by Jane Richey | Jul 15, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets, Politics
Dennis Costello runs the Hotel Bethlehem in Pennsylvania’s Lehigh Valley, employing 180 workers in the city’s only full-service hotel with restaurants and banquet space. About half his staff takes advantage of employer-provided insurance. But because of...
by Jane Richey | Jul 15, 2012 | Agenda 21, Constitutionally Limited Goverment
Backyard chicken regulation has been on the agendas of many local municipalities over the past few years as residents have developed interest in keeping the birds. Since this interest has continued to grow, Blair and Diana Malcom — who advocated for passing State...
by Jane Richey | Jul 15, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
In 1996, Republicans forced through the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) bill, also known as welfare reform. It incentivized states to create welfare-to-work programs, trying to transition Americans from government dependency to financial solvency. But...
by Jane Richey | Jul 15, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Politics
A year after NASA ended the three-decade-long U.S. space shuttle program, thousands of formerly well-paid engineers and other workers around the Kennedy Space Center are still struggling to find jobs to replace the careers that flourished when shuttles blasted off...
by Jane Richey | Jul 15, 2012 | Agenda 21, Constitutionally Limited Goverment
Sweeping new rules took effect in February to restrict beach driving at the national seashore, which covers 65 shoreline miles on three barrier islands from south of Nags Head to Ocracoke. The rules provide safeguards for federally protected birds and turtles, and...