Crowd packs casino hearing
From The Hanover Evening Sun
In a crowded banquet room at the Comfort Suites hotel, a boisterous crowd of Pro and No Casino advocates gathered for the first day of public testimony on the proposed Mason-Dixon gaming resort.
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Casino foes, pros testify
From The Gettysburg Times
Gettysburg casino investors David LeVan and Joseph Lashinger tried to convince Pennsylvania gambling regulators Tuesday to award the state’s final “slots resort” license to their proposed Mason Dixon Resort & Casino in Cumberland Township.
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Casino's backers, foes skirmish in Gettysburg
From The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
GETTYSBURG -- The town of Gettysburg and the adjacent historic Civil War battlefield, which draws up to 1 million visitors a year, are a local treasure, and the decision about whether to build a $75 million casino within a hotel just south of the national military park should be based on what's best for Gettysburg and surrounding areas in Adams County, says state Rep. Dan Moul, who represents the area.
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Opponents outnumbered in public battle over Gettysburg casino proposal
From The Harrisburg Patriot
Gen. Robert E. Lee sat in the third row at Tuesday’s public hearing on plans to put a casino in the Eisenhower hotel south of Gettysburg.
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Trying to slam the WAMs
From The Gettysburg Times
Several state representatives, including Will Tallman, R-193, have signed a letter addressed to Governor Ed Rendell, asking him to spare further cuts in education funding by removing discretionary grant programs from the state budget.
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Moul: Casino issue for locals
From The Gettysburg Times
Gettysburg area State Rep. Dan Moul called a Cumberland Township gaming project a “local issue” Tuesday morning, and urged non-Adams County residents to stay out of the debate. Moul said that outsiders, such as movie producer Ron Maxwell, are “sticking their nose into our business.”
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Reassessment meeting draws huge crowd
From The Gettysburg Times
Boos, callouts, applause and a standing ovation greeted various comments as nearly 1,300 Adams County property owners let the county commissioners know how they felt about the nearly complete countywide reassessment.
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Moul, Alloway have some hope for on-time budget
From The Gettysburg Times
Although the concept of legislators passing a budget with a two-thirds majority vote started out as speculation, it “has legs,” according to state Rep. Dan Moul, R-91.
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Are Rendell's hands tied?
From The Gettysburg Times
With 19 days remaining for the state to pass a budget, legislators on the floor of the Pa. House of Representatives are beginning to talk about taking matters into their own hands.
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Lawmakers push cyber school funding reform
From The Doylestown Intelligencer
State lawmakers are pushing to reform the funding of cyber charter schools and one local school district could reap the benefits.
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Local legislators weigh in on budget as deadline approaches
From The Gettysburg Times
A lot of people have been saying it as a joke, and I’d have to agree: I don’t understand why anyone would want the job of Pennsylvania Governor.
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Lawmakers uncertain as budget deadline is looming
From The Gettysburg Times
As Pennsylvania's fiscal year winds down and the June 30 deadline approaches for the Senate to approve this year's state budget, lawmakers await the outcome with uncertainty.
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Gettysburg honors nation's veterans
From The Gettysburg Times
Several hundred residents and visitors to the Gettysburg area attended the 143rd Annual Gettysburg Memorial Day Observance.
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Natural gas impacts discussed
From The Towanda Daily Review
Some state representatives from around the Commonwealth got an idea of the tremendous impact the Marcellus Shale natural gas play has had on Bradford County during a public hearing in Ulster Thursday.
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