Governor Orders Partial Shutdown of Pa. Offices
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HARRISBURG, Pa., July 8 -- Pennsylvania Gov. Edward G. Rendell (D) ordered a partial government shutdown and furloughs of more than 24,000 state workers Sunday after negotiations with the state legislature did not  resolve a budget stalemate.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has issued decrees to bypass constitutional limits on his powers to establish an emergency government shutting out Islamist Hamas, aides said on Sunday.
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Turnpike officials had anticipated a walkout by about 2,000 toll collectors, maintenance workers and office employees, so they waived tolls all day Wednesday after the strike began at 4 am, costing the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission about $2 million in
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By Jack Brubaker, Lancaster New Era, Pa.  Dec. 13--The Lancaster County Commissioners this morning approved  preservation easements on five county farms totaling 370 acres.
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Five Pennsylvania high school students were arrested after threats of violence shut down their school district for most of the week, police said.
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HARRISBURG, Pa.  -- Gov. Ed Rendell late Sunday ordered a range of state government services shut down and placed about a third of the state work force on indefinite unpaid furlough after frantic last-minute negotiations failed to break a budget stalemate.
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Citing what they called a public health emergency, New York officials on Tuesday ordered power plants to reduce emissions blamed for acid rain.
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By Dan Hartzell, The Morning Call, Allentown, Pa.  Sep. 8--Time may be running out for the relatively low trash-collection bills enjoyed by Upper Macungie Township residents.   At the supervisors meeting Thursday night, Supervisor Chairman Porter E.
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The slot machines could be ringing as early as Friday night under a deal reached by Gov. Jon S. Corzine and state lawmakers to end New Jersey&#039;s weeklong government shutdown.
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Typewriters were dusted off, hand-held radios were tested, and Anne Arundel County employees reported having to walk between offices rather than sending e-mails yesterday after a virus led to the shutdown of more than 2,500 computers.
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For state employees in New Jersey, the weeklong, unexpected break is over. State workers were heading back to work Monday after a government shutdown temporarily halted most state services last week and closed Atlantic City&#039;s 12 casinos for three days.
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China has ordered small coal mines in Henan province to shut for inspections and larger ones to curb production or undergo repairs after 148 miners were killed in the country&#39;s worst mining accident in years.
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Even the most optimistic and partisan of the state&#39;s Democrats are conceding that winning back control of the Pennsylvania House and Senate is out of reach this election.
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Gov. Rod Blagojevich on Monday asked the Veterans Affairs Illiana Health Care System in Danville and 10 other hospitals to voluntarily shut down their medical waste incinerators and find alternate disposal methods.
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HARRISBURG, Pa., Sept. 14  /PRNewswire/ -- With oil and gas drilling activity in Pennsylvania on a record-setting pace for the third consecutive year, the Department of Environmental Protection is mobilizing staff and resources to provide prompt and effective reviews of incoming permits.
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Welfare officials in Pennsylvania, California, Michigan have their work cut out for them when new rules take effect next month: find jobs for tens of thousands of people on welfare or risk losing millions in federal money.
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Pennsylvania idled some 25,000 state workers and shut down non-critical services early on Monday after Republican lawmakers and Democratic Governor Ed Rendell failed to agree on measures he set as a precondition for signing a budget for the new fiscal year.