by Jane Richey | Jun 14, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets, Politics
White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said Wednesday that the U.S. economy has not recovered three years after the end of the recession. Despite this admission, Carney still saw fit to blame former President George W. Bush. “I think people are still hurting. I think...
by Jane Richey | Jun 14, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility
State Senator John Blake’s bill would give 65 counties the option of levying a 1 percent sales tax in addition to the current 6 percent state sales tax. Philadelphia and Allegheny County already have a local sales tax. Under the bill, the sales tax revenue would...
by Jane Richey | Jun 14, 2012 | Free Markets
Efforts by environmentalists to block an interstate natural gas pipeline project in northeastern Pennsylvania have been rejected by a federal appeals court. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on Tuesday that federal regulators properly...
by Jane Richey | Jun 13, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility
Gov. Tom Corbett has signed a law giving Pennsylvania the authority to borrow $4.5 billion. The money will be used to pay another loan — the nearly $4 billion the state has borrowed to hand out unemployment benefits since 2009. Sen. John Gordner, who sponsored...
by Jane Richey | Jun 13, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
In 60 seconds, about 13 hours of committee debate and marathon public discussion ended with a whimper when lawmakers tabled Property Tax Independence Act on Monday. The House Finance Committee voted 13 to 11 to table House Bill 1776, or the Property Tax Independence...
