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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.

Liquor privatization debate poised to resurface in PA House

  • December 12, 2014

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GOP may seek last push for Pa. action

  • December 12, 2014

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Audit: PA handed out $93 million to businesses that missed job projections

  • December 12, 2014

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Pennsylvania state agency failed to live up to promises of job creation, audit says

  • December 11, 2014

Media Hit

Read More: Pennsylvania state agency failed to live up to promises of job creation, audit says

Change is definitely coming to the governor’s mansion. But what will it look like?

  • December 10, 2014

Media Hit

Read More: Change is definitely coming to the governor’s mansion. But what will it look like?

Teachers’ Unions: The common roadblock to reform

  • December 10, 2014

Media Hit

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Raising taxes is the wrong way to fix Pa.’s financial problem: PennLive letters

  • December 9, 2014

Media Hit

Read More: Raising taxes is the wrong way to fix Pa.’s financial problem: PennLive letters

Supt. Chain reflects on his years with Fairfield in Adams County

  • December 9, 2014

Media Hit

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Local districts short-changed by state (YDR opinion)

  • December 9, 2014

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Filling that $2 billion hole leaves no room for political games: Editorial

  • December 8, 2014

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Roadblock to reform: Unions condemn schools to inferiority

  • December 5, 2014

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Listening tour on school funding gets earful on ‘hold harmless’

  • December 5, 2014

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Read More: Listening tour on school funding gets earful on ‘hold harmless’

How suburbanites can help the city with its budget issues (letter)

  • December 2, 2014

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Government blamed for income inequality

  • December 2, 2014

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Healthy PA’s days may be numbered

  • December 2, 2014

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Read More: Healthy PA’s days may be numbered

OP-ED: Why Corbett missed the national wave

  • December 1, 2014

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Laurel Mountain supporters hopeful but cautious of ski resort’s reopening

  • December 1, 2014

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Read More: Laurel Mountain supporters hopeful but cautious of ski resort’s reopening

Gift cards for Medicaid recipients draw conservative fire

  • November 26, 2014

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The real big spenders

  • November 25, 2014

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Will unions reap rewards?

  • November 25, 2014

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Can Lehigh Valley minorities overcome a cycle of poverty?

  • November 24, 2014

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