Energy Fair scheduled for Sept. 18 at Pocono Mountain East High School
From The Pocono Record
State Rep. Mario Scavello will host an Energy Fair for residents of Monroe County from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 18, in the cafeteria of Pocono Mountain East High School, Pocono Mountain East Road, Swiftwater.
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Three years later, numbers belie Pa.'s promise of fairer school funding
From The Pocono Record
The vaunted new formula designed to fix Pennsylvania's byzantine school funding system has, instead, cost Pocono school districts $10 million since it was adopted three years ago.
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Budget cuts mean 300 fewer Pa. state troopers
From The Pocono Record
Pennsylvania can't fill almost 300 trooper positions — including some right here in the Poconos — because it doesn't have the money.
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State agency ratifies move to cut school pension costs
From The Scranton Times-Tribune
HARRISBURG - With great reluctance, a state retirement board ratified a legislative decision to cut school pension costs by one-third this year.
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Lawmakers Call for Safety Changes on Route 33
From WNEP News
State representatives in Monroe County are taking action after three people died on a stretch of busy highway going into Stroudsburg.
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Legislators' budget increases as other state agencies suffer
From The Scranton Times-Tribune
Whether it be on a welfare line, in a library or on the television, Pennsylvanians likely will see the dramatic impact of state budget cuts anywhere they go over the next year.
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Interstate 80 to be repaved through most of Monroe County by 2011
From The Pocono Record
Over the next 18 months, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation plans to spend more than $44 million paving almost 30 miles of Interstate 80 in Monroe County.
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Legislators eye $472 million gap in Pa. highway funding
From The Pocono Record
An increase in the gas tax and/or vehicle registration fees might win the support of Rep. John Siptroth, D-189, and Rep. Mike Carroll, D-118 — provided some of the money goes to pressing local road and bridge work.
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Police coverage bill costly for municipalities
From The Pocono Record
Monroe County municipalities without local police would have to pay perhaps millions of dollars for Pennsylvania State Police protection, under a state House bill.
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Stroud Township couple testifies for bill to protect children
From The Pocono Record
Tougher sentencing rules for pedophiles are needed to protect the state's children, two local activists told a Pennsylvania House Judiciary Committee Monday.
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Rendell unveils budget, remaking sales tax
From The Scranton Times-Tribune
HARRISBURG - To address future budget deficits, Gov. Ed Rendell Tuesday proposed reducing the state sales tax from 6 percent to 4 percent but expanding the tax to more goods and services.
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