM via web
Delete . Long term care residents face difficultes voting, according to Jason Karlawish et. al at Penn.
Wednesday, April 27, 2011 9:44:30 AM via web
Delete . Harrisburg Senators play the POM Wonderful Presents the Greatest Movie Ever Sold Curve tonight.
Wednesday, April 27, 2011 9:27:27 AM via web
Delete . Pew Center: Penna. public employee pensions are 81% funded, just above the 80% recommended funding threshhold the GAO recommends.
Tuesday, April 26, 2011 4:09:31 PM via web
Delete . @pgPoliTweets Will the Administration look to save costs through greater use of telemedicine?
Monday, April 25, 2011 2:42:20 PM via web in reply to pgPoliTweets
Delete . @pgPoliTweets Is the Administration going to use more sense on settlement agreements, and will they support HB 236 to mandate this?
Monday, April 25, 2011 2:41:14 PM via web in reply to pgPoliTweets
Delete . Our neighbor Ohio plans to spend $1.4 billion this year - most ever by any state government - on economic development.
Monday, April 25, 2011 1:38:22 PM via web
Delete . Family group conferencing, involving family members in foster care, improves foster care success. http://www.ncsl.org/?tabid=22410
Monday, April 25, 2011 1:33:48 PM via web
Delete . Penna.'s Federal Unemployment Account has a loan balance, as of April 18, of $3,708,522,637.73.
Monday, April 25, 2011 1:26:24 PM via web
Delete . Link to tribute to Tom Corbett: Space Cadet:http://www.chron.com/apps/comics/showComick.mpl?date=20110424&name=Funky_Winkerbean
Monday, April 25, 2011 8:49:18 AM via web
Delete . See Sunday's Funky Winkerbean for a tribute to a 1950s TV series.
Monday, April 25, 2011 8:45:37 AM via web
Delete . Wm. Henry Harrison only Penn President. Attended medical school; did not learn speaking in rain with the longest inaugural speech can kill.
Sunday, April 24, 2011 3:19:38 PM via web
Delete . I believe Donald Trump would be the first Presidential candidate who graduated from my Wharton alma mater.
Sunday, April 24, 2011 3:16:14 PM via web
Delete . I am convinced the Harrisburg beavers are innocent, but has anyone kept tabs on the Capitol mice? #beavergate
Sunday, April 24, 2011 3:10:47 PM via web
Delete . Sure it was not beavers that broke water main as contractor said. If they did cause the 3 day shutdown, maybe they were protesting DEP cuts.
Friday, April 22, 2011 2:57:03 PM via web
Delete . Vermont joins National Popular Vote compact. Compact now has 74 Electoral Votes to create popular vote elections. http://t.co/7jzTa3H
Thursday, April 21, 2011 3:30:53 PM via Tweet Button
Delete . Texas Governor Rick Perry proclaims Days of Prayer for Rain in the State of Texas. If only we could send excess Harrisburg water to Texas.
Thursday, April 21, 2011 2:46:23 PM via web
Delete . State government budgets gaps nationwide at least $87 billion and may be over $100 billion. http://t.co/xR13Jf7 via @reuters
Thursday, April 21, 2011 12:40:54 PM via Tweet Button
Delete . If you work for a state legislature, they will let you retire when you hit age 102. http://t.co/xyxnYzx via @AddThis
Thursday, April 21, 2011 12:35:04 PM via Tweet Button
Delete . I realized today I spent much of 4-20 researching medical marijuana issues.
Thursday, April 21, 2011 9:49:12 AM via web
Delete .StateRepCohenPA http://bit.ly/hVvnvO via @addthis #Harrisburg, #GroundZero for govt #fiscalproblems, may become GroundZero for #infrastructure problems too.
Wednesday, April 20, 2011 11:46:55 AM via web
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Reply Retweeted (Undo) . Penna. official March 2011 unemployment rate was 7.8%. http://www.ncsl.org/?tabid=13308
Wednesday, April 20, 2011 11:50:03 AM via web
Delete . One former Illinois State Senator recalls another former Illinois Senator's work on Internet sales tax legislation. http://bit.ly/flnESt
Wednesday, April 20, 2011 11:34:44 AM via web
Delete . Again, some of us aren't scared off by low water pressure. Some of us are working at the Capitol. Where is everyone else?
Tuesday, April 19, 2011 1:19:50 PM via web
Delete . Some of us are still at work at the Capitol. We don't let a little lack of water pressure scare us off.
Monday, April 18, 2011 4:04:34 PM via web
Delete . What happens in Vegas may not stay there. http://t.co/4zTc0Vx via @washingtonpost
Friday, April 15, 2011 1:41:05 PM via web
Delete . Alabama drops it Deferred Retirement Option Plan. http://t.co/7t8AGQD
Friday, April 15, 2011 12:47:54 PM via web
Delete . Altoona sells the naming rights to itself for 60 days. Visit wonderful Pom Wonderful Presents the Greatest Movie Ever Sold, Penna.
Friday, April 15, 2011 12:44:12 PM via web
Delete . Congressional agreement cuts WIC $504 M, LIHEAP $390 M, state access health grants $75 M, IDEA $19 M
Friday, April 15, 2011 12:29:36 PM via web
Delete . 97% of surface transportation is owned and operated by state or local governments.
Thursday, April 14, 2011 5:12:16 PM via web
Delete . The Montana Governor does not just veto bills, he takes a branding iron reading "VETO" to them.
Thursday, April 14, 2011 4:41:19 PM via web
Delete . Pew Center study finds prison recidivism rate basically unchaged over decades. Longer prison sentences do not appear to affect recidivism.
Wednesday, April 13, 2011 4:22:08 PM via web
Delete . Last session, Oregon legislators snuck the entire lyrics of the song "Never Going to Give You Up" into their various floor speeches.
Wednesday, April 13, 2011 3:37:44 PM via web
Delete . Syracuse University study concludes optimal cost savings for school mergers occurs for districts with 1,000 to 3,500 students.
Wednesday, April 13, 2011 1:26:35 PM via web
Delete . 23 of the 35 Philadelphia schools with the lowest Math scores are in parts of city with the highest incarceration rates.
Friday, April 08, 2011 4:17:10 PM via web
Delete . Alaska passed bill allowing service personnel to designate remains handling. Similar to Cohen HB 579. Alaska has passed only one other bill.
Wednesday, April 06, 2011 4:08:07 PM via web
Delete . One fourth of legislators nationwide are new to the job of this year. http://www.ncsl.org/?tabid=22415
Tuesday, April 05, 2011 6:25:48 PM via web
Delete . A person can be dyslexic and become Governor. Time to end recognize that one can move forward with dyslexia. http://ht.ly/4oXqD
Tuesday, March 29, 2011 3:34:25 PM via web
Delete . National Instute of Health: marijuana may help cancer patients. http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/cam/cannabis/healthprofessional
Wednesday, March 23, 2011 5:03:17 PM via web
Delete . Drive drunk? There's an app for that. Some Senators think there should not be an app for that. http://abcn.ws/hcBIOv
Wednesday, March 23, 2011 1:17:07 PM via TweetMeme
Delete . The IRS estimates 1/4 to 1/5 of people eligibile for Earned Income Tax Credit do not claim it. Many may not know they qualify.
Tuesday, March 22, 2011 4:43:26 PM via web
Delete . Will Pennsylvania be the only of 55 states, terrorities, and DC to leave the National Conference of State Legislatures?
Monday, March 21, 2011 4:38:13 PM via web
Delete . Unlike Utah, Penna. and 48 other states do not have an official state firearm. Utah's is the M1911 pistol.
