by Jane Richey | May 23, 2013 | Fiscal Responsibility
The city of Philadelphia has lost key documents proving whether fat tax breaks to some nonprofit institutions are justified. Schools, hospitals, museums, community groups and other institutions enjoy property-tax exemptions worth millions of dollars each year. In...
by Jane Richey | May 23, 2013 | Agenda 21, Constitutionally Limited Goverment
The Obama administration wants new regulations for mills that turn wood into pulp. On Thursday, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is scheduled to publish in the Federal Register a proposal governing plants that use chemicals to break down wood chips into a...
by Jane Richey | May 23, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Wednesday said the economy must show signs of sustained improvement before the central bank will curtail its long-running monetary stimulus program. Bernanke offered no timeline as to when the Fed would begin reducing purchases...
by Jane Richey | May 23, 2013 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
Congress and the Obama administration have scrapped just a fraction of the duplicative programs targeted for cuts by Government Accountability Office (GAO), the agency’s chief told lawmakers Wednesday. Comptroller General Gene L. Dodaro said just 12 percent of more...
by Jane Richey | May 23, 2013 | Agenda 21, Constitutionally Limited Goverment
New Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz doesn’t want to spend his tenure battling over climate science. “Let me make it very clear that there is no ambiguity in terms of the scientific basis calling for a prudent response on climate change,” Moniz told Energy Department...