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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.

Jobs proposal would give income tax to employers

  • September 25, 2012

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Pension Crisis: Finding the Path to Reform

  • September 23, 2012

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Penn State Fights to Keep Operations Secret After Sandusky

  • September 23, 2012

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Governor Corbett, lawmakers fail to act on pension crisis

  • September 23, 2012

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Liquor store system: Hesitancy to privatize leaves state out of touch

  • September 20, 2012

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Liquor law solutions

