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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.

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State Budget

Pennsylvania Avoided Tax Hikes—But Only for Now

  • Andrew Lewis
  • July 21, 2026
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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.

Constitutional convention is the best solution to Pennsylvania’s legislative woes

  • December 20, 2009

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Power to the people: A state constitutional convention is the way back

  • December 20, 2009

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Five Things That Can Threaten Pa.’s Economy

  • December 20, 2009

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‘Tea Party’: health care push ‘more about power’

  • December 18, 2009

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Brouillette, Epstein have made their lists and checked them twice

  • December 18, 2009

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Transparency is key to confidence in state government

  • December 17, 2009

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Administrators face more pressure in “Climategate” investigation

  • December 17, 2009

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All spending on one site

  • December 14, 2009

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Burden in numbers

  • December 14, 2009

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Convention is overdue to remodel statehouse

  • December 13, 2009

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SEPTA and the Commonwealth Foundation

  • December 13, 2009

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High Taxes Driving People Out Of Pa.

  • December 13, 2009

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Money sought for Knoll portrait

  • December 13, 2009

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Pa. gets low marks in economic competitive analysis

  • December 9, 2009

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Taxes driving people out of Pennsylvania

  • December 9, 2009

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DA distorts the case for prison reform

  • December 9, 2009

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State liquor sales outlive rationale

  • December 7, 2009

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Tax on tuition inherently unfair

  • December 7, 2009

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Sheetz beer petition met with strong response

  • December 7, 2009

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Tuition Tax: The Future Of Higher Education?

  • December 7, 2009

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Public no safer with state stores

  • December 6, 2009

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