by Jane Richey | Feb 21, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment
The Western Pennsylvania Conservancy purchased 55 acres in Venango County Feb. 13 for the specific purpose of protecting the venomous massasauga rattlesnake, an endangered species in Pennsylvania. Habitat for this diminutive but deadly rattlesnake has disappeared...
by Jane Richey | Feb 20, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
Has the economy improved since Barack Obama became the president of the United States? Of course not. Despite what you may be hearing in the mainstream media, the truth is that when you compare the U.S. economy on the day that Barack Obama was inaugurated to the U.S....
by Jane Richey | Feb 20, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment
The Protecting Academic Freedom in Higher Education Act — HR 2117 — would reverse two Education Department rules from 2010, one of which sets out federal rules for how states decide whether to allow colleges and universities to operate within the state. ...
by Jane Richey | Feb 20, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
Another day another taxpayer funded bailout to a politically connected energy company up to its eyeballs in debt. This time, it’s a California solar company called SunPower. And Judicial Watch is once again battling the Obama administration for details as to how the...
by Jane Richey | Feb 20, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets, Politics
The city of Harrisburg is Ground Zero for America’s municipal debt crisis. Pennsylvania’s capital city has liabilities estimated at $610 million, which is nearly 10 times its annual budget. The city is so deep in the red that last year it attempted to file for...
by Jane Richey | Feb 20, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets, Politics
From the CBO: Many people would like to work but have not searched for a job in the past four weeks, or are working part-time but would prefer full-time work. If those people were counted among the unemployed, the unemployment rate in January 2012 would have been...