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:04:21 PM via web
Delete . 130,000 school districts in 1920; 14,000 today. Many consolidated to save money. http://www.ncsl.org/?TabId=22380
Monday, March 21, 2011 11:53:36 AM via web
Delete . 89.5% of the 504 bills that passed the Utah legislaure were sponsored by Republicans.
Thursday, March 17, 2011 1:51:20 PM via web
Delete . Pennsylvania has 9,980 miles of natural gas transmission pipes.
Thursday, March 17, 2011 1:35:57 PM via web
Delete . Irish monks from St. Patrick's churches preserved texts that otherwise may have been lost forever. Today, people just hit "delete blog".
Thursday, March 17, 2011 9:35:58 AM via web
Delete . Medical marijuana may stunt growth of cancer tumors. http://www.cannabis-med.org/english/journal/en_2006_02_1.pdf
Wednesday, March 16, 2011 4:26:22 PM via web
Delete . Appropriations Chairman William Adolph: "I could not support (the budget) as it stands now, with the education cuts."
Wednesday, March 16, 2011 10:08:37 AM via web
Delete . Profile of legislative scholar Alan Rosethal: http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2011/03/rutgers_professor_appointed_ti.html
Wednesday, March 16, 2011 9:31:25 AM via web
Delete . Its easier to fight for democracy than it is to pay for it. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/14/election-2012-struggling-_n_835678.html
Tuesday, March 15, 2011 1:04:57 PM via web
Delete . I give you, the flying car: http://www.terrafugia.com/index.html
Tuesday, March 15, 2011 12:57:14 PM via web
Delete . Flying cars go on sale next year. Seriously. I am not making this up.
Tuesday, March 15, 2011 9:13:23 AM via web
Delete . Rick Santorum admits he smoked marijuana. Maybe he needed it for medical reasons. Hope he supports medical marijuana now
Monday, March 14, 2011 12:07:41 PM via web
Delete . Higher ed having a rough time with state funding nationwide. http://www.ncsl.org/documents/fiscal/HigherEdFunding.pdf
Monday, March 14, 2011 12:06:05 PM via web
Delete . In No Child Left Behind, 80% of all schools are indeed behind (in meeting target goals).
1:26 PM Mar 10th via web
Delete . Smokers are more apt to become addicted to gambling as well. They also gamble more when they smoke.
about 20 hours ago via web
Delete . Rep. Cohen's Medical Marijuana bill has been re-referred to the Human Services Committee.
about 20 hours ago via web
Delete . A timeline of Minnesota laws concerning women: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/lrl/womenstimeline/details.aspx?recid=all
about 20 hours ago via web
Delete . HAVA funds have been used in Pennsylvania for voter education, polling place accessibility, language accessibility, & voting system upgrades
Tuesday, June 21, 2011 7:14:42 PM via web
Delete . Penna. average 64 cases anually of wrong surgery on wrong patient or wrong body part.
Tuesday, June 21, 2011 2:23:58 PM via web
Delete . Univ of Md Baltimore study: 1 in 30 have a gambling problem. I bet the real number is higher.
Tuesday, June 21, 2011 8:45:21 AM via web
Delete . In a bit of a family feud, Jon Huntsman will be seeking the Republican nomination against Third Cousin Mitt Romney.
Tuesday, June 21, 2011 8:41:56 AM via web
Delete . With the decision of Donald Trump not to run, Jon Huntsman seeks to fill the gap of Penn graduates running for President.
Tuesday, June 21, 2011 8:41:00 AM via web
Delete . Penna official unemployment rate was 7.4% in April 2011. http://www.ncsl.org/default.aspx?TabId=13308
Monday, June 20, 2011 1:21:43 PM via web
Delete . Hackers erase 8 million patient records (they didn't get the back-up records). http://www.ncsl.org/?tabid=23044
Friday, June 17, 2011 3:45:16 PM via web
Delete . Anarchists going to the dogs. http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/2011/06/06/AGh2i5XH_story.html
Friday, June 17, 2011 2:57:29 PM via web
Delete . Hackers get into Citibank accounts of 8,490 Pennsylvanians and 360,083 total.
Thursday, June 16, 2011 4:42:52 PM via web
Delete . Prescription drug overdose is the second leading cause of unintentional death. Car accident is the leading cause.
Thursday, June 16, 2011 4:30:44 PM via web
Delete . Univ. of Penna. study: Doctors won't see these % of children: 11% with private insurace and 66% with CHIP or Medcaid.
Thursday, June 16, 2011 3:30:27 PM via web
Delete . Rep. Cohen bill to create a tax credit for installing electric vehicle charging stations is HB 1675..
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 4:24:42 PM via web
Delete . Electric vehicles use far less energy and are lighter since they don't have a motor, thus causing less wear on roads.
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 4:19:21 PM via web
Delete . If you wish more transparency: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2003052/Airbus-unveil-transparent-plane-flying-come-2050.html
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 11:55:29 AM via web
Delete . Rep. Cohen's multistate sales and use bill for Penna. to join compact to collect state's share of Internet sales taxes is HB 1664.
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 11:38:25 AM via web
Delete . HB 1653 is the Governor Raymond P. Shafer Compassionate Use Medical Marijuana Act.
Tuesday, June 14, 2011 1:24:54 PM via web
Delete . Raymond Shafer, former Pa. Governor, recommended to President Nixon that marijuana be decriminalized. Nixon chose otherwise.
Tuesday, June 14, 2011 1:23:36 PM via web
Delete . 75.5% of Penna legislators have college degrees. National average is 74.7%. http://chronicle.com/article/Degrees-in-the-Statehouse-/127797/
Monday, June 13, 2011 2:57:10 PM via web
Delete . Rep. Cohen's medical marijuana bill HB 1653 has been referred to the Health Committee.
Monday, June 13, 2011 2:48:46 PM via web
Delete . 24 states have enacted fiscal year 2011-2012 budgets. http://www.ncsl.org/?tabid=23116
Friday, June 10, 2011 3:02:15 PM via web
Delete . Brookings study: Percent of population that are immigrants: Phila. metro area: 9.3%, Pittsburgh metro area: 3.0%.
Friday, June 10, 2011 2:47:45 PM via web
Delete . Brookings study: percent of immigrants age 25-64 with college degree: 19% in 1980, 30% in 2010.
Friday, June 10, 2011 2:33:58 PM via web
Delete . Of legislators nationwide, 49% are age 50-64, 25% are age 35-49, 24% are age 65+, and 4% are age 20-34.
Thursday, June 09, 2011 3:11:08 PM via web
Delete . Susan Corbett asks for restoring funding for the Council on the Arts.
Wednesday, June 08, 2011 9:16:39 AM via web
Delete . Missouri health officials halt sales of cicada ice cream. Customers are bugged.
Wednesday, June 08, 2011 9:13:12 AM via web
Delete . Kudos to Stephanie Rothenberg and her proud family on her first Broadway show. A well earned standing ovation for a terrific play..
Thursday, June 02, 2011 6:57:26 PM via web
Delete . Lambeau Field is known as the Frozen Tundra.
Tuesday, May 24, 2011 3:56:40 PM via web
Delete . Wisconsin created the first primary in 1903. By 1917 almost all other states switched to primaries.
Tuesday, May 24, 2011 3:31:54 PM via web
Delete . Due to costs, Washington has canceled its 2012 Presidential Primary.
Thursday, May 12, 2011 5:40:04 PM via web
Delete . Delaware today enacted a civil union law effective the beginning of next year.
Thursday, May 12, 2011 4:45:40 PM via web
Delete . Study showed 61% of legislators responded to email from "Jake" while 55% responded to email from "DeShawn".
