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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.

Commonwealth Foundation, if you live in a glass house … : Matt Zencey

  • March 8, 2014

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UPMC fray a sticky situation for Peduto

  • March 7, 2014

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GOP says privatizing LCB could aid budget

  • March 7, 2014

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Cumberland County Commissioner Hertzler votes no to ‘paycheck protection’

  • March 5, 2014

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Read More: Cumberland County Commissioner Hertzler votes no to ‘paycheck protection’

Commonwealth Foundation Blasts Teacher’s Union

  • March 5, 2014

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Pa. and unions: Perfect together?

  • March 3, 2014

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In Harrisburg, GOP lawmakers feeling heat from the right

  • March 3, 2014

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House lawmakers fund separate, nearly identical print shops at taxpayers’ expense

  • February 27, 2014

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Read More: House lawmakers fund separate, nearly identical print shops at taxpayers’ expense

From the rural ‘T’, a public school funding SOS: Priya Abraham

  • February 27, 2014

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Read More: From the rural ‘T’, a public school funding SOS: Priya Abraham

Poll finds union households in Pa. support paycheck protection

  • February 24, 2014

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Global Warming? Okay, but is it man’s fault?

  • February 24, 2014

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Our take: Sen. Waugh’s resignation could have waited a bit

  • February 18, 2014

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Corbett is spreading public sector pension poison

  • February 18, 2014

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Paycheck protection issue hits local level in Pennsylvania

  • February 13, 2014

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Paycheck protection opponents are fighting a war on truth: Bob Dick

  • February 13, 2014

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Read More: Paycheck protection opponents are fighting a war on truth: Bob Dick

Farm Show Complex pays two people to oversee facility during yearlong transition: necessary or wasteful?

  • February 12, 2014

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Read More: Farm Show Complex pays two people to oversee facility during yearlong transition: necessary or wasteful?

Letters to the Editor – 2/11/2014

  • February 11, 2014

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How Paycheck Protection Empowers Workers

  • February 5, 2014

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Corbett’s 2014-15 budget increases education and social services funding

  • February 5, 2014

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Read More: Corbett’s 2014-15 budget increases education and social services funding

Pa. Gov. Tom Corbett proposes near-term pension relief, in exchange for a long-term fix

  • February 5, 2014

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Read More: Pa. Gov. Tom Corbett proposes near-term pension relief, in exchange for a long-term fix

Nathan A. Benefield: Gov. Corbett’s budget offers sense of déjà vu

  • February 5, 2014

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