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Will there be new opportunities in retirement?
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From The Context, PA Post’s weekday email newsletter:
You might have caught the series about copycat bills in state legislatures around the country — including in Pennsylvania — from USA Today, The Arizona Republic and the Center for Public Integrity. The latest State of the State episode features a conversation about Pa.’s bill-making process with a couple non-partisan legislative researchers in Harrisburg who get involved early on — when legislation is but a concept. -Emily Previti, Newsletter Producer/Reporter
Revenue and retirement initiatives
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Pennsylvania’s on track to make about $300 million from online sales during its first year taxing the transactions — six times the amount expected. State officials attribute the projection-shattering revenues, in part, to the rapid continued growth of e-commerce. But there are other factors at play, which Capitol Bureau Chief Katie Meyer outlines in this post.
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More than 2 million Pennsylvanians work for a company that doesn’t offer a pension or retirement savings plan. Pa. Treasurer Joe Torsella is leading efforts to create a plan backed by the state government in partnership with private businesses that he says could be “life-changing” for retirees, the Associated Press reports.
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Pennsylvania’s state parks will need about $1 billion in infrastructure upgrades in the near future. Might park visitors have to start paying entrance fees, as in some other states? No firm plans for that, at least not yet. Brett Sholtis has more details in this story about how officials foresee footing the bill.
Best of the rest
Jon Hurdle / StateImpact Pennsylvania
Crews worked on Monday Jan. 21 to stabilize a new sinkhole that opened on Lisa Drive, a suburban development in West Whiteland Township, Chester County where Sunoco operates its Mariner East pipelines.
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Sunoco will restart its Mariner East 1 pipeline today, four months after part of it was exposed by a sinkhole in a Chester County neighborhood. The incident prompted the company to halt service — and a state investigation. Jon Hurdle has been following the story for StateImpact Pennsylvania; this is his latest.
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State law says police can use lethal force if they think someone has committed a forcible felony or tried, and they think it will help make an arrest. But some lawyers say that’s unconstitutional, WESA’s An-Li Herring reports.
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Eastern Pa.’s growing faster than Western Pa., according to the latest U.S. Census estimates. More analysis from WHYY’s Ryan Briggs is here.