Thursday, May 12, 2011 3:45:21 PM via web
Delete . State legislators unkowingly used in academic research: http://butler.research.yale.edu/papers/AJPS_Discriminate.pdf
Thursday, May 12, 2011 3:44:29 PM via web
Delete . Drives that drive themselves already tested on the roads! http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/11/science/11drive.html?scp=6
Wednesday, May 11, 2011 3:33:14 PM via web
Delete . The most common childhood chronic illness is dental decay, sufered by 25% by age 5 and 68% by age 19.
Monday, May 09, 2011 12:27:42 PM via web
Delete . Penna and all states to be sued over climate change. http://bit.ly/kLI8p8
Wednesday, May 04, 2011 1:04:45 PM via TweetMeme
Delete . 6% of prisoners take college courses while in prison. http://on.wsj.com/klH9rQ
Wednesday, May 04, 2011 1:01:38 PM via web
Delete . Penna. does not have a specific law on shaken baby syndrome. http://www.ncsl.org/default.aspx?TabId=17848
Wednesday, May 04, 2011 11:12:29 AM via web
Delete . When I saw the tweet about 420 attendees, I note it was from PEGPAC and not NORML.
Tuesday, May 03, 2011 3:51:00 PM via web
Delete . Federal prosecutors warning they could prosecute legal medical marijuana operations and state employees approving their operations.
Tuesday, May 03, 2011 2:41:56 PM via web
Delete . Federal government proposing measuring all covered Medicaid benefits, access to care & compare with other insurance rates every 5 years.
Tuesday, May 03, 2011 2:31:33 PM via web
Delete . Operation Bravo seeks help for disabled veterans are in long term care facilities who need assistance in voting, as do other such residents.
Wednesday, April 27, 2011 9:54:14 AM via web
Delete . Long term care residents face difficultes voting, according to Jason Karlawish et. al at Penn.
Wednesday, April 27, 2011 9:44:30 AM via web
Delete . Harrisburg Senators play the POM Wonderful Presents the Greatest Movie Ever Sold Curve tonight.
Wednesday, April 27, 2011 9:27:27 AM via web
Delete . Pew Center: Penna. public employee pensions are 81% funded, just above the 80% recommended funding threshhold the GAO recommends.
Tuesday, April 26, 2011 4:09:31 PM via web
Delete . @pgPoliTweets Will the Administration look to save costs through greater use of telemedicine?
Monday, April 25, 2011 2:42:20 PM via web in reply to pgPoliTweets
Delete . @pgPoliTweets Is the Administration going to use more sense on settlement agreements, and will they support HB 236 to mandate this?
Monday, April 25, 2011 2:41:14 PM via web in reply to pgPoliTweets
Delete . Our neighbor Ohio plans to spend $1.4 billion this year - most ever by any state government - on economic development.
Monday, April 25, 2011 1:38:22 PM via web
Delete . Family group conferencing, involving family members in foster care, improves foster care success. http://www.ncsl.org/?tabid=22410
Monday, April 25, 2011 1:33:48 PM via web
Delete . Penna.'s Federal Unemployment Account has a loan balance, as of April 18, of $3,708,522,637.73.
Monday, April 25, 2011 1:26:24 PM via web
Delete . Link to tribute to Tom Corbett: Space Cadet:http://www.chron.com/apps/comics/showComick.mpl?date=20110424&name=Funky_Winkerbean
Monday, April 25, 2011 8:49:18 AM via web
Delete . See Sunday's Funky Winkerbean for a tribute to a 1950s TV series.
Monday, April 25, 2011 8:45:37 AM via web
Delete . Wm. Henry Harrison only Penn President. Attended medical school; did not learn speaking in rain with the longest inaugural speech can kill.
Sunday, April 24, 2011 3:19:38 PM via web
Delete . I believe Donald Trump would be the first Presidential candidate who graduated from my Wharton alma mater.
Sunday, April 24, 2011 3:16:14 PM via web
Delete . I am convinced the Harrisburg beavers are innocent, but has anyone kept tabs on the Capitol mice? #beavergate
Sunday, April 24, 2011 3:10:47 PM via web
Delete . Sure it was not beavers that broke water main as contractor said. If they did cause the 3 day shutdown, maybe they were protesting DEP cuts.
Friday, April 22, 2011 2:57:03 PM via web
Delete . Vermont joins National Popular Vote compact. Compact now has 74 Electoral Votes to create popular vote elections. http://t.co/7jzTa3H
Thursday, April 21, 2011 3:30:53 PM via Tweet Button
Delete . Texas Governor Rick Perry proclaims Days of Prayer for Rain in the State of Texas. If only we could send excess Harrisburg water to Texas.
Thursday, April 21, 2011 2:46:23 PM via web
Delete . State government budgets gaps nationwide at least $87 billion and may be over $100 billion. http://t.co/xR13Jf7 via @reuters
Thursday, April 21, 2011 12:40:54 PM via Tweet Button
Delete . If you work for a state legislature, they will let you retire when you hit age 102. http://t.co/xyxnYzx via @AddThis
Thursday, April 21, 2011 12:35:04 PM via Tweet Button
Delete . I realized today I spent much of 4-20 researching medical marijuana issues.
Thursday, April 21, 2011 9:49:12 AM via web
Delete .StateRepCohenPA http://bit.ly/hVvnvO via @addthis #Harrisburg, #GroundZero for govt #fiscalproblems, may become GroundZero for #infrastructure problems too.
Wednesday, April 20, 2011 11:46:55 AM via web
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Reply Retweeted (Undo) . Penna. official March 2011 unemployment rate was 7.8%. http://www.ncsl.org/?tabid=13308
Wednesday, April 20, 2011 11:50:03 AM via web
Delete . One former Illinois State Senator recalls another former Illinois Senator's work on Internet sales tax legislation. http://bit.ly/flnESt
Wednesday, April 20, 2011 11:34:44 AM via web
Delete . Again, some of us aren't scared off by low water pressure. Some of us are working at the Capitol. Where is everyone else?
Tuesday, April 19, 2011 1:19:50 PM via web
Delete . Some of us are still at work at the Capitol. We don't let a little lack of water pressure scare us off.
Monday, April 18, 2011 4:04:34 PM via web
Delete . What happens in Vegas may not stay there. http://t.co/4zTc0Vx via @washingtonpost
Friday, April 15, 2011 1:41:05 PM via web
Delete . Alabama drops it Deferred Retirement Option Plan. http://t.co/7t8AGQD
Friday, April 15, 2011 12:47:54 PM via web
Delete . Altoona sells the naming rights to itself for 60 days. Visit wonderful Pom Wonderful Presents the Greatest Movie Ever Sold, Penna.
Friday, April 15, 2011 12:44:12 PM via web
Delete . Congressional agreement cuts WIC $504 M, LIHEAP $390 M, state access health grants $75 M, IDEA $19 M
Friday, April 15, 2011 12:29:36 PM via web
Delete . 97% of surface transportation is owned and operated by state or local governments.
Thursday, April 14, 2011 5:12:16 PM via web
Delete . The Montana Governor does not just veto bills, he takes a branding iron reading "VETO" to them.
Thursday, April 14, 2011 4:41:19 PM via web
Delete . Pew Center study finds prison recidivism rate basically unchaged over decades. Longer prison sentences do not appear to affect recidivism.
Wednesday, April 13, 2011 4:22:08 PM via web
Delete . Last session, Oregon legislators snuck the entire lyrics of the song "Never Going to Give You Up" into their various floor speeches.
