House Appropriations Committee Archives

Slow Train to Destruction of Public Higher Ed in PA?: Defund then Divide-and-Conquer

February 22, 2014 11

If the fall 2013 semester saw the term “retrenchment” – the elimination of faculty, programs, and jobs – become part of daily conversations on campuses of Pennsylvania’s state-owned universities (PASSHE), during the next several months […]

Marcellus Shale Advocacy Group Receives $150,000 for ‘Independent Study’, While $3 Million Natural Gas Health Impact Study Rots in Committee

July 17, 2013 2

Pennsylvania Republicans are once again playing politics, pitting the welfare of Commonwealth residents against the natural gas industry. Here’s a hint: it’s buried deep inside the 2013-2014 fiscal code (SB 591) – Page 35 lines […]