by Jane Richey | May 4, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility
The State House voted Wednesday to approve a constitutional amendment that would give municipalities the power to exclude homesteads from property taxes. Current rules allow for only 50 percent of the median assessment of a farmstead or homestead to be excluded. A...
by Jane Richey | Apr 2, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility
Fewer rank-and-file members in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives would increase the flow of ideas as all sides could be heard during debates on legislation, said the top man in the House. But a smaller Legislature may have unforeseen consequences — more...
by Jane Richey | Mar 11, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
A state Senate panel approved a proposal this morning that would make the federal health care law and its requirement that all residents purchase health insurance illegal in Pennsylvania.That measure, introduced by Senate President Pro Tem Joe Scarnati, R-Jefferson,...