Wednesday, April 13, 2011 3:37:44 PM via web
Delete . Syracuse University study concludes optimal cost savings for school mergers occurs for districts with 1,000 to 3,500 students.
Wednesday, April 13, 2011 1:26:35 PM via web
Delete . 23 of the 35 Philadelphia schools with the lowest Math scores are in parts of city with the highest incarceration rates.
Friday, April 08, 2011 4:17:10 PM via web
Delete . Alaska passed bill allowing service personnel to designate remains handling. Similar to Cohen HB 579. Alaska has passed only one other bill.
Wednesday, April 06, 2011 4:08:07 PM via web
Delete . One fourth of legislators nationwide are new to the job of this year. http://www.ncsl.org/?tabid=22415
Tuesday, April 05, 2011 6:25:48 PM via web
Delete . A person can be dyslexic and become Governor. Time to end recognize that one can move forward with dyslexia. http://ht.ly/4oXqD
Tuesday, March 29, 2011 3:34:25 PM via web
Delete . National Instute of Health: marijuana may help cancer patients. http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/cam/cannabis/healthprofessional
Wednesday, March 23, 2011 5:03:17 PM via web
Delete . Drive drunk? There's an app for that. Some Senators think there should not be an app for that. http://abcn.ws/hcBIOv
Wednesday, March 23, 2011 1:17:07 PM via TweetMeme
Delete . The IRS estimates 1/4 to 1/5 of people eligibile for Earned Income Tax Credit do not claim it. Many may not know they qualify.
Tuesday, March 22, 2011 4:43:26 PM via web
Delete . Will Pennsylvania be the only of 55 states, terrorities, and DC to leave the National Conference of State Legislatures?
Monday, March 21, 2011 4:38:13 PM via web
Delete . Unlike Utah, Penna. and 48 other states do not have an official state firearm. Utah's is the M1911 pistol.
Monday, March 21, 2011 12:04:21 PM via web
Delete . 130,000 school districts in 1920; 14,000 today. Many consolidated to save money. http://www.ncsl.org/?TabId=22380
Monday, March 21, 2011 11:53:36 AM via web
Delete . 89.5% of the 504 bills that passed the Utah legislaure were sponsored by Republicans.
Thursday, March 17, 2011 1:51:20 PM via web
Delete . Pennsylvania has 9,980 miles of natural gas transmission pipes.
Thursday, March 17, 2011 1:35:57 PM via web
Delete . Irish monks from St. Patrick's churches preserved texts that otherwise may have been lost forever. Today, people just hit "delete blog".
Thursday, March 17, 2011 9:35:58 AM via web
Delete . Medical marijuana may stunt growth of cancer tumors. http://www.cannabis-med.org/english/journal/en_2006_02_1.pdf
Wednesday, March 16, 2011 4:26:22 PM via web
Delete . Appropriations Chairman William Adolph: "I could not support (the budget) as it stands now, with the education cuts."
Wednesday, March 16, 2011 10:08:37 AM via web
Delete . Profile of legislative scholar Alan Rosethal: http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2011/03/rutgers_professor_appointed_ti.html
Wednesday, March 16, 2011 9:31:25 AM via web
Delete . Its easier to fight for democracy than it is to pay for it. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/14/election-2012-struggling-_n_835678.html
Tuesday, March 15, 2011 1:04:57 PM via web
Delete . I give you, the flying car: http://www.terrafugia.com/index.html
Tuesday, March 15, 2011 12:57:14 PM via web
Delete . Flying cars go on sale next year. Seriously. I am not making this up.
Tuesday, March 15, 2011 9:13:23 AM via web
Delete . Rick Santorum admits he smoked marijuana. Maybe he needed it for medical reasons. Hope he supports medical marijuana now
Monday, March 14, 2011 12:07:41 PM via web
Delete . Higher ed having a rough time with state funding nationwide. http://www.ncsl.org/documents/fiscal/HigherEdFunding.pdf
Monday, March 14, 2011 12:06:05 PM via web
Delete . In No Child Left Behind, 80% of all schools are indeed behind (in meeting target goals).
1:26 PM Mar 10th via web
Delete . Smokers are more apt to become addicted to gambling as well. They also gamble more when they smoke.
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Twitter Posts 401 through 500
Governor Pat Quinn has signed legislation banning the death penalty in Illinois.
6 minutes ago via web
Delete . State Sen. Bill Emerson (CA) has the most constituents of any legislator: 1,215,876. Senator, we salute you.
27 minutes ago via web
Delete . Zero funded: juvenile aftercare, abstinence ed, comunity based family centers, human services development fund, etc
about 21 hours ago via web
Delete . Zero funded: asthma control, managed care assessment, MA obstetric & neonatal, burn cnters, critical access hospitals, trauma centers, etc
about 21 hours ago via web
Delete . Zero funded: lifespan respite care, food stamps info centers, emergency response mental health grant, medical assistance outpatient, etc
about 21 hours ago via web
Delete . Governor's budget seeks to limit Adult Dental to one dental visit per year.
Tuesday, March 08, 2011 1:56:01 PM via web
Delete . 700 mental health employees are slated to lose their jobs under the Governor's budget.
Tuesday, March 08, 2011 1:54:11 PM via web
Delete . Governor's budget proposal does not fund the Drug and Alcohol Programs Department.
Tuesday, March 08, 2011 1:23:00 PM via web
Delete . Huiman Services Committee removes considering Cohen bill to change DPW to Human Services Department.
Tuesday, March 08, 2011 1:21:33 PM via web
Delete . Human Services Committee approves Health Department tracking MRSA infections.
Tuesday, March 08, 2011 1:20:44 PM via web
Delete . Lady Gaga emailed state legislators in favor of gay marriage.
Tuesday, March 08, 2011 1:15:09 PM via web
Delete . There were 41% fewer gas pipeline explosions in states that spent over 400 inspection days per 1,000 pipeline miles.
Tuesday, March 08, 2011 1:06:16 PM via web
Delete . Supreme Court rules DNA test must be allowed in death penalty case.
Tuesday, March 08, 2011 12:24:13 PM via web
Delete . Welfare increased by $607 million. Health increased by $61 million.
Tuesday, March 08, 2011 11:53:31 AM via web
Delete . Losers: higher ed, basic ed, DEP, youth development center, and 1,500 employees.
Tuesday, March 08, 2011 11:48:19 AM via web
Delete . "Winners": R&D research business tax credit, film tax credit, DPW, State Police, Military and Veterans, Revenue.
Tuesday, March 08, 2011 11:46:38 AM via web
Delete . Penna. has gone from the "Education Governor" to the "Cut Education Spending" Governor.
Tuesday, March 08, 2011 11:43:17 AM via web
Delete . Tom Corbett is on TV now. Finally, someone other than Charlie Sheen.
Tuesday, March 08, 2011 11:36:03 AM via web
Delete . 11 million family and friends provide unpaid care for people with Alzheimer's Disease.
Monday, March 07, 2011 2:29:38 PM via web
Delete . Harvard was the last Division 1 school to ever win a mens basketball conference championship. Tbey finally at least tied for a title.
Monday, March 07, 2011 12:07:31 PM via web
Delete . The U. S. Supreme Court has allowed laws restricting picketing a set distance away from a funeral.
Friday, March 04, 2011 3:39:54 PM via web
Delete . The average number of residents per Penna House district is 62,573 and the average number of residents per Senate district is 254,048.
Friday, March 04, 2011 3:34:40 PM via web
Delete . Homeland Security extends deadline for states to comply with Real ID from May 10, 2011 to January 15, 2013.
