Drill Bits: Upheaval Over District Lines; Republicans Push Back On Impact Fee

January 26, 2012 | 9:15 AM

By Scott Detrow

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The big news in Penn­syl­va­nia gov­ern­ment, trump­ing all things shale: the State Supreme Court’s unprece­dented deci­sion to toss the new leg­isla­tive dis­trict bound­aries. Don’t expect much progress on the impact fee front over the next few days, as leg­isla­tive lead­ers scram­ble to draw new lines.

On the impact fee: the Post-Gazette has more on why nine Repub­li­can Sen­a­tors are oppos­ing the bill’s local zon­ing restric­tions. (We posted the law­mak­ers’ let­ter yes­ter­day.)

U.S. Sen­a­tor Bob Casey wants to know why oil com­pa­nies closed down three Delaware River refineries.