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Governor Tom Corbett on his budget plan that many people aren’t too pleased with.

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Report Ranks PA 20th for Child Well-Being

The new “Kids Count” data book from the Annie E. Casey Foundation ranks Pennsylvania 20th among states for children’s health and overall well-being.  That may be an improvement over PA’s previous ranking of 23, but it’s not all good news.  “The poverty rate for children in Pennsylvania is now 17%,” says Patrick McCarthy, President and […]