Winners and Losers for the week ending May 26

It was a pretty good week, relatively speaking, for anyone paying attention to and concerned about the state’s current and future finances. The PA Senate moved forward on a bill expanding gaming, no fewer than five different proposals were offered on how to pay for state police coverage for communities that don’t have their own police force – even the Attorney General’s Office got in on the act, securing a seven-figure settlement from McNeil, the manufacturer of Tylenol.

Even one of the biggest potential losers could wind up being a win for the state, as Auditor General Eugene DePasquale announced he would be auditing PennDOT.

And speaking of DePasquale:
 

WINNERS

The other AG is a member of the inaugural City & State PA Pennsylvania Power 100. To find out his and every other ranking, click here.

LOSERS

Asylum-seekers: According to a Pew Research Center report summarized by LancasterOnline, resettlement of refugees in Pennsylvania suffered an enormous drop in the first five months of the year.

Philadelphia’s population: The city was displaced by Phoenix as the nation’s fifth-most populous city.

Scott C. Brown: the executive director of Philadelphia’s Veterans Advisory Commission was fired after the District Attorney’s Office seized documents and a computer from the City Hall-based organization. The revelations have led City Council President Darrell Clarke, whose office administrates the commission, to announce that it is being overhauled immediately.