WCI Partners of Harrisburg has made a formal offer to purchase land and buildings occupied by the former Ronald Brown charter school in midtown Harrisburg.

A hearing date of March 25, 2015 has been set to determine whether to approve the proposed sale.

4 vacant buildings and 40 plus parking spaces. _____________________________

As published by Pennlive.

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that GGG Partners, LLC., as Receiver of Mosaica Education, Inc. and certain of its subsidiaries, intends to sell certain real property located in the City of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, commonly known as 916, 918, 920 and 922 North 3rd Street, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, which consists of approximately .56 acres, including a vacant building of approximately 38,120 square feet, to WCI Partners for the gross purchase price of $900,000. A hearing to determine whether to approve the proposed sale will take place on March 25, 2015 before the Honorable Timothy C. Batten, Sr. in the United States District Court of the Northern District of Georgia. Any person or entity seeking additional information regarding this proposed sale, wishing to make a competing bid for the property, or seeking to be heard on the proposed sale should contact the Receiver's attorney, J. Hayden Kepner, Jr., Scroggins & Williamson, P.C., 127 Peachtree Street, N.E., Suite 1500, Atlanta, GA 30303. Phone: 404.893.3880. Email: hkepner@swlawfirm.com.]]>

Pa House Rep. John Payne introduced legislation that would establish penalties for state employees who use Commonwealth-owned computers, networks or cellular phones to view and/or exchange pornography.

Read the bill - HB 780.

PRINTER'S NO. 923

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL 780

INTRODUCED BY PAYNE, BAKER, READSHAW, ACOSTA, D. COSTA, DeLUCA, DIAMOND, EVERETT, GILLEN, KORTZ, MALONEY, MOUL, MURT AND ROZZI,

MARCH 13, 2015

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, MARCH 13, 2015

AN ACT

1 Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania

2 Consolidated Statutes, in computer offenses, providing for

3 misuse of a Commonwealth computer, computer network or

4 cellular phone.

6 hereby enacts as follows:

7 Section 1. Title 18 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated

8 Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:

9 § 7642. Misuse of Commonwealth computer, computer network or

10 cellular phone.

11 (a) Offense defined.--

12 (1) Except as authorized or required by his or her

13 official duties, an employee of the Commonwealth commits a

14 misdemeanor of the third degree if the employee knowingly

15 utilizes a Commonwealth-owned computer, computer network or

16 cellular phone to display, disseminate, view, access,

17 transfer, transmit or retransmit a photograph, video or other

18 visual depiction of explicit sexual materials.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

1 (2) Nothing under this section may supersede a

2 prosecution for conduct prohibited under section 6312

3 (relating to sexual abuse of children) or 5903 (relating to

4 obscene and other sexual materials and performances).

5 (b) Defense.--It shall be a defense under this section that

6 the employee received the prohibited depiction and viewed the

7 prohibited depiction without prior knowledge of the prohibited

8 depiction's contents, did not retransmit the prohibited

9 depiction and immediately reported the receipt of the prohibited

10 depiction to the employee's immediate supervisor.

11 (c) Definitions.--As used in this section, the following

12 words and phrases shall have the meanings given to them in this

13 subsection unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

14 "Explicit sexual materials." Any image of a person or

15 portion of the human body which depicts nudity or sexual

16 conduct.

17 "Nudity." Showing of the human male or female genitals,

18 pubic area or buttocks with less than a fully opaque covering

19 or showing the female breast with less than a fully opaque

20 covering of any portion of the female breast below the top of

21 the nipple.

22 "Sexual conduct." Sexual intercourse, anal or oral sodomy,

23 sexual bestiality, masturbation, excretory functions or

24 sadomasochistic abuse.

25 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.

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Randy Albright, Secretary of the Budget testifies before the Senate appropriations committee Monday morning.

A question of underfunded pensions in Pa.

Its been 17 years since we have fully meet the employer obligation to fund the actuarially required contribution to our PSERS retirement system.

Senator Scott Wagner.

I see a absolutely no accountability up here in Harrisburg.