Thursday, November 1, 2012
'We've been very fortunate' compared to New Jersey, New York.
Following a visit to eastern Montgomery County on Wednesday, Gov. Tom Corbett on Thursday visited the operation center of the county's Department of Public Safety. He toured the facility where 9-1-1 dispatchers coordinated the county's emergency responders and an adjacent room that had been converted into a command center for other county departments to marshal their resources during the approach and aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. "I'm very impressed by the facilities they have here," Corbett said. "These emergency operations centers have become very, very important to the local residents and to the state residents of Pennsylvania." More than 500,000 state residents remained without power Thursday, but Corbett said the state had fared well …
Governor Tom Corbett advised insurance companies that deductibles, which can be up to five percent of the insured value of a home, should not be applied to any Hurricane Sandy homeowner insurance claims.
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Thursday, November 1, 2012
Below is a press release from the Pennsylvania Insurance Department: Harrisburg – Governor Tom Corbett today announced that Pennsylvania homeowners will not have to pay hurricane deductibles on insurance claims stemming from damage caused by Hurricane Sandy. “Insurance deductibles could have added significant costs to Pennsylvanians already struggling to clean up and rebuild after Hurricane Sandy,” Corbett said. “Insurance companies have deployed catastrophe teams to Pennsylvania and they have been advised that hurricane deductibles should not be applied to any homeowner’s insurance claims.” Some homeowner’s insurance policies for properties in Pennsylvania have special “hurricane,” “tropical storm” or “named storm” deductibles based on a…
Monday, August 27, 2012
Manufacturing cannot come back in Pa. without skilled employees to fill those jobs
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Monday, August 27, 2012
By Dr. Karen A. Stout, President, Montgomery County Community College (MCCC), Dr. David Brookstein, Dean of Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics, MCCC, and Suzanne Holloman, Dean of Workforce Development & Continuing Education, MCCC Until its decline in the 1970s, manufacturing was the cornerstone on which Pennsylvania’s economy was built. Last week, Governor Corbett’s Manufacturing Advisory Council outlined recommendations by which the Commonwealth can once again emerge as a leader in the manufacturing industry. Education and training will play a key role in bringing this “manufacturing renaissance” to fruition. According to the council’s report, 82 percent of manufacturers nationwide perceive a serious to moderate skill gap in…
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Thursday, February 16, 2012
County 9-1-1 dispatch earns accreditation; other notes from county commissioners meeting.
Montgomery County will have to reckon with "very, very negative" effects from the "bare bones" budget announced by Governor Tom Corbett last week, according to Montgomery County Commissioner Josh Shapiro. Shapiro cited the Parkhouse in Upper Providence as his chief example of the Corbett budget's impact. The facility for the aging and chronically ill will lose between $800,000 and $1 million of its funding under the Corbett budget. Cutting occupancy at the facility is not a solution, Shapiro said, because doing so would cut the Parkhouse's eligibility for other sources of funding. The county's office of Children and Youth also stands to take a big hit from the Corbett proposal and could lose $170,000 from its budget, Shapiro said. "The …
Saturday, July 2, 2011
Republicans praise 'on-time' budget's limited spending; Democrats decry cuts.
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Saturday, July 2, 2011
As the ink from Gov. Corbett's pen dries from signing his first budget in office, citizens from across the commonwealth mull over the implications of $27.15 billion budget. Legislators from eastern Pennsylvania are among those opining on a bill that Republicans champion for being 4.1 percent lower than its predecessor. Democrats, meanwhile, bemoan what they see as critical cuts to education and other programming. Below is a sampling of views from General Assembly members in Bucks, Berks, Chester, Delaware, Lehigh, Monroe, Montgomery, Northampton and Philadelphia counties, as collected by Patch editors. Rep. Kate Harper (R-61/Montgomery) “In very challenging economic times, we were able to pass a budget that will not further burden our …
chris
6:06 pm on Saturday, November 3, 2012
You must be a insurance CEO! Come to my house I will let you know how I feel!!! I hope they INTERRUPT you big time!! Warner? what are thinking people are in pain and are in big time need of help and you talk about Penn State come on!! Penn State Scandal is on the bottom of my list!! Lets get help to people and pets that need it please!! ChrisZ more ›