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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.

Shield Pa. taxpayers from a ‘pension tsunami’

  • May 21, 2013

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So what’s up with liquor privatization? Dead? Mostly dead?: The Sunday Brunch

  • May 20, 2013

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Liquor privatization advocate worried over slow motion senate

  • May 16, 2013

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Pension crisis will hit hard

  • May 15, 2013

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Read More: Pension crisis will hit hard

Beer distributor: Privatization good for business

  • May 14, 2013

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More fun with booze

  • May 14, 2013

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Liquor referendums: Dillsburg and Dallastown voters to decide whether to stay dry or go wet

  • May 13, 2013

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Read More: Liquor referendums: Dillsburg and Dallastown voters to decide whether to stay dry or go wet

Lawmakers introduce measures targeting unions

  • May 8, 2013

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Thomas Fitzgerald: Unions can’t drown out public discontent

  • May 7, 2013

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Read More: Thomas Fitzgerald: Unions can’t drown out public discontent

Brubaker, Ross unveil pension reform legislation with Corbett’s support

  • May 7, 2013

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Op-Ed: States fixing Medicaid when feds won’t

  • May 6, 2013

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Record offers reasons to end local primaries

  • May 5, 2013

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McIlhinney two-step befuddles liquor privatization forces: analysis

  • May 5, 2013

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One-sided view

  • May 3, 2013

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LETTER: Lost jobs, lost revenue if liquor privatization is OK’d

  • May 2, 2013

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Variety of groups inject money into fight over privatizing liquor sales

  • May 2, 2013

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Private liquor spells doom for PA, groups say

  • May 1, 2013

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Read More: Private liquor spells doom for PA, groups say

State FOP chief: Crime would spike without state control of liquor sales

  • April 30, 2013

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Read More: State FOP chief: Crime would spike without state control of liquor sales

Don’t commit Medicaid-assisted suicide in Pennsylvania

  • April 29, 2013

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Eliminating prevailing wage will make government more efficient: As I See It

  • April 28, 2013

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The liquor privatization battle moves to the Senate

  • April 26, 2013

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