by Jane Richey | Mar 2, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
The federal government has been trying to find a balance between logging and fish and wildlife habitat since at least the late 1980s. The spotted owl was designated as threatened under the Endangered Species Act in 1990 — an action that led to massive logging cutbacks...
by Jane Richey | Mar 2, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Politics
Anytime people gather to discuss the shortcomings or “over comings” of their governments, those governments feel threatened. In the world of the 21st century, the Internet is akin to a global town hall. And that makes the Internet a HUGE threat to governments,...
by Jane Richey | Mar 2, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
Rules aimed at helping drivers avoid unintentionally backing over children, already overdue, are being delayed again following complaints from automakers that requiring rearview video cameras systems on new cars and trucks would be too expensive. In a letter to...
by Jane Richey | Mar 1, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility
A year after the government’s chief investigators identified 81 areas where the government double-spends or could cut costs, President Obama and Congress have solved just four of them, the Government Accountability Office said in a follow-up report Tuesday. In another...
by Jane Richey | Mar 1, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
GenOn Energy Inc. says it plans to close five of its older coal-fired power plants in Pennsylvania over the next four years.The company, based in Houston, says Wednesday that tough new environmental rules make it unprofitable to operate the plants. The plants are in...
by Jane Richey | Mar 1, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility
The top Republican on the Senate’s budget panel is prepared to battle Republican Gov. Tom Corbett over proposed cuts to higher education spending. State Sen. Jake Corman, R-Centre, whose district includes the main campus of Penn State, said the state’s colleges...
