by Jane Richey | Jul 23, 2013 | Agenda 21
The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in northeast Alaska consists of 19 million acres — including a 1.5 million acre coastal plain seen as the potential source of at least 7.7 billion barrels of technically recoverable oil. But in addition to reservoirs of untapped...
by Jane Richey | Jul 23, 2013 | Health Care
A quarter of small-business owners plan to cut hiring to stay under 50 employees so they can avoid one of Obama-Care’s many onerous mandates. In other words, small businesses will be staying small. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, which routinely appraises the...
by Jane Richey | Jul 21, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment
The number of people in Pennsylvania getting monthly disability benefits through Social Security is growing at an alarming rate. Social Security Administration data show more than 390,000 Pennsylvanians qualified for disability payments in 2011, the most recent year...
by Jane Richey | Jul 21, 2013 | Agenda 21
Their dueling documentaries — the sequel to Fox’s Oscar-nominated “Gasland” aired July 8 on HBO and McAleer’s “FrackNation” aired the following night on AXS — have clear aims when it comes to hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, the...
by Jane Richey | Jul 21, 2013 | Agenda 21
Pennsylvania stands out among states in the region as having done a good job of protecting the timber rattlesnake, a state official said. James Chestney, the venomous species coordinator of the Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission, says the reptile is endangered or...
