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Mike Gerber holds Press Conference with Rendell to Oppose Asset Test for Food Stamps
Posted January 25, 2012 Pa. state Rep. Mike Gerber is joined by former Gov. Ed Rendell at a Capitol news conference to preserve the state program that helps the needy afford groceries in the face of a proposal by Gov. Corbett to institute an "assets test" for recipients that could kick people...
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Rendell joins opposition to asset test for food stamps
Newsworks powered by WHYY and You Mary Wilson January 25, 2012 Former Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell and a group of State House Democrats say putting food stamp recipients through an asset test would be a "bureaucratic nightmare." The state Department of Public Welfare has proposed checking...
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Upper Dublin receives $11.83 million state grant for flood control
Ambler Gazette Montgomery Media By Thomas Celona January 25, 2012 The grant will be used to pay for the engineering, design and construction of two large dams to address the long-standing flooding problems in the Fort Washington Office Park. "I can't overemphasize what a win this is for the...
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Volunteer Medical Service Corps gets federal and state grants
Wednesday, January 25, 2012 ARDMORE – The Volunteer Medical Service Corps of Lower Merion, Narberth, Conshohocken and West Conshohocken was notified Dec. 23, 2011, by the Department of Homeland Security’s Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) program that it has been awarded a...
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Local student wins seat on national panel
Colonial News Montgomery Newspapers By Jenny DeHuff January 26th 2012 Germatown Academy student Dan Boyce participates in a texting and driving simulation in the school's field house Jan. 13, 2011. The event is video taped and shared with other GA students later to discuss the...
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State Rep. Mike Gerber Weighs in on Budget
Patch.com Edited by Nate Adams July 6, 2011 When Governor Corbett signed off on the state’s $27.25 billion budget on July 1, legislators from around the eastern Pennsylvania weighed in on its impact. Representatives from Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Philadelphia and Montgomery...
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Gerber fights for jobs in Southeastern Pennsylvania
Pa. lawmakers give gov. more power in welfare law By MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press Posted: 07/06/2011 07:47:25 PM EDT HARRISBURG, Pa.—The Pennsylvania Legislature on Thursday sent Republican Gov. Tom Corbett a bill that gives his administration broad new powers in an effort to...
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Whitemarsh Township given $5K for dog park
By JENNY DeHUFF Times Herald Staff May 29, 2011 WHITEMARSH — State Rep. Mike Gerber (D-148th of Montgomery County) presented the board of supervisors with a giant $5,000 check Thursday for the procurement of a dog park within the township. Slated for the area of Flourtown Road, where it...
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Local legislators react to passage of House state budget
By Linda Finarelli Ambler Gazette Montgomery Media May 26, 2011 Local legislators backed their respective party the day after the state House voted 109-92 to pass a $27.3 billion budget for 2011-12. All Democrats and only two Republicans voted against the bill. Republicans said the...
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Montgomery County Democrats bash Corbett budget, agenda
Keith Phucas Times Herald May 20.2011 COURTHOUSE — Democratic lawmakers took turns decrying Gov. Tom Corbett’s proposed state budget that they claim would cripple public schools, social services agencies and cut jobs. Gathering at the Montgomery County Courthouse Thursday with...