HARRISBURG — Gov. Tom Corbett is proposing an overhaul of how Pennsylvania state government uses the proceeds from a 1998 legal settlement with the major cigarette manufacturers.

In his first budget proposal, Corbett wants to shift the annual deposit of hundreds of millions of dollars in settlement money into the state's main bank account, rather than keep it as a separate fund for public health programs, and then transfer a substantial portion of the remaining cash and assets in it into an economic development loan program.

HARRISBURG — State environmental regulators took action Monday against a pair of Southwestern Pennsylvania businesses operated by a man charged last week with dumping gas drilling waste and sludge illegally.The Department of Environmental Protection issued administrative orders against R. Allan Shipman, Tri County Waste Water Service and Allan's Waste Water Service.The orders suspended operation of Tri County's wastewater facility and suspended the authorization of Allan's Waste to collect, transport or store solid waste.Shipman, 49, and Allan's Waste Water Service of Holbrook were both charged last week with dozens of criminal counts for, among other things, allegedly dumping millions of gallons of wastewater into streams and mine shafts.