VA: Week in Review — Old Dominion still purple as voter-reg groups tap nursing homes

By   /  October 12, 2012  /  2012 General Election, Accountability, Elections, Federal Government, Governor, Judiciary, News, Open Records, Politics, State Government, Taxes, Virginia, Voter Registration  /  No Comments

WEEK IN REVIEW:

By Kathryn Watson | Watchdog.org Virginia Bureau
ALEXANDRIA — Following Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s undisputed debate win last week, a small handful of polls portray a decidedly purple Virginia.
And one major political polling company said the commonwealth is unwinnable for President Barack Obama.
As the tight race in this battleground state builds steam, nursing home residents [...]

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PA: Loophole allows nearly 100,000 noncitizens to vote

By   /  July 25, 2012  /  2012 General Election, Elections, Events, Featured, News, Pennsylvania, Politics & Elections, State Government, State Politics, Voter Registration  /  3 Comments

Nearly 100,000 noncitizens in PA hold an approved form of photo ID. Because of a loophole in the state's voter registration law, any of these 100,000 people intent on committing fraud would have an easy time doing so.

By Jared Sichel | PA Independent
HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania’s controversial voter ID law is beginning to look more like a piece of Swiss cheese.
As court hearings on the law begin Wednesday in Harrisburg, one glaring hole will remain even if the law is upheld — noncitizens can still easily vote.
A loophole in state law allows legal [...]

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PA: Supreme Court ruling could be a pyrrhic victory for transparency advocates

By   /  July 18, 2012  /  Accountability, Business, Events, Featured, Judiciary, News, Open Records, Pennsylvania, State Government  /  No Comments

Pennsylvania Judicial Center in Harrisburg. A recent Supreme Court decision regarding the state's open records law may turn out to be more restrictive than initially thought.

By Jared Sichel | PA Independent
HARRISBURG — A major court victory for transparency advocates may turn out to be more limited than it initially appeared.
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court, in SWB Yankees LLC v. Gretchen Wintermantel and the Scranton Times Tribune, agreed with a Commonwealth Court ruling that the privately owned Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees minor league baseball [...]

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PA: No records on felons who receive government pensions

By   /  July 11, 2012  /  Accountability, Ethics, Featured, News, Pennsylvania, State Government  /  No Comments

Who knows how many sex offenders who were formerly state government employees are receiving pensions while serving their time behind bars? Certainly not the state of Pennsylvania.

 
By Jared Sichel | PA Independent
HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania’s pension system could be doling out thousands of dollars each month to jailed sex offenders.
But because the state has no records on how many felons are eligible to receive their government pensions, no one really knows.
An apparent shortcoming in state law that allows sex offenders to collect [...]

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VA: UVA board to make final decision on Sullivan after Tuesday meeting

By   /  June 25, 2012  /  Education, Featured, News, Virginia  /  1 Comment

Ousted University of Virginia President Teresa Sullivan has a shot at getting her job back Tuesday.

By Kathryn Watson – Watchdog.org Virginia Bureau
ALEXANDRIA — If members of the  University of Virginia’s Board of Visitors don’t decide on Tuesday whether to give President Teresa Sullivan her post back or oust her for good, they’ll be the ones out of a job.
Gov. Bob McDonnell said Friday in that he will force the entire [...]

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