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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.

School spending is the real issue (letter)

  • May 9, 2014

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Pennsylvania’s Anti-Privatization Propaganda

  • May 9, 2014

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As the Senate leaves town without a plan, many wonder if liquor privatization is dead in the water

  • May 8, 2014

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Work continues to ease stress on charter schools

  • May 8, 2014

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Expert presents plan for state pension reform

  • May 8, 2014

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Consultant at W-B luncheon: Can’t fix public pension problems with ‘magic’

  • May 8, 2014

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Nutter to city contractors, subcontractors: Pay minimum wage of $10.88

  • May 7, 2014

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Job creation: A governor’s job?

  • May 5, 2014

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A Marcellus shale severance tax would benefit the powerful unions at the expense of the citizenry

  • May 5, 2014

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Sign-ups doubled in Pennsylvania during the last month of enrollment

  • May 2, 2014

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Credit check: PA treasurer uses expensive hotels when traveling

  • May 2, 2014

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The cost of kindergarten

  • April 30, 2014

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Corbett pushes pension reform to builders group, nods toward paycheck protection proposal

  • April 30, 2014

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Public unions may be using funded resources illegally

  • April 30, 2014

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Get fracking facts

  • April 28, 2014

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Pennsylvania legislation would allow charters to open without permission from hostile school boards

  • April 22, 2014

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Minimum wage hikes kill jobs: PennLive letters

  • April 21, 2014

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Policy analyst with chronic pain condition: Obamacare has failed me

  • April 17, 2014

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Union bosses threatened by homegrown freedom-fighters

  • April 16, 2014

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More Americans on food stamps than women working full-time

  • April 16, 2014

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Pitfalls of Medicaid Expansion

  • April 16, 2014

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