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Budget News

Budget Round-up 7/1

July 1st, 2009
After 5 hours of leaders and the Gov. going line-by-line through the state budget last night a deal was still not struck. State employees brace for a long impasse by saving money and looking into loans.

Who's who around the budget table this year

June 30th, 2009
Find out who is really deciding how this year's state funds are being allocated, and if your taxes are increased or not.

Relief for state workers that could possibly miss pay

June 30th, 2009
Starting July 17, local lenders will be offering low interest loans to state workers who have recieved a credit check.

News of the Day

Did you know...

July 2nd, 2009
...that one Pennsylvania legislator has drafted a bill saying that the government can never force you to get a tracking devices implanted into your skin?

Hospitals round-up for 7/2

July 2nd, 2009
Read the news on Fulton County Medical Center, Wilkes-Barre General Hospital, Mercy Special Care Hospital, and the Cancer Center of Wyoming Valley.

Pennsylvania has climbed in ranking of nation's most obese states

July 2nd, 2009
Our good old Commonwealth is now the 22nd heaviest state in the country.

Attorney assoc. for the elderly says expanded estate recovery program would hurt seniors

July 2nd, 2009
By expanding estate recovery to jointly owned assets, the widow of a deceased Medicaid patient may lose the home he/she lives in, explains an attorney.

FDA places suicide warnings on 2 anti-smoking drugs

July 2nd, 2009
However, officials are careful to point out that the warning should not stop patients from taking or trying the medicines.