First Lady Judge Marjorie O. Rendell today joined the likes of Ashton Kutcher, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Oprah Winfrey on the social networking site Twitter and asked teachers, students and anyone interested in civics education to follow her at www.twitter.com/CivicsFirst. “Social networking sites like Twitter bring people together from all over the world to...
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HARRISBURG – Governor Edward G. Rendell today signed an execution warrant for Christopher Kennedy, 27, who shot and killed a retail manager during a 2003 robbery in Philadelphia. In January 2003, Kennedy and his accomplices robbed a Rite Aid store on Girard Avenue. During the robbery, Kennedy shot the store manager, Michael Richardson, in...
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HARRISBURG – Governor Edward G. Rendell today said the commonwealth has applied for $108 million in federal funds to expand high-speed Internet service to people, institutions and communities throughout Pennsylvania—an investment that will boost the state’s economic development and education systems for years to come. “Broadband Internet access is as crucial to competitiveness as...
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HARRISBURG – Governor Edward G. Rendell has signed into law House Bill 1663, which authorizes appropriations for the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board. He did so, however, with reservation. “The 5-percent cut to the Gaming Control Board’s appropriation concerns me. This budget requires the board to regulate potentially four new casinos – Sands Bethworks, Rivers...
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HARRISBURG – Governor Edward G. Rendell today signed into law Senate Bill 240, a measure to update and enhance Pennsylvania’s existing Emergency Medical Services Act. The law was first enacted in 1985. “Pennsylvania’s EMS system responds to a dispatch every 18 seconds, so it is essential that the system work efficiently and effectively. On...
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HARRISBURG – Governor Edward G. Rendell announced today that Pennsylvania has received the maximum grant amount available to the state for leaking underground storage tank cleanup under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The state will use the $6.1 million in federal funding to clean up 71 tank sites in 40 counties. “Leaking underground...
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HARRISBURG – Standing with families of Pennsylvanians with autism, Governor Edward G. Rendell today stressed the need for legislators to maintain critical funding for autism services in the final state budget for the 2009-10 fiscal year. “There was no dedicated budget for autism services when I took office, but since then, Pennsylvania has made...
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HARRISBURG – Governor Edward G. Rendell today announced $20.7 million of investments in 25 projects to generate and conserve enough energy to power more than 26,000 homes, reducing carbon emissions equivalent to removing more than 17,000 cars from our roadways. The projects will produce or save 2.2 billion kilowatt hours of electricity over their...
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HARRISBURG – After more than 48 days without a final state budget, Governor Edward G. Rendell today called on legislators to support funding that provides child care services for more than 135,000 Pennsylvania children. Governor Rendell said funding levels proposed under Senate Bill 850 would have caused nearly 8,000 children to lose their child...
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