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Changes in Endangered Species List?

Two state agencies are warning proposed legislation would strip their authority to determine which species are labeled endangered in Pennsylvania. The measure would require the Fish and Boat Commission and the Game Commission, now independent agencies, to instead run...

ANWR Decades-old Battle Continues

The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in northeast Alaska consists of 19 million acres — including a 1.5 million acre coastal plain seen as the potential source of at least 7.7 billion barrels of technically recoverable oil. But in addition to reservoirs of untapped...

Small Businesses Will Cut Hiring

A quarter of small-business owners plan to cut hiring to stay under 50 employees so they can avoid one of Obama-Care’s many onerous mandates. In other words, small businesses will be staying small. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, which routinely appraises the...