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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.

Pensions debate in Doylestown

  • October 27, 2012

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State managers look for same kind of raise Corbett gave his top aides

  • October 27, 2012

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Pennsylvania debating Oracle tax credit

  • October 27, 2012

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Medicaid no solution

  • October 23, 2012

Media Hit

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Baseball field: Work cooperatively to keep costs down

  • October 22, 2012

Media Hit

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Monday Morning Coffee: State won’t take over troubled charter school

  • October 22, 2012

Media Hit

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State’s pension woes to be topic of debate

  • October 22, 2012

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LCB directors bring conflicting tales to table

  • October 22, 2012

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Accountability is a must for charter school reform

  • October 18, 2012

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Opponents say presale meeting proves Harrisburg not getting a fair deal with incinerator

  • October 16, 2012

Media Hit

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Lawmakers immune to turnpike toll hikes

  • October 14, 2012

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PHEAA turns to debt collection

  • October 14, 2012

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Don’t fire arrows without arrowheads in corrections reforms

  • October 8, 2012

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Do we really value inclusion in schools?

  • October 5, 2012

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Education trigger belongs in Pennsylvania parents’ hands

  • October 5, 2012

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Empowering Pa.’s parents

  • October 4, 2012

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Pennsylvania must pull parent trigger to save public education

  • October 2, 2012

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LCB leaves bad taste in critics’ mouths

  • September 30, 2012

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Pa. Must Pull Parent Trigger to Save Education

  • September 30, 2012

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SPENCER: No excuse for a failing education system

  • September 28, 2012

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Pension reform urgency grows

  • September 28, 2012

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