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June 27-28 - Budget Showdown in Harrisburg [56:49m]: 
This week, Pennsylvania State Senator Jane Orie joins the program to give us an update on the 2010 budget battle that continues in Harrisburg. The bottom line is that Republicans in the State Senate passed a balanced budget that does not raise taxes on individuals or businesses. Governor Ed Rendell’s competing budget raises the state income tax, freezes the reduction in the Capital Stock and Franchise tax, and increases government spending at well above the rate of inflation. And he wants to do all of this in the middle of a deep recession! The good news is that Republican State Senators are “holding the line” against Rendell’s fiscally irresponsible and destructive budget proposal. Read more »
Posted: June 29th, 2009 under News, Radio.
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The hard facts of North Korea
By Glen Meakem
Published in the Pittsburgh Tribune Review
June 21, 2009
In recent weeks, North Korea test-fired ballistic missiles over the Sea of Japan and exploded its second nuclear bomb. It also convicted two American journalists of “grave crimes” against the North Korean state, sentencing them to 12 years of hard labor.
In response, President Obama denounced North Korea’s actions, stating that they “fly in the face of U.N. resolutions” and that “the United States will never waiver from our determination to protect our people and the peace and security of the world.” Read more »
Posted: June 22nd, 2009 under News, Newsworthy, Print.
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