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Energy

Pennsylvania Stopped Costly Energy Taxes. But Government Mandates are Still Driving Up Electricity Bills.

  • Andrew Lewis
  • July 22, 2026

Originally published by TribLIVE. Pennsylvania families, already struggling to afford the rising cost of living, avoided even more expensive utility bills with the recently passed state budget. When Gov.

Read More: Pennsylvania Stopped Costly Energy Taxes. But Government Mandates are Still Driving Up Electricity Bills.

State Budget

Pennsylvania Avoided Tax Hikes—But Only for Now

  • Andrew Lewis
  • July 21, 2026
Read More: Pennsylvania Avoided Tax Hikes—But Only for Now
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Regulation

Government Intervention—not Free Markets—Made Your Housing and Healthcare Unaffordable

  • Nathan Benefield
  • July 21, 2026
Read More: Government Intervention—not Free Markets—Made Your Housing and Healthcare Unaffordable
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Welfare

Pennsylvania’s Welfare Error Rate Is High. But New Numbers Provide Hope.

  • Elizabeth Stelle
  • July 21, 2026
Read More: Pennsylvania’s Welfare Error Rate Is High. But New Numbers Provide Hope.

Event allows candidates, others to fire weapons at car representing ‘liberal policy ideas’

  • April 28, 2010

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Pa. fund-raiser locked and loaded for fun

  • April 28, 2010

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GOP candidates to campaign at shooting-range event

  • April 27, 2010

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State legislature is among nation’s most expensive

  • April 26, 2010

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State’s focus to fall on paying for road repairs, improvements

  • April 26, 2010

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Voters Want State Government Reforms

  • April 22, 2010

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Is it Getting Warm in Here?

  • April 22, 2010

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Pennsylvania Medicaid Waste Estimated at $1/4 Billion a Year

  • April 20, 2010

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Perverse payday

  • April 20, 2010

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Hundreds Protest Obama Health Care Plan at State Capitol

  • April 19, 2010

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Tea parties for tax day

  • April 15, 2010

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Citizen legislators viable solution for governmental inefficiency

  • April 14, 2010

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News sites funded by think tanks take root

  • April 13, 2010

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Officials: Welfare programs, state vehicle fleet costing taxpayers; reforms needed

  • April 13, 2010

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We can’t afford to keep raising school taxes

  • April 12, 2010

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Sunday Pops

  • April 11, 2010

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In Pennsylvania, higher taxes equals fewer jobs

  • April 11, 2010

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Interstate 80 rejection leaves funding pothole

  • April 11, 2010

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Spending has not improved Pa. schools

  • April 11, 2010

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Ten Tips To Balance Pennsylvania’s Budget

  • April 11, 2010

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Illinois’ tutorial

  • April 10, 2010

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