Friday, March 04, 2011 3:24:15 PM via web
Delete . A Federal Judge has ruled that Idaho's 34 year old open primary system in unconstitutional.
Thursday, March 03, 2011 1:24:32 PM via web
Delete . Not, of course, that Penn could beat Penn State or Pitt at football....
Thursday, March 03, 2011 9:26:26 AM via web
Delete . The eastern cougar, also known as a Nittany Lion and a Pitt Panther, is extinct. At least for Penn there still are Quakers.
Thursday, March 03, 2011 9:25:13 AM via web
Delete .rickdunham Fellow Texas Tweeps: Has @GovernorPerry explained yet why he has blacklisted reporters (like me) from his Twitter feed?
Wednesday, March 02, 2011 9:18:37 AM via web
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Reply Retweeted (Undo) . State revenue forecasts nationwide were off by 10% or $50 billion in FY 2009-2010.
Tuesday, March 01, 2011 12:49:30 PM via web
Delete . Penna. is not one of 24 states that requires carbon monoxide detectors. http://www.ncsl.org/default.aspx?TabId=13238
Tuesday, March 01, 2011 12:39:30 PM via web
Delete . Penna is 1 of 24 states that requires recycling of electronic waste. http://www.ncsl.org/default.aspx?TabId=22239
Tuesday, March 01, 2011 12:38:20 PM via web
Delete . 2.57% of Pa. insurance are surplus lines from out of state unlicensed insurers. NCSL, CSG, and COIL forming compact to regulate them.
Monday, February 28, 2011 4:03:17 PM via web
Delete . Nationwide, state governments increased spending 0.6% in 2010 and 3.7% in 2009.
Monday, February 28, 2011 2:50:53 PM via web
Delete . The US Energy Dept. oversees nuclear waste in Aliquippa, Burrell, Canonsburg, and Springdale.
Friday, February 25, 2011 2:03:12 PM via web
Delete . @rickdunham I noted Rick Perry wrote that Texas Governor is the job he most wants. I presume he would not want any other job, like Prez?
Friday, February 25, 2011 10:00:53 AM via web
Delete . What policies could be taken that would allow people to better adjust to the current economy? #behindtheheadlines
Wednesday, February 23, 2011 4:34:53 PM via web
Delete . 26 states have both legislative chambers with Republican majorities. This is the most states with Republican majorities since 1952.
Wednesday, February 23, 2011 10:36:20 AM via web
Delete . State Rep. Abe Lincoln once led a legislative walkout. http://ncsl.typepad.com/the_thicket/2011/02/legislative-walkouts-are-nothing-new.html
Tuesday, February 22, 2011 12:56:07 PM via web
Delete . Liberal and conservative agreement that military spending can be cut. http://networkedblogs.com/dZetG
Monday, February 07, 2011 4:52:30 PM via web
Delete . NCSL and NGA oppose allowing state governments to go bankrupt. http://www.ncsl.org/default.aspx?TabId=22155
Monday, February 07, 2011 4:47:42 PM via web
Delete . Only a small portion of Public Welfare Dept. is welfare. Department should be renamed Human Services Dept. to recognize its many programs.
Friday, February 04, 2011 2:11:59 PM via web
Delete . An algae to gas plant connected to a coal mine would allow the algae to capture some of the CO2. Algae eats C02 and emits most of all oxygen
Thursday, February 03, 2011 1:58:42 PM via web
Delete . 8% of the population is covered by a state government pension.
Wednesday, February 02, 2011 3:06:45 PM via web
Delete . What does it mean if the groundhog can't dig from underneath all this ice?
Wednesday, February 02, 2011 2:58:04 PM via web
Delete . Pa 1 of 9 states with scholarship tax credits: http://www.ncsl.org/default.aspx?TabId=12950
Tuesday, February 01, 2011 4:59:12 PM via web
Delete . Early childhood home visits to begin. http://www.ncsl.org/IssuesResearch/HumanServices/EarlyChildhood101Webinar/tabid/21644/Default.aspx
Monday, January 31, 2011 3:27:04 PM via web
Delete . Montana may move to mail only voting. Proposal has passed the Montana House for all but school elections.
Friday, January 28, 2011 2:33:23 PM via web
Delete . Pennsylvania: We Are Number One (in arson): http://pleated-jeans.com/2011/01/24/the-united-states-of-shame-chart/
Friday, January 28, 2011 1:13:52 PM via web
Delete . Deficit reduction plan in Hawaii: A copy of Obama's birth certificate will be sold for $100 each.
Friday, January 28, 2011 11:12:29 AM via web
Delete . Pa House committees were 14 majority 10 minority. When Dems won majority, they gave the Republicans 1 extra seat: 14 majority, 11 minority.
Friday, January 28, 2011 10:16:03 AM via web
Delete . Moody's will begin rating state bonds by including consideration of state pension liabilities and assets.
Thursday, January 27, 2011 3:30:53 PM via web
Delete . Corporate income state taxes nationally 5.6% of states revenues in 2009. Four decade high was 9.7% in 1980 and low was 4.7% in 2001.
Thursday, January 27, 2011 3:25:40 PM via web
Delete . Law changes from 1998 add sales tax revenues $27 billion & corporate income revenues by $8.5 billion, lower income tax revenues $212 million
Thursday, January 27, 2011 3:01:36 PM via web
Delete . In 2010, state law changes increased income taxes $10.8 billion, sales taxes $7.1 billion, & corporate incomes taxes $8.5 billion, NCSL est.
Thursday, January 27, 2011 2:54:13 PM via web
Delete . Pa. House Republicans are on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube. House Democrats lag behind. http://www.ncsl.org/default.aspx?tabid=13409
Thursday, January 27, 2011 2:34:56 PM via web
Delete . @MareZarefoss You are right. Athletes should not shake off brain injury and keep playing. Brain injuries can have lasting problems.
Thursday, January 27, 2011 2:30:09 PM via web in reply to MareZarefoss
Delete . Pa. offers tax credit to qualifying film productions. Different states have varying incentives. http://www.ncsl.org/default.aspx?tabid=20189
Thursday, January 27, 2011 1:17:56 PM via web
Delete . Attended good conference: Concussions and brain injuries are very serious. Coaches should properly handle concussions to student athletes.
Wednesday, January 26, 2011 2:43:23 PM via web
Delete . Penna. official Dec 2010 unemployment rate was 8.5%.
Tuesday, January 25, 2011 2:45:31 PM via web
Delete . Methadone Incident Review Team legislation has unanimously passed the House Human Services Committee.
Tuesday, January 25, 2011 11:00:31 AM via web
Delete . Penn's David Skeel: let state governments go bankrupt. http://www.weeklystandard.com/articles/give-states-way-go-bankrupt_518378.html?page=1
Friday, January 21, 2011 2:59:28 PM via web
Delete . William Henry Harrison studied medicine at Penn, where he failed to learn not to give the longest inaugural address in the rain.
Tuesday, January 18, 2011 12:19:34 PM via web
Delete .StateRepCohenPA The #Leach #era? That is #liberal #PA #Senator #Daylin Leach's idea as to what the time of the #Corbett Administration will be called.
Tuesday, January 18, 2011 9:52:47 AM via web
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Reply Retweeted (Undo) . In Montana, you can not be charged with DUI while on horseback. In case you were wondering.
Monday, January 17, 2011 12:53:44 PM via web
Delete . 14 states, including Penna, have state programs on preventing and treating diabetes.
