by Jane Richey | Jan 22, 2014 | Agenda 21
Governor Tom Corbett announced today that the Department of Environmental Protection will invest more than $20.65 million in watershed protection projects to improve watersheds, reduce stormwater runoff and acid mine drainage (AMD), and support educational programs,...
by Jane Richey | Jan 22, 2014 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment
Nearly a decade after Congress passed the Real ID Act to thwart terrorists from getting driver’s licenses, the law will finally go into effect in April. But 13 states still are not ready. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security repeatedly put off enforcement of...
by Jane Richey | Jan 22, 2014 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
A record 20% of American households, one in five, were on food stamps in 2013, according to data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). The numbers also show there was a record number of individuals on food stamps in 2013 and that the cost of the program, the...
by Jane Richey | Jan 22, 2014 | Agenda 21
Oil shipments on Wednesday began to flow through Keystone XL’s southern leg. TransCanada announced the start of oil deliveries to Gulf Coast refineries on Wednesday morning. The shipments run from Cushing, Okla. to Nederland, Texas. While not as controversial as...
by Jane Richey | Jan 22, 2014 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility
More lost US jobs and what will that do to the price of chicken and what about China’s food safety record? The USDA has approved the processing of U.S.-raised chickens in China, for import back into this country – and back into our supermarkets and schools. It...