by Jane Richey | Jul 3, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment
The Transportation Department’s Federal Highway Administration is planning to spend $1.8 million to encourage students to bike and walk to school through the establishment and operation of a National Safe Routes to School Clearinghouse. “Safe Routes to School (SRTS)...
by Jane Richey | Jul 3, 2013 | Agenda 21, Constitutionally Limited Goverment
At times of peak demand for electricity, do you want your refrigerator to run at the discretion of the power company? The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has revised its Energy Star energy-efficiency requirements for residential refrigerators, and it is...
by Jane Richey | Jun 28, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment
The attempt to legislate nutrition is causing problems in the nation’s public schools. Food waste is up and the number of students buying school lunches is down, witnesses told a congressional panel on Thursday. And the maximum weekly limits on protein and grain...
by Jane Richey | Jun 27, 2013 | Agenda 21, Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
Former state Sen. John Pippy, the CEO of the PA Coal Alliance, denounced the President’s plan. “There are tens of thousands of good-paying jobs at stake here. We’re talking about shutting down plants and generating capacity at a time when many parts of the electric...
by Jane Richey | Jun 27, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment
The Agriculture Department said Thursday that for the first time it will make sure that all foods sold in the nation’s 100,000 schools are healthier by expanding fat, calorie, sugar and sodium limits to almost everything sold during the school day. That includes...
by Jane Richey | Jun 27, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Politics
There’s no evidence that the Internal Revenue Service used the term “progressives” in the same way it used “tea party” to scrutinize groups applying for tax-exempt status, says the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA). In...
