by Jane Richey | Jun 18, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
In addition to the numerous other regulations affecting the transportation and energy industries, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issues regulations governing tailpipe emissions from qualifying vehicles. In 1999 EPA announced its so-called Tier 2regulatory...
by Jane Richey | Jun 18, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
Wisconsin Republican Governor Scott Walker said the federal government needs to “reign in” the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) because they have “run amok,” in remarks at a Jobs Summit hosted by the Chamber of...
by Jane Richey | Jun 18, 2012 | Free Markets, Politics
The unemployment rate for foreign-born workers in the United States is lower than the unemployment rate for native-born workers, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The BLS’s non-seasonally adjusted data show that unemployment among foreign born workers...
by Jane Richey | Jun 15, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
Pennsylvania’s statewide unemployment rate held steady at 7;4 percent in May the same rate it was in April, the state the state Department of Labor and Industry said this afternoon. That’s lower than the national rate, which ticked upward from 8.1 percent...
by Jane Richey | Jun 15, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
President Barack Obama told supporters at a campaign rally on Thursday that the federal government needs to fund more research to ensure “the next Thomas Edison, the next Wright brothers.” “The private sector can’t do it alone, especially when it comes to basic...
by Jane Richey | Jun 15, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
The Internal Revenue Service is expected to use $881 million of taxpayers’ money to implement the first four years of Obamacare, including about $500 million that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) diverted to the agency, according to a federal audit....
