Regulation
Inky Sinks Pink Drink Stink
A hearty hoorah and hat tip goes to the Philadelphia Inquirer today for their spot-on editorial blasting the PLCB’s perestroika campaign, whereby they call beleaguered booze bumblers, “Orwellian.” In analysis of…
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Unemployment Compensation Reform on Tap
This week, the House is expected to take up SB 1030, which would change Unemployment Compensation guidelines to ensured continue benefits for about 45,000 Pennsylvanians and help bring the…
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Tea Party Gears Up For 2012 In Contentious School Voucher Fight
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Biofuel Failure becomes Natural Gas Success
Pat Copple owns a biodiesel plant in Monaca, or at least he did until May when he started to convert his operation into a Marcellus wastewater treating facility. Copple says the…
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Fracking Friday
There are several good articles and studies worth reading on natural gas drilling, Marcellus Shale and fracking: Katrina’s commentary on the local impact of natural gas drilling appears in today’s…
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Study says a third of employers could cut health insurance by 2014
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PA Property Tax Administration 2nd Worst in Nation
This past May, the commonwealth tied for second worse in the nation in state property tax administration, according to the Council On State Taxation (COST). States were evaluated in…
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Taxpayer-Funded Lobbying at Pitt
A reader shared the letter below from the University of Pittsburgh. It urges all parents and students to contact their state legislators and protest higher education cuts in the proposed…
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