Valley Forge Casino Resort officials today announced they will open Pennsylvania’s most dynamic and sophisticated casino on March 31. Two test nights to benefit local charities will be held March 27 and 29. Charities will be announced at a later date. “March 31 will mark the culmination of all the hard work done by our [...]
Plan to reduce number of inmates in Pennsylvania faces critics “The only way it can be done is they’re going to have to cut people loose that shouldn’t be cut loose,” said Roy Pinto, president of the Pennsylvania State Corrections Officers Association. Read the full story by Donald Gilliland in the Patriot-News.
Valley Forge Casino Resort today hosted a food and beverage job fair in the Radisson Valley Forge Hotel. “With seven new restaurants, lounges, a nightclub and bars, we look forward to hiring hundreds of talented professionals for these great jobs,” said Valley Forge Casino Resort President and CEO Saverio “Sal” R. Scheri III. “Our staff [...]
Covering the PA budget? When you need an expert to weigh in on public safety, health care, child welfare or many other critical issues, please consider speaking to our clients. Our media kit features: Pennsylvania State Troopers Association, Pennsylvania State Corrections Officers Association, Leading Age PA and Youth Services Alliance of Pennsylvania. For more information, [...]
Pennsylvania State Troopers Association (PSTA) President Joseph Kovel today issued the following statement on the Corbett administration’s 2012-13 state budget proposal: “One of the core functions of government is public safety. Despite difficult economic times, Gov. Corbett, by fully funding a large cadet class, has shown he’s committed to providing for the protection of 12 [...]
LeadingAge PA (formerly PANPHA) President and CEO Ron Barth today issued the following statement on the Corbett administration’s 2012-13 budget proposal: “While we are disappointed to see another budget where funding fails to keep pace with the costs senior care service providers incur, we also are not surprised. The challenges the Corbett administration faces in [...]
With themes like Rawhide Marshal’s Bounty, Full Moon Diamond and Outback Mystery, 220 brand new slot machines arrived in King of Prussia at the Valley Forge Casino Resort loading dock mid-morning on Tuesday. Nearly 400 more will follow within the next month. Read the full story from The Times-Herald. Watch the slots make their way [...]
Advocates urge simpler state delivery of senior services •Pennsylvania should overhaul its archaic method of providing services to older residents so it can meet the needs of a graying population, an advocacy group is urging. LeadingAge PA, which represents more than 350 nonprofit providers of senior services, housing and health care, has called upon state [...]
This week we welcomed Holland Pintarch to the LATC team. She is a senior at Lebanon Valley College (LVC) and will graduate this spring with a triple, yes, TRIPLE major in political science, philosophy and American studies. Before we threw her headfirst into the public affairs world, we asked her a few questions so we [...]
The $132.5 million Valley Forge Casino Resort is on target to open this spring, president and chief executive officer Sal Scheri told members of the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board on Wednesday. Read the full story by Suzzette Parmley in the Philadelphia Inquirer.