Monday, January 17, 2011 12:44:22 PM via web
Delete . Some notes on Pennsylvania history: http://www.amazon.com/review/R1FG2PREWBPVZO
Thursday, January 13, 2011 3:33:48 PM via web
Delete . Some Idaho legislators do not know Idaho history. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/12/AR2011011203363_pf.html
Thursday, January 13, 2011 3:32:28 PM via web
Delete . The District of Columbia will begin publicly posting energy use data of all its public buildings.
Wednesday, January 05, 2011 1:50:17 PM via web
Delete . Facebook will be open for use by state and local governments, in agreement reached today.
Wednesday, January 05, 2011 1:46:18 PM via web
Delete . Penna. has had $392 million in earmarks that were never spent.
Wednesday, January 05, 2011 1:37:24 PM via web
Delete . It was a pleasure meeting Governor George Leader today. He made state government more responsive and serving of public needs.
Tuesday, January 04, 2011 5:03:12 PM via web
Delete . 13 states, but not Penna, have restrictions on building new nuclear power facilities. http://www.ncsl.org/default.aspx?TabId=21817
Monday, January 03, 2011 1:34:28 PM via web
Delete . Medicial whiskey was permitted by prescription during Prohibition.
Wednesday, December 29, 2010 12:57:12 PM via web
Delete . Do not trust anyone who claims they worked for the Wyoming Congressional Redistricting Committee.
Tuesday, December 28, 2010 4:14:27 PM via web
Delete . @TheFix http://www.texasmonthly.com/magazine/bbq/list This seems to be the latest list.
Monday, December 27, 2010 6:09:20 PM via web in reply to TheFix
Delete . Hunting licenses in Penna. have fallen 20% over past two decades.They have also fallen in 32 other states.
Monday, December 20, 2010 1:41:49 PM via web
Delete . There are 38,217 reported AIDS patients in Penna. Penna is the state with the 7th highest number of AIDS cases.
Monday, December 20, 2010 1:36:40 PM via web
Delete . Nov 2010 Penna official unemployment rate is 8.6%. http://www.ncsl.org/?tabid=13308
Friday, December 17, 2010 3:10:19 PM via web
Delete . 9 states, none of them Pa., have laws for reinstatement of parental rights after they have been severed. http://www.ncsl.org/?TabId=21770
Friday, December 17, 2010 1:01:06 PM via web
Delete . In case anyone wonders, no one pre-approves my tweets.
Friday, December 17, 2010 10:51:16 AM via web
Delete . Some Penna. communities using new traffic lights that can email technicians when they malfunction.
Tuesday, December 14, 2010 10:51:34 AM via web
Delete . New Jersey Turnpike smartphone app gives verbal warning of traffic jams.
Tuesday, December 14, 2010 10:43:48 AM via web
Delete . Research verifies 2011 will be 1st time since caucus leaders recognized in 1949 that no Penna. State House leader will be from Philadelphia.
Friday, December 10, 2010 5:31:43 PM via web
Delete . NCSL predicts Penna FY11 budget deficit of $272 million, or 0.2% of the budget total.
Wednesday, December 08, 2010 3:39:56 PM via web
Delete . Women are 17% of Pennsylvania legislators and 23% of legislators nationwide.
Tuesday, December 07, 2010 1:52:00 PM via web
Delete . Even though Governor Christie canceled the Trans-Hudson Tunnel, New Jersey still owes $271 million for obligations prior to cancellation.
Monday, December 06, 2010 10:42:30 AM via web
Delete . The Golden Gate Bridge serves 40 million vehicles a year. It is being retrofited to withstand a "maximum credible" earthquake.
Monday, December 06, 2010 10:39:28 AM via web
Delete . Organ donations in Arizona threatened due to budget cuts. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/03/us/03transplant.html?pagewanted=2&_r=2
Friday, December 03, 2010 1:32:06 PM via web
Delete . When Illinois civil union law become effective, 28% of the nation will live where civil union or gay marriage is recognized.
Friday, December 03, 2010 10:25:20 AM via web
Delete . Illinois legislature sends civil union bill to Governor.
Thursday, December 02, 2010 1:16:58 PM via web
Delete . White House Commission recommends ending tax exemption for state & local government bonds. This would be a major change in public financing
Thursday, December 02, 2010 1:12:55 PM via web
Delete . Downtown residents nationwide compose 0.3% of the total population and 90% are single.
Wednesday, December 01, 2010 4:23:42 PM via web
Delete . Rep. Cohen has a resolution on preparing for health care professional shortage. This problem is growing. http://www.ncsl.org/?tabid=21716
Wednesday, December 01, 2010 3:37:17 PM via web
Delete . BPA suspected of health risk to children banned in childrens' products in seven states, not in Penna. http://www.ncsl.org/?tabid=21731
Monday, November 29, 2010 3:53:46 PM via web
Delete . Net party swing,legislative elections nationally: 632 (D to R) in 2010, 721 (D to R) in 1938, 812 (R to D) in 1958 and 932 (R to D) in 1922.
Friday, November 19, 2010 11:21:24 AM via web
Delete . State requirements on balanced budgets vary by state. http://www.ncsl.org/documents/fiscal/StateBalancedBudgetProvisions2010.pdf
Thursday, November 18, 2010 4:00:30 PM via web
Delete . Penna Governor must submit a balanced budget by Constitution and statutory requirements No such legal requirement on passing legislature
Thursday, November 18, 2010 3:57:37 PM via web
Delete . 130,000 students from China attend college in the US, a 30% increase from last year. Far fewer Americans study in and learn about China.
Wednesday, November 17, 2010 12:48:25 PM via web
Delete . Congratulations to Rep. Dan Frankel on his election as Democratic Caucus Chairman. Congratulations also to Rep. Frank Dermody & Mike Hanna.
Tuesday, November 16, 2010 4:30:16 PM via web
Delete . Penna. and Ky. first state legislatures in session on Jan. 4. DC City Council begins Jan. 3. Everyone else are just slackers.
Tuesday, November 16, 2010 12:50:00 PM via web
Delete . @PAFORMEDICALMJ Thank you for the news. I look forward to more acceptance of medical marijuana.
6 minutes ago via web
Delete . State Sen. Bill Emerson (CA) has the most constituents of any legislator: 1,215,876. Senator, we salute you.
27 minutes ago via web
Delete . Zero funded: juvenile aftercare, abstinence ed, comunity based family centers, human services development fund, etc
about 21 hours ago via web
Delete . Zero funded: asthma control, managed care assessment, MA obstetric & neonatal, burn cnters, critical access hospitals, trauma centers, etc
about 21 hours ago via web
Delete . Zero funded: lifespan respite care, food stamps info centers, emergency response mental health grant, medical assistance outpatient, etc
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Delete . Governor's budget seeks to limit Adult Dental to one dental visit per year.
Tuesday, March 08, 2011 1:56:01 PM via web
Delete . 700 mental health employees are slated to lose their jobs under the Governor's budget.
Tuesday, March 08, 2011 1:54:11 PM via web
Delete . Governor's budget proposal does not fund the Drug and Alcohol Programs Department.
Tuesday, March 08, 2011 1:23:00 PM via web
Delete . Huiman Services Committee removes considering Cohen bill to change DPW to Human Services Department.
Tuesday, March 08, 2011 1:21:33 PM via web
Delete . Human Services Committee approves Health Department tracking MRSA infections.
Tuesday, March 08, 2011 1:20:44 PM via web
Delete . Lady Gaga emailed state legislators in favor of gay marriage.
Tuesday, March 08, 2011 1:15:09 PM via web
Delete . There were 41% fewer gas pipeline explosions in states that spent over 400 inspection days per 1,000 pipeline miles.
Tuesday, March 08, 2011 1:06:16 PM via web
Delete . Supreme Court rules DNA test must be allowed in death penalty case.
