HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The powerful Senate Appropriations Committee is rolling out the welcome mat for Pennsylvania's new chief legal officer.
Attorney General Kathleen Kane fielded questions for nearly two hours Wednesday on subjects as diverse as child predators, drug traffickers, consumer protection and the proposed Pennsylvania Lottery management contract that she blocked with a legal opinion.
Fellow Democrats on the panel warmly pledged their support, while Republicans seemed satisfied with her answers to questions about the opinion that at least temporarily derailed Gov. Tom Corbett's plan to hand over lottery management to a British firm.
Kane's office is seeking an additional $12 million over the flat funding Corbett has budgeted for the year that starts July 1. She says she needs at least half that much just to compensate for increased personnel costs.
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