by Jane Richey | Aug 7, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Politics
The Justice Department announced Monday that it has come to an agreement with Gibson Guitar Corp. that will resolve an investigation into whether the company used illegally harvested wood and ebony in its production process, a violation of the Lacey Act. Under the...
by Jane Richey | Aug 7, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
Amtrak lost more than $800 million on its food and beverage services over the last 10 years, largely because of waste, employee theft and lack of proper oversight, government auditors have found. The railroad’s food and beverage service has never broken even since it...
by Jane Richey | Aug 7, 2012 | Agenda 21
The Montgomery County Board of Commissioners unanimously agreed to adopt a $17.16 million open space capital budget, money applied to the next five years, during its regular business meeting Thursday morning. While $11 million will come straight from county funding,...
by Jane Richey | Aug 7, 2012 | Politics
From WHYY Newsworks: Pennsylvania lawmakers and Gov. Tom Corbett are celebrating the law signed last month to remove the inheritance tax for family farms. Jay and Jeff Grove, co-owners of Gro-Lan Farms in Franklin County, say the tax exemption will bring their family...
by Jane Richey | Aug 7, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Politics
After a drawn-out legal battle in which the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, or DEP, sued the Huntingdon resident for environmental violations committed by her ex-husband, an administrative court last week ordered DEP to reimburse Giordano nearly...
