by Jane Richey | Jul 23, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
Republican Governor Tom Corbett certainly can’t be accused of being a big spender. The 2011 budget he signed into law cut more than $1 billion in state spending, reducing funding for nearly every state department. This year’s budget, finalized last month,...
by Jane Richey | Jul 9, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
As Governor Corbett and Harrisburg lawmakers try to lure a natural gas processing plant to Beaver County, near Pittsburgh, others seek to revive a shuttered Sunoco refinery in suburban Philadelphia by connecting it to the shale gas boom. The...
by Jane Richey | Mar 21, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
Pricing and security dominated the testimony at the congressional hearing held by U.S. Rep. Pat Meehan, R-7, of Upper Darby, at Neumann University to explore the effect of the regional refinery closures. “As we all well know at the local level, the decline of domestic...
by Jane Richey | Mar 3, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
A top Pennsylvania Cabinet member Monday afternoon indicated he was confident two of three Philadelphia-area refineries that are up for sale can be saved. “I am confident that there’s a high likelihood that we can save two of the three refineries,” C. Alan Walker,...