by Jane Richey | Dec 18, 2012 | Agenda 21
The Department of Energy has announced $20 million dollars to fund two to four projects combining solar power with existing fossil fuel plants. The hybrid power plants will use “concentrating solar power” to help generate electricity and reduce harmful air emissions....
by Jane Richey | Dec 18, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Health Care
Recent decisions by the Obama Administration concerning the health care exchanges and Medicaid expansion underscore what a risky proposition the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) is for the states. Congress presumed in PPACA (Obamacare) that the...
by Jane Richey | Dec 18, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) and Republican leaders have done it once again. Their latest fiscal cliff proposal capitulates on core conservative principles, yielding woefully inadequate concessions from President Obama in the process. Will they ever learn? The...
by Jane Richey | Dec 18, 2012 | Health Care, Politics
House Republicans demanded more documents Monday in an investigation they hope will derail a key feature of President Obama’s healthcare law. Reps. Dave Camp (R-Mich.) and Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) said the IRS redacted documents about how it decided to handle the...
by Jane Richey | Dec 18, 2012 | Agenda 21, Constitutionally Limited Goverment
A state mandate that requires electric providers to use more renewable and alternative sources in coming years will drive up the cost of electricity for all Pennsylvanians by $16 billion over the next eight years, according to a new study. Worse, the costs will fall...