Tuesday, March 08, 2011 12:24:13 PM via web
Delete . Welfare increased by $607 million. Health increased by $61 million.
Tuesday, March 08, 2011 11:53:31 AM via web
Delete . Losers: higher ed, basic ed, DEP, youth development center, and 1,500 employees.
Tuesday, March 08, 2011 11:48:19 AM via web
Delete . "Winners": R&D research business tax credit, film tax credit, DPW, State Police, Military and Veterans, Revenue.
Tuesday, March 08, 2011 11:46:38 AM via web
Delete . Penna. has gone from the "Education Governor" to the "Cut Education Spending" Governor.
Tuesday, March 08, 2011 11:43:17 AM via web
Delete . Tom Corbett is on TV now. Finally, someone other than Charlie Sheen.
Tuesday, March 08, 2011 11:36:03 AM via web
Delete . 11 million family and friends provide unpaid care for people with Alzheimer's Disease.
Monday, March 07, 2011 2:29:38 PM via web
Delete . Harvard was the last Division 1 school to ever win a mens basketball conference championship. Tbey finally at least tied for a title.
Monday, March 07, 2011 12:07:31 PM via web
Delete . The U. S. Supreme Court has allowed laws restricting picketing a set distance away from a funeral.
Friday, March 04, 2011 3:39:54 PM via web
Delete . The average number of residents per Penna House district is 62,573 and the average number of residents per Senate district is 254,048.
Friday, March 04, 2011 3:34:40 PM via web
Delete . Homeland Security extends deadline for states to comply with Real ID from May 10, 2011 to January 15, 2013.
Friday, March 04, 2011 3:24:15 PM via web
Delete . A Federal Judge has ruled that Idaho's 34 year old open primary system in unconstitutional.
Thursday, March 03, 2011 1:24:32 PM via web
Delete . Not, of course, that Penn could beat Penn State or Pitt at football....
Thursday, March 03, 2011 9:26:26 AM via web
Delete . The eastern cougar, also known as a Nittany Lion and a Pitt Panther, is extinct. At least for Penn there still are Quakers.
Thursday, March 03, 2011 9:25:13 AM via web
Delete .rickdunham Fellow Texas Tweeps: Has @GovernorPerry explained yet why he has blacklisted reporters (like me) from his Twitter feed?
Wednesday, March 02, 2011 9:18:37 AM via web
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Reply Retweeted (Undo) . State revenue forecasts nationwide were off by 10% or $50 billion in FY 2009-2010.
Tuesday, March 01, 2011 12:49:30 PM via web
Delete . Penna. is not one of 24 states that requires carbon monoxide detectors. http://www.ncsl.org/default.aspx?TabId=13238
Tuesday, March 01, 2011 12:39:30 PM via web
Delete . Penna is 1 of 24 states that requires recycling of electronic waste. http://www.ncsl.org/default.aspx?TabId=22239
Tuesday, March 01, 2011 12:38:20 PM via web
Delete . 2.57% of Pa. insurance are surplus lines from out of state unlicensed insurers. NCSL, CSG, and COIL forming compact to regulate them.
Monday, February 28, 2011 4:03:17 PM via web
Delete . Nationwide, state governments increased spending 0.6% in 2010 and 3.7% in 2009.
Monday, February 28, 2011 2:50:53 PM via web
Delete . The US Energy Dept. oversees nuclear waste in Aliquippa, Burrell, Canonsburg, and Springdale.
Friday, February 25, 2011 2:03:12 PM via web
Delete . @rickdunham I noted Rick Perry wrote that Texas Governor is the job he most wants. I presume he would not want any other job, like Prez?
Friday, February 25, 2011 10:00:53 AM via web
Delete . What policies could be taken that would allow people to better adjust to the current economy? #behindtheheadlines
Wednesday, February 23, 2011 4:34:53 PM via web
Delete . 26 states have both legislative chambers with Republican majorities. This is the most states with Republican majorities since 1952.
Wednesday, February 23, 2011 10:36:20 AM via web
Delete . State Rep. Abe Lincoln once led a legislative walkout. http://ncsl.typepad.com/the_thicket/2011/02/legislative-walkouts-are-nothing-new.html
Tuesday, February 22, 2011 12:56:07 PM via web
Delete . Liberal and conservative agreement that military spending can be cut. http://networkedblogs.com/dZetG
Monday, February 07, 2011 4:52:30 PM via web
Delete . NCSL and NGA oppose allowing state governments to go bankrupt. http://www.ncsl.org/default.aspx?TabId=22155
Monday, February 07, 2011 4:47:42 PM via web
Delete . Only a small portion of Public Welfare Dept. is welfare. Department should be renamed Human Services Dept. to recognize its many programs.
Friday, February 04, 2011 2:11:59 PM via web
Delete . An algae to gas plant connected to a coal mine would allow the algae to capture some of the CO2. Algae eats C02 and emits most of all oxygen
Thursday, February 03, 2011 1:58:42 PM via web
Delete . 8% of the population is covered by a state government pension.
Wednesday, February 02, 2011 3:06:45 PM via web
Delete . What does it mean if the groundhog can't dig from underneath all this ice?
Wednesday, February 02, 2011 2:58:04 PM via web
Delete . Pa 1 of 9 states with scholarship tax credits: http://www.ncsl.org/default.aspx?TabId=12950
Tuesday, February 01, 2011 4:59:12 PM via web
Delete . Early childhood home visits to begin. http://www.ncsl.org/IssuesResearch/HumanServices/EarlyChildhood101Webinar/tabid/21644/Default.aspx
Monday, January 31, 2011 3:27:04 PM via web
Delete . Montana may move to mail only voting. Proposal has passed the Montana House for all but school elections.
Friday, January 28, 2011 2:33:23 PM via web
Delete . Pennsylvania: We Are Number One (in arson): http://pleated-jeans.com/2011/01/24/the-united-states-of-shame-chart/
Friday, January 28, 2011 1:13:52 PM via web
Delete . Deficit reduction plan in Hawaii: A copy of Obama's birth certificate will be sold for $100 each.
Friday, January 28, 2011 11:12:29 AM via web
Delete . Pa House committees were 14 majority 10 minority. When Dems won majority, they gave the Republicans 1 extra seat: 14 majority, 11 minority.
Friday, January 28, 2011 10:16:03 AM via web
Delete . Moody's will begin rating state bonds by including consideration of state pension liabilities and assets.
Thursday, January 27, 2011 3:30:53 PM via web
Delete . Corporate income state taxes nationally 5.6% of states revenues in 2009. Four decade high was 9.7% in 1980 and low was 4.7% in 2001.
Thursday, January 27, 2011 3:25:40 PM via web
Delete . Law changes from 1998 add sales tax revenues $27 billion & corporate income revenues by $8.5 billion, lower income tax revenues $212 million
Thursday, January 27, 2011 3:01:36 PM via web
Delete . In 2010, state law changes increased income taxes $10.8 billion, sales taxes $7.1 billion, & corporate incomes taxes $8.5 billion, NCSL est.
Thursday, January 27, 2011 2:54:13 PM via web
Delete . Pa. House Republicans are on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube. House Democrats lag behind. http://www.ncsl.org/default.aspx?tabid=13409
Thursday, January 27, 2011 2:34:56 PM via web
Delete . @MareZarefoss You are right. Athletes should not shake off brain injury and keep playing. Brain injuries can have lasting problems.
