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June 12, 2013 - Corbett makes final push for liquor privatization before budget deadline With 17 days left until the state budget deadline, Gov. Tom Corbett is in the home stretch trying to clinch one of his top priorities - liquor privatization. Read More
June 12, 2013 - WATCHBLOG: House passes budget bill 108-92, now moves to Senate Next year's state budget is one step closer to completion. Read More
June 8, 2013 - Pa. liquor privatization drive hits wholesale snag What may end up derailing the Republicans' drive to privatize Pennsylvania's sale of wine and liquor is not who gets to sell it - but who gets to deliver it. Read More

June 12, 2013 - Corbett makes final push for liquor privatization before budget deadline With 17 days left until the state budget deadline, Gov. Tom Corbett is in the home stretch trying to clinch one of his top priorities - liquor privatization. Read More
June 8, 2013 - Pa. liquor privatization drive hits wholesale snag What may end up derailing the Republicans' drive to privatize Pennsylvania's sale of wine and liquor is not who gets to sell it - but who gets to deliver it. Read More
June 8, 2013 - Lack of decorum in final Senate booze hearing From a political standpoint, the third and final meeting of the Senate Law and Justice Committee on liquor privatization last week was unlike any committee hearing I've seen in more than three decades. Read More

June 12, 2013 - WATCHBLOG: House passes budget bill 108-92, now moves to Senate Next year's state budget is one step closer to completion. Read More
June 7, 2013 - 1,364 Pennsylvania bridges face weight limits unless repaired The Liberty Bridge in Downtown Pittsburgh is among nearly 1,400 state-owned bridges that could be posted with weight restrictions in the next few years if the Legislature fails to enact a transportation funding bill, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation. Read More
June 5, 2013 - Details of $2.5B Pa. Senate transportation plan The Pennsylvania Senate approved transportation funding legislation Wednesday. Here are some details of how about $2.5 billion a year would be raised from tax, fee and fine increases and would be spent if the plan gets final legislative approval and becomes fully active in the fiscal year 2017-18: Read More

May 14, 2013 - New Study: U.S. Legal System Is World’s Most Costly The U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform (ILR) today released a study by NERA Economic Consulting showing that the U.S. has the world’s most costly legal system as a share of its economy. Read More
February 14, 2013 - Why Raising The Minimum Wage Kills Jobs The minimum wage is a major anti-jobs policy. Ten states have announced an increase in their minimum wage effective January 1, mostly because their legislation requires an adjustment to the Consumer Price Index inflation measure. Read More
February 13, 2013 - Raising the minimum wage: Retail expert calls increase too big, too abrupt Supermarkets and retail stores could come down with an economy-shrinking case of sticker shock should the federal minimum wage rocket to $9 an hour by 2015. Read More

Like you, the diverse group of people that support job creation in Pennsylvania- "Citizens to Protect PA Jobs" -desire a quality of life for Pennsylvanians that can only be fully realized when job creation and economic growth are allowed to flourish.

Because when businesses add jobs, people and communities prosper- that means a better quality of life for you and your family!

Call your senator & urge them to support convenience, choice and end to state’s liquor monopoly!

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