by Jane Richey | Feb 13, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
The legislation includes a county-option and is designed to provide revenue for environmental programs across the state. The bill also will trigger a review of zoning codes and their relation to drilling for the natural gas trapped below the earth’s crust —a process...
by Jane Richey | Feb 13, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets, Politics
Energy Secretary Steven Chu again warned Friday that more recipients of Energy Department green technology loan guarantees will likely collapse even as he touted the strength of the program overall. The White House commissioned the report last October amid increasing...
by Jane Richey | Feb 13, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility
House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) said that Congress does not need an official federal budget because it can just adopt appropriations bills and authorization policies as needed to keep operating. Hoyer said: “What does the budget do? The budget does one thing...
by Jane Richey | Feb 13, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility
Northampton County has paid more than $200,000 in health insurance costs to former employees who were no longer eligible to make medical claims. That number is nearly double the figure revealed by a county audit last month. Controller Stephen Barron said “poor...
by Jane Richey | Feb 13, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility
President Obama’s 2013 budget due out Monday will estimate the deficit for 2012 to be $1.33 trillion, higher than the $1.29 trillion deficit in 2011, according to senior administration officials. The increase happens largely because the budget assumes enactment of a...
