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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.

Armed with powerful lobbyists, union stonewalls liquor privatization in PA

  • June 1, 2015

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Busting PA’s budget with welfare spending can be avoided, study finds

  • May 29, 2015

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Pa. Gov. Wolf proposes to add $28M a year for human services

  • May 27, 2015

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Erie shows wrong way to shop for economic growth solutions

  • May 26, 2015

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Pensions and Politics Fuel Crisis in Illinois

  • May 25, 2015

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Here’s how Pennsylvania school districts would spend extra money promised by Gov. Tom Wolf

  • May 22, 2015

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Why are teachers pension plans in trouble?

  • May 22, 2015

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Charter school plea raises question

  • May 19, 2015

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Legislation would save parents from child-care benefits ‘cliff’

  • May 16, 2015

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Commonwealth Foundation: 30,000 jobs that won’t pay under Wolf’s budget — some job-seekers better off if Wolf did nothing

  • May 15, 2015

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134 Billion Reasons to Embrace Debt Reform

  • May 15, 2015

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It’s time state got out of retail liquor business

  • May 15, 2015

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Nurses: Regulations hamper health-care efficiency in Pennsylvania

  • May 14, 2015

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Let’s try this again: Want to shrink government? Get Alabama out of the retail liquor business

  • May 14, 2015

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PA Senate advances historic pension legislation projected to save billions

  • May 13, 2015

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Legislation would save parents from child-care benefits ‘cliff’

  • May 12, 2015

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Sunday Pops

  • May 10, 2015

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One New Jersey Food Industry Union Boss Was Paid $600,000 in 2014

  • May 10, 2015

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Shenandoah Valley teachers to strike Tuesday

  • May 10, 2015

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Retirement savings less of a concern for 995 government retirees

  • May 7, 2015

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Nurses: Regulations hamper health-care efficiency in Pennsylvania

  • May 6, 2015

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