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Scott Detrow is a congressional correspondent for NPR. He also co-hosts the NPR Politics Podcast.

Detrow joined NPR in 2015 to cover the presidential election. He focused on the Republican side of the 2016 race, spending time on the campaign trail with Donald Trump, and also reported on the election's technology and data angles.

Detrow worked as a statehouse reporter for member stations WITF in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and KQED in San Francisco, California. He has also covered energy policy for NPR's StateImpact project, where his reports on Pennsylvania's hydraulic fracturing boom won a DuPont-Columbia and national Edward R. Murrow Award in 2013.

February 8, 2012 | 4:44 PM

Scott Detrow / StateImpact Pennsylvania

Governor Corbett tours the Carpenters Training Center in Pittsburgh, before announcing his impact fee proposal last fall.

Governor Corbett says he’s looking forward to signing the Marcellus Shale impact fee into law.
Once that happens, counties will have 60 days to enact a fee on natural gas wells.
Here’s the governor’s statement:

Harrisburg – Governor Tom Corbett today thanked the members of the House and Senate for passing House Bill 1950, which is a comprehensive Marcellus Shale package. The Conference Committee report passed today in the House.
“After long negotiations and a lot of hard work, we have reached a consensus on how to address the impacts in the Marcellus Shale regions,” Corbett said. “I am very pleased with the cooperative spirit shown by the General Assembly and their staffs while working to resolve this complex issue. I look forward to signing this legislation into law.”
Last October, Corbett outlined his Marcellus Shale proposal, which followed the work of the Marcellus Shale Advisory Commission and includes a plan to help create thousands of jobs for Pennsylvania residents, to enhance protection of our natural resources, and to move the state toward energy independence. House Bill 1950 contains 24 of the legislative recommendations offered by the advisory commission.
“This legislation reaffirms our strong commitment to safe and responsible natural gas development here in Pennsylvania,” Corbett said.
Once the bill reaches the governor’s desk, he will have 10 days to sign it into law.