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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.

Get rich quick! Start your own union: Matthew J. Brouillette

  • November 20, 2013

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Privatization lone solution

  • November 19, 2013

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Obama supporter soured by Obamacare ordeal

  • November 18, 2013

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Local state lawmaker pushes to raise Pa. minimum pay

  • November 15, 2013

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Blame Legislature

  • November 13, 2013

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Food stamp cuts worry grocers in poor Philly neighborhoods

  • November 13, 2013

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Despite perceptions, food stamp fraud low in state

  • November 11, 2013

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Read More: Despite perceptions, food stamp fraud low in state

Pa. pension reform plan hinges on union support

  • November 4, 2013

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Don’t cut charters; you will harm kids

  • November 4, 2013

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Health-care truth

  • October 31, 2013

Media Hit

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Pension inaction hurts midstate taxpayers, teachers: Nathan A. Benefield

  • October 29, 2013

Media Hit

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Union reform sought

  • October 22, 2013

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Democrats should back privatization

  • October 21, 2013

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Union Dues: Enough!

  • October 21, 2013

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Corbett not giving up on getting state out of booze business

  • October 17, 2013

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The ObamaCare treatment: Hold on to your wallets

  • October 15, 2013

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Unions’ taxpayer-subsidized politics

  • October 14, 2013

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Unemployment-rule change leaves seasonal workers out in cold

  • October 13, 2013

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PA wineries may soon compete with state store monopoly

  • October 13, 2013

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Dues deduction exploits Pa. teachers, taxpayers

  • October 11, 2013

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Column: Pa. can’t afford to dither on meaningful pension reform

  • October 10, 2013

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