by Jane Richey | Jan 23, 2014 | Fiscal Responsibility
Congress will likely need to raise the debt limit by late February to avoid a missed payment, according to Treasury Secretary Jack Lew. In a letter sent to lawmakers Wednesday, Lew said the timeline for a borrowing boost has moved up slightly. When he first pressed...
by Jane Richey | Jan 23, 2014 | Health Care
The number of people determined to be eligible for low-income health insurance programs grew in the month of December, the halfway point for ObamaCare’s first enrollment period, according to federal health officials. The Department of Health and Human Services...
by Jane Richey | Jan 23, 2014 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
A left-leaning organization that opposes white nationalism and white privilege has issued a report confirming that the tea-party movement not only is not dying, it continues to grow significantly. The report comes from the Institute for Research & Education on...
by Jane Richey | Jan 22, 2014 | Agenda 21
Governor Tom Corbett announced today that the Department of Environmental Protection will invest more than $20.65 million in watershed protection projects to improve watersheds, reduce stormwater runoff and acid mine drainage (AMD), and support educational programs,...
by Jane Richey | Jan 22, 2014 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment
Nearly a decade after Congress passed the Real ID Act to thwart terrorists from getting driver’s licenses, the law will finally go into effect in April. But 13 states still are not ready. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security repeatedly put off enforcement of...