by Jane Richey | May 24, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
Charles Bier, senior conservation scientist for the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy, walked properties Tuesday that the conservancy recently added to public lands in Erie County. The Pittsburgh-based conservancy has bought more than 600 acres of local stream banks...
by Jane Richey | May 24, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (R-Wash.) isn’t convinced the Interior Department’s inspector general has been playing it straight with his panel. Mary Kendall, the department’s internal watchdog, says she most certainly has. Hastings...
by Jane Richey | May 24, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
The lobbying group for automobile dealerships is contesting a claim by a consumer group that higher fuel standards for cars will lead to happy drivers. Instead, the McLean, Va.-based National Automobile Dealers Association said Wednesday the Obama...
by Jane Richey | May 24, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
Baby-boomer retirements are skewing the nation’s unemployment rate, but not enough to disguise a weak economy, according to a new report. The left-leaning Economic Policy Institute (EPI) says the slow exit of baby boomers is a factor in the declining jobless rate, and...
by Jane Richey | May 24, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment
After two years of warnings, Pinal County has been ordered to clean up its air. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has declared that portions of western Pinal County are violating its coarse-dust standard, which limits the amount of PM-10, particles 10...
by Jane Richey | May 24, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility
The U.S. Agriculture Department plans to expand American farmers’ access to credit through a new microloan program that offers lower interest rates than credit cards and personal loans. Among other improvements, USDA said it is “adding flexibility to some...
