by Jane Richey | Apr 4, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
President Barack Obama’s attack on the Supreme Court appeared to backfire Tuesday, when the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals issued an order giving the Justice Department until noon Thursday to state whether the administration truly believes courts lack the authority to...
by Jane Richey | Apr 4, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
If you’re looking for an iron-clad indictment of Barack Obama’s failed fiscal policies, you don’t have to look much farther than the President’s own words in a speech he delivered yesterday at the Associated Press luncheon in Washington, D.C. In what was seemingly an...
by Jane Richey | Apr 2, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
Bucks County’s allotment of $75 million in federal stimulus money has stimulated about 82 jobs in an average month over the last three years, according to records released by the federal government. That’s not a cumulative figure, since the jobs have been temporary....
by Jane Richey | Apr 2, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility
Fewer rank-and-file members in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives would increase the flow of ideas as all sides could be heard during debates on legislation, said the top man in the House. But a smaller Legislature may have unforeseen consequences — more...
by Jane Richey | Apr 2, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility
Gov. Tom Corbett is taking steps toward hiring a private company to run the Pennsylvania state lottery, the latest move by the Republican to shift state services to the private sector. The administration has briefed top lawmakers and labor union representatives on an...
by Jane Richey | Apr 2, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
Venango County commissioners will decide whether they will enact an impact fee on deep gas wells within the county’s borders at their April 10 meeting. When Act 13, the bill providing for the impact fee, was signed into law last month by Gov. Tom Corbett, all three...