Thursday, January 27, 2011 2:30:09 PM via web in reply to MareZarefoss
Delete . Pa. offers tax credit to qualifying film productions. Different states have varying incentives. http://www.ncsl.org/default.aspx?tabid=20189
Thursday, January 27, 2011 1:17:56 PM via web
Delete . Attended good conference: Concussions and brain injuries are very serious. Coaches should properly handle concussions to student athletes.
Wednesday, January 26, 2011 2:43:23 PM via web
Delete . Penna. official Dec 2010 unemployment rate was 8.5%.
Tuesday, January 25, 2011 2:45:31 PM via web
Delete . Methadone Incident Review Team legislation has unanimously passed the House Human Services Committee.
Tuesday, January 25, 2011 11:00:31 AM via web
Delete . Penn's David Skeel: let state governments go bankrupt. http://www.weeklystandard.com/articles/give-states-way-go-bankrupt_518378.html?page=1
Friday, January 21, 2011 2:59:28 PM via web
Delete . William Henry Harrison studied medicine at Penn, where he failed to learn not to give the longest inaugural address in the rain.
Tuesday, January 18, 2011 12:19:34 PM via web
Delete .StateRepCohenPA The #Leach #era? That is #liberal #PA #Senator #Daylin Leach's idea as to what the time of the #Corbett Administration will be called.
Tuesday, January 18, 2011 9:52:47 AM via web
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Reply Retweeted (Undo) . In Montana, you can not be charged with DUI while on horseback. In case you were wondering.
Monday, January 17, 2011 12:53:44 PM via web
Delete . 14 states, including Penna, have state programs on preventing and treating diabetes.
Monday, January 17, 2011 12:44:22 PM via web
Delete . Some notes on Pennsylvania history: http://www.amazon.com/review/R1FG2PREWBPVZO
Thursday, January 13, 2011 3:33:48 PM via web
Delete . Some Idaho legislators do not know Idaho history. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/12/AR2011011203363_pf.html
Thursday, January 13, 2011 3:32:28 PM via web
Delete . The District of Columbia will begin publicly posting energy use data of all its public buildings.
Wednesday, January 05, 2011 1:50:17 PM via web
Delete . Facebook will be open for use by state and local governments, in agreement reached today.
Wednesday, January 05, 2011 1:46:18 PM via web
Delete . Penna. has had $392 million in earmarks that were never spent.
Wednesday, January 05, 2011 1:37:24 PM via web
Delete . It was a pleasure meeting Governor George Leader today. He made state government more responsive and serving of public needs.
Tuesday, January 04, 2011 5:03:12 PM via web
Delete . 13 states, but not Penna, have restrictions on building new nuclear power facilities. http://www.ncsl.org/default.aspx?TabId=21817
Monday, January 03, 2011 1:34:28 PM via web
Delete . Medicial whiskey was permitted by prescription during Prohibition.
Wednesday, December 29, 2010 12:57:12 PM via web
Delete . Do not trust anyone who claims they worked for the Wyoming Congressional Redistricting Committee.
Tuesday, December 28, 2010 4:14:27 PM via web
Delete . @TheFix http://www.texasmonthly.com/magazine/bbq/list This seems to be the latest list.
Monday, December 27, 2010 6:09:20 PM via web in reply to TheFix
Delete . Hunting licenses in Penna. have fallen 20% over past two decades.They have also fallen in 32 other states.
Monday, December 20, 2010 1:41:49 PM via web
Delete . There are 38,217 reported AIDS patients in Penna. Penna is the state with the 7th highest number of AIDS cases.
Monday, December 20, 2010 1:36:40 PM via web
Delete . Nov 2010 Penna official unemployment rate is 8.6%. http://www.ncsl.org/?tabid=13308
Friday, December 17, 2010 3:10:19 PM via web
Delete . 9 states, none of them Pa., have laws for reinstatement of parental rights after they have been severed. http://www.ncsl.org/?TabId=21770
Friday, December 17, 2010 1:01:06 PM via web
Delete . In case anyone wonders, no one pre-approves my tweets.
Friday, December 17, 2010 10:51:16 AM via web
Delete . Some Penna. communities using new traffic lights that can email technicians when they malfunction.
Tuesday, December 14, 2010 10:51:34 AM via web
Delete . New Jersey Turnpike smartphone app gives verbal warning of traffic jams.
Tuesday, December 14, 2010 10:43:48 AM via web
Delete . Research verifies 2011 will be 1st time since caucus leaders recognized in 1949 that no Penna. State House leader will be from Philadelphia.
Friday, December 10, 2010 5:31:43 PM via web
Delete . NCSL predicts Penna FY11 budget deficit of $272 million, or 0.2% of the budget total.
Wednesday, December 08, 2010 3:39:56 PM via web
Delete . Women are 17% of Pennsylvania legislators and 23% of legislators nationwide.
Tuesday, December 07, 2010 1:52:00 PM via web
Delete . Even though Governor Christie canceled the Trans-Hudson Tunnel, New Jersey still owes $271 million for obligations prior to cancellation.
Monday, December 06, 2010 10:42:30 AM via web
Delete . The Golden Gate Bridge serves 40 million vehicles a year. It is being retrofited to withstand a "maximum credible" earthquake.
Monday, December 06, 2010 10:39:28 AM via web
Delete . Organ donations in Arizona threatened due to budget cuts. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/03/us/03transplant.html?pagewanted=2&_r=2
Friday, December 03, 2010 1:32:06 PM via web
Delete . When Illinois civil union law become effective, 28% of the nation will live where civil union or gay marriage is recognized.
Friday, December 03, 2010 10:25:20 AM via web
Delete . Illinois legislature sends civil union bill to Governor.
Thursday, December 02, 2010 1:16:58 PM via web
Delete . White House Commission recommends ending tax exemption for state & local government bonds. This would be a major change in public financing
Thursday, December 02, 2010 1:12:55 PM via web
Delete . Downtown residents nationwide compose 0.3% of the total population and 90% are single.
Wednesday, December 01, 2010 4:23:42 PM via web
Delete . Rep. Cohen has a resolution on preparing for health care professional shortage. This problem is growing. http://www.ncsl.org/?tabid=21716
Wednesday, December 01, 2010 3:37:17 PM via web
Delete . BPA suspected of health risk to children banned in childrens' products in seven states, not in Penna. http://www.ncsl.org/?tabid=21731
Monday, November 29, 2010 3:53:46 PM via web
Delete . Net party swing,legislative elections nationally: 632 (D to R) in 2010, 721 (D to R) in 1938, 812 (R to D) in 1958 and 932 (R to D) in 1922.
Friday, November 19, 2010 11:21:24 AM via web
Delete . State requirements on balanced budgets vary by state. http://www.ncsl.org/documents/fiscal/StateBalancedBudgetProvisions2010.pdf
Thursday, November 18, 2010 4:00:30 PM via web
Delete . Penna Governor must submit a balanced budget by Constitution and statutory requirements No such legal requirement on passing legislature
Thursday, November 18, 2010 3:57:37 PM via web
Delete . 130,000 students from China attend college in the US, a 30% increase from last year. Far fewer Americans study in and learn about China.
Wednesday, November 17, 2010 12:48:25 PM via web
Delete . Congratulations to Rep. Dan Frankel on his election as Democratic Caucus Chairman. Congratulations also to Rep. Frank Dermody & Mike Hanna.
Tuesday, November 16, 2010 4:30:16 PM via web
Delete . Penna. and Ky. first state legislatures in session on Jan. 4. DC City Council begins Jan. 3. Everyone else are just slackers.
Tuesday, November 16, 2010 12:50:00 PM via web
Delete . @PAFORMEDICALMJ Thank you for the news. I look forward to more acceptance of medical marijuana.
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