by Jane Richey | Mar 1, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility
A year after the government’s chief investigators identified 81 areas where the government double-spends or could cut costs, President Obama and Congress have solved just four of them, the Government Accountability Office said in a follow-up report Tuesday. In another...
by Jane Richey | Mar 1, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility
From the Commonwealth Foundation: Welfare spending in Pennsylvania is out of control. The Department of Public Welfare is now the largest department in the state. It will continue to crowd out education, environmental protection and public safety if the status quo...
by Jane Richey | Mar 1, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
GenOn Energy Inc. says it plans to close five of its older coal-fired power plants in Pennsylvania over the next four years.The company, based in Houston, says Wednesday that tough new environmental rules make it unprofitable to operate the plants. The plants are in...
by Jane Richey | Mar 1, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility
Gov. Tom Corbett’s proposed budget for 2012-13 was a real discussion starter. From cuts to higher education and changes to public welfare programs, there’s been no shortage of issues to dissect in the $27.14 billion spending plan. But no segment of the...
by Jane Richey | Mar 1, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility
The top Republican on the Senate’s budget panel is prepared to battle Republican Gov. Tom Corbett over proposed cuts to higher education spending. State Sen. Jake Corman, R-Centre, whose district includes the main campus of Penn State, said the state’s colleges...