by Jane Richey | Jul 19, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Politics
The Obama administration unveiled plans Wednesday to create an elite corps of master teachers, a $1 billion effort to boost U.S. students’ achievement in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math. The program to reward high-performing teachers with salary...
by Jane Richey | Jul 18, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) said Tuesday that food stamps and unemployment insurance are the two “most stimulative” t things you can do for the economy. During a pen and pad briefing with reporters on Capitol Hill, Hoyer was asked if any...
by Jane Richey | Jul 18, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility
As school districts look at their budgets this year — without the temporary ‘stimulus’ money– many are finding they would have been better off in the long run to have made the tough decisions in 2009 rather than accept temporary relieve from...
by Jane Richey | Jul 18, 2012 | Politics
Numbers available Tuesday show Democrats outnumber Republicans by less than 1.1 million voters. That compares to the 1.2 million voter advantage Democrats held when President Barack Obama won Pennsylvania in 2008. Political scientist Christopher Borick of Muhlenberg...
by Jane Richey | Jul 18, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets, Politics
A recent study on this program’s lack of checks and balances prompted state representatives to require new income eligibility verification for the Weatherization Assistance Programs and Low Income Heating Assistance Program. House Bill 1991 aims to deflect funds from...
