The Commonwealth’s long-standing law granting sovereign and official immunity for the state, its officials and its employees and caps on damages for these entities will be reviewed by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. In an opinion column published by the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, PCCJR Executive Director Curt Schroder highlighted the need for caps as a way to protect taxpayers from…
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House Appropriations budget hearings are normally staid affairs featuring mind numbing inquiries on programs supported by legislative appropriations, the crunching of budget figures, and the justification for requested increases or cuts to a department. It is unglamorous and tedious, but a necessary prerequisite to passage of the Commonwealth’s annual spending plan. For the first sixty minutes of…