by Jane Richey | Aug 3, 2012 | Agenda 21, Constitutionally Limited Goverment
Gov. John Kitzhaber (D.-Ore.) has authority under Oregon’s constitution to pardon or commute the jail term and remit the fine of a man sentenced for collecting rainwater and snow runoff in reservoirs on his own property. But the governor is ducking for cover....
by Jane Richey | Aug 3, 2012 | Agenda 21, Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
Today, Rep. Jim McDermott (D-Wash.) introduced the “Managed Carbon Price Act of 2012″ (MCP), a bill imposing a tax on carbon dioxide-equivalent greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from producers of coal, oil, and natural gas, refineries, and other covered sources. The MCP...
by Jane Richey | Aug 2, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
A congressional report concluded Friday that “political pressure” by a White House eager to tout stimulus spending was largely to blame for fast-tracking the ill-fated $535 million Solyndra loan guarantee — findings compounded by the release of an...
by Jane Richey | Aug 2, 2012 | Agenda 21, Constitutionally Limited Goverment
Texas may have new courtroom ammunition in its fight over federal regulation of greenhouse gases: the Supreme Court’s recent ruling on health care reform. The high court decision limited the power of Congress to force states to take certain actions by...
by Jane Richey | Aug 1, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets, Politics
From StateImpactPA: Language in a bill President Obama signed into law earlier this month may reduce Pennsylvania’s federal mine reclamation funding by up to $200 million. Former Department of Environmental Protection Secretary Dave Hess analyzed an...
by Jane Richey | Aug 1, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
Yesterday, on the eve of its religious-liberty-crushing mandate taking effect, President Obama’s Health and Human Services Department (HHS) made an outrageous claim: The Obama administration will continue to work with all employers to give them the flexibility and...
