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PA Gov. Corbett files suit against NCAA before Democratic AG takes office
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett (R) announced on Wednesday morning he and the state of Pennsylvania would sue the NCAA seeking to overturn its sanctions against Penn State University and its football program. But neither he nor his general counsel, James Schultz, would say in a press conference why the lawsuit…
Watch live: PA governor announces lawsuit against NCAA over Penn State sex abuse
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett (R) holds a news conference to announce plans to sue the NCAA over sanctions imposed against Penn State in the wake of the Jerry Sandusky child sexual abuse scandal. Watch live, broadcast on NBC News on Jan. 2. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and…
Pennsylvania Gov. to sue NCAA over sex abuse sanctions
Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett (R) announced Tuesday that he would file suit against the NCAA over the sanctions the collegiate sports organization levied against Penn State University over the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal. Corbett will hold a press conference Wednesday at Penn State to formally announce the antitrust…
Pennsylvania may force workers to pay taxes to their employers
A bill that landed on Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett’s (R) desk this week would give companies that hire more than 250 new workers a gobsmacking tax incentive: 95 percent of those workers’ state income taxes would be paid to the employer, and not the state. It’s a bizarre strategy meant…
Pennsylvania governor: Forced ultrasounds are ‘the way to go’
Republican Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett is asserting that forced ultrasounds are “the way to go” if they stop women from having abortions. Corbett had been criticized for supporting one of the most restrictive anti-abortion bills in the country because he said that women could just “close your eyes” during the…
Pennsylvania gov. to women: Just ‘close your eyes’ during forced ultrasound
Gov. Tom Corbett (R) says he supports forcing women to have an ultrasound before an abortion because they can just close their eyes. Guttmacher Institute policy analyst Elizabeth Nash told Raw Story last month that Pennsylvania’s proposed measure is one of the most restrictive anti-abortion bills that she had ever…
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