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Jack Wagner Announces For Governor
Former Auditor General and state Senator Jack Wagner from Pittsburgh announced today he will enter a crowded field of Democrats seeking that party's nomination for Governor. Wagner actually led the Quinnipiac University Poll for Democratic candidates in December in a head to head contest with Gov. Corbett-- 48 to 36 percent.
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Corbett Announces Revamped, User-Friendly Campaign Finance Website
Gov. Tom Corbett Tuesday announced his administration has launched a revamped, more user-friendly website for Pennsylvanians to view the campaign finance reports of candidates for state legislative and statewide offices.
“Part of my pledge to make government more open and transparent includes making it easier for Pennsylvanians to see who is contributing to political campaigns, and how campaign money is being spent,” Corbett said. “Citizens have a right to know who is funding campaigns, and this redesigned website will make that much easier.”
Campaign contributions and expenditures are by law public information. The Department of State, which receives and files campaign finance reports, has maintained a website for several years where these reports are filed. However, while all finance reports are on the site, users often found it difficult to locate specific reports due to a cumbersome search process.
This system was in place when Governor Corbett took office in 2011. After seeing the difficulty many people encountered using this system during the 2012 election cycle, the governor directed the Department of State to develop a better system for the next year when most candidates who file their reports with the department would be on the ballot.
The new site offers visitors a variety of candidate filings from which to choose. Without the user selecting another type of filing, the site automatically defaults to showing campaign reports, which contain the most comprehensive information on what a candidate or campaign committee raised and spent. The site also defaults to the current year, unless a user chooses a specific past year, or all years for which a given candidate has filed reports.
Candidates on the ballot this year who file their nominating petitions and campaign finance reports with the Department of State include those running for governor, state senate and state house. Candidates for other statewide offices, such as attorney general, auditor general, treasurer, statewide judicial offices, and judges of county courts of common pleas, also file nominating petitions and campaign finance reports with the Department of State.
Candidates for federal offices, including President, U.S. Senate, and U.S. House of Representatives, file their nominating petitions with the Department of State, but their campaign finance reports with the Federal Election Commission in Washington, D.C. Candidates for local and county offices file their nominating petitions and campaign finance reports with their respective county board of elections.
For more information, visit the Campaign Finance Online Reporting webpage.
Corbett Reappoints Robert F. Powelson To Public Utility Commission
Gov. Tom Corbett Tuesday reappointed Robert F. Powelson of Chester County to the Public Utility Commission. Powelson has served as a PUC chairman since February 2011.
"As chairman, Rob Powelson has worked tirelessly for Pennsylvania ratepayers and consumers,” Corbett said, "His leadership has helped make our commonwealth a national model for safe, effective energy development, and has been crucial to developing our robust electric retail marketplace, which now is ranked number two in the nation.”
Powelson was first nominated by former Gov. Ed Rendell to serve on the PUC and was unanimously confirmed by the Senate on June 30, 2008. He was renominated for a five-year term on Feb. 12, 2009, and was again unanimously confirmed on April 22, 2009. His current term expires on April 1, 2014.
Powelson is the chair of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners, or NARUC, Committee on Water. In addition, he has been appointed to represent that committee on NARUC's Task Force on Climate Policy. He is also a member of the NARUC Committee on Critical Infrastructure and a member of the NARUC Subcommittee on Nuclear Issues-Waste Disposal.
Powelson previously served as the president of the Chester County Chamber of Business & Industry, where he also held other job titles and helped to develop the county's economic development strategy. In 2005, he was selected by the Eisenhower Presidential Fellows to be a U.S. fellow in Singapore and Australia.
Powelson earned a Bachelor of Administration degree from St. Joseph's University and a Master of Governmental Administration degree from the University of Pennsylvania with a concentration in public finance.
A Delaware County native, Powelson and his wife, Lauren, and their two sons live in Kennett Square.
7 Percent Decrease In Slots, Table Games Revenues In January
Revenue from table games play at the 12 Pennsylvania casinos was $58.7 million in January 2014, a 1.12 percent decrease in revenue from table games play during January of this year compared to January of 2013, according to the Gaming Control Board.
The monthly report also shows $8,426,650 million in tax revenue that was generated from table games this January.
Combined revenue from the play of slot machines and tables games during January was $230,498,811, a decrease of 7 percent over last January's total of $247,622,923.
As reported earlier this month in the release of January's slot machine revenue, play at Pennsylvania's casinos was likely negatively impacted by the significant amounts of snow and extreme cold weather that affected all parts of the state and has continued into February. Slot machine revenue for February is expected to be released by the Board during the first week of March.
A copy of the report is available online.
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