by Jane Richey | Mar 15, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
As many as 20 million Americans could lose their employer-provided coverage because of President Obama’s healthcare reform law, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said in a new report. The figure represents the worst-case scenario, CBO says, and the law...
by Jane Richey | Mar 15, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility
In a notice released on Wednesday, the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor noted that it has long supported global programs that “advance the rights and uphold the dignity” of the most vulnerable populations. “In order to formalize this focus, effective March...
by Jane Richey | Mar 15, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment
Labor Secretary Hilda Solis faced congressional opposition Wednesday over the Obama administration’s proposed regulations that would determine what chores children are allowed to do on their own family’s farm. Among other things, the Labor Department wants to bar...
by Jane Richey | Mar 15, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
After years of deliberation on the issue, Pennsylvania legislators passed a bill overhauling the state’s natural gas drilling laws on February 8, 2012. The legislation places an impact fee on every well drilling for gas in the Marcellus Shale...
by Jane Richey | Mar 14, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility
With Wednesday’s payday drawing near for the Chester Upland School District’s teachers, Pennsylvania’s education secretary has a plan to keep the district afloat for a few more months. Chester Upland officials have been warning that the district is...
