Pennsylvania State Capital Mulls Bankruptcy as a Budget Option
February 04, 2010, 12:21 PM EST
By Dunstan McNichol / Businessweek
Feb. 4 (Bloomberg) — Harrisburg, the capital of Pennsylvania, will consider Chapter 9 bankruptcy protection along with tax increases and asset sales as options to address $68 million in debt service payments due this year, the chairwoman of a City Council committee said last night. Keep reading →
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Pennsylvania state police back down on rifle registration scheme
January 31, 11:42 PM DC Gun Rights Examiner Mike Stollenwerk
In July of 2009, the Pennsylvania State Police (PSP) mysteriously told federal gun dealers doing business in Pennsylvania that they were required to report to the PSP all purchasers’ identity and item serial number information for transfers of certain long gun “frames” or “receivers” for guns such as the popular AR-15 rifle, just like Pennsylvania’s Uniform Firearms Act (UFA) requires for handguns. Some gun dealers told the State Police “no way,” noting that compliance with the State Police demarche constituted a criminal violation of the UFA. Keep reading →
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