by Jane Richey | Apr 5, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
Penn State students and alumni teamed up for Penn State Capital Day to visit legislators and rallied against a proposed 30 percent cut to Penn State’s state budget appropriation. Students and alumni stood on the steps during a rally held in the state Capitol...
by Jane Richey | Apr 2, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
As They Look To Restore Proposed Cuts to higher education and other state programs, it’ll be up to state lawmakers,and not Governor Corbett, to find the money to do that, administration Budget Secretary Charles Zogby said Sunday. In an appearance on the...
by Jane Richey | Apr 2, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility
Gov. Tom Corbett is taking steps toward hiring a private company to run the Pennsylvania state lottery, the latest move by the Republican to shift state services to the private sector. The administration has briefed top lawmakers and labor union representatives on an...
by Jane Richey | Mar 7, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
The Pennsylvania Environmental Defense Foundation lawsuit also singles out decisions made under Corbett’s predecessor, Ed Rendell, whose administration also diverted money from the Oil and Gas Lease Fund for the state’s general expenditures. The Camp Hill-based group...
by Jane Richey | Mar 2, 2012 | Politics
“There’s no question that what we witnessed was over the top and unprecedented,” former State Rep. and conservative Sam Rohrer told us, “There were state committee members who came to me in tears after the Hershey meeting and said their arms were twisted so badly [to...