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...
by Jane Richey | Mar 1, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility
State Democratic senators are challenging Gov. Tom Corbett’s top public welfare official over the administration’s moves to stop the growth of spending despite rising demand and health care costs. Sen. Vincent Hughes asked Public Welfare Secretary Gary...
by Jane Richey | Mar 1, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment
The House on Tuesday afternoon approved legislation that overturns a 2005 Supreme Court decision that affirmed the ability of states to take control of private property under the doctrine of eminent domain and hand it to another private developer. That decision, Kelo...
by Jane Richey | Mar 1, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets, Politics
President Obama – in a speech to the United Auto Workers union – said that “trying to climb to the very top” was not what America is “about,” saying that it was “greed” and that in reality “we’re all in it together.” “America’s not just looking out for yourself, it’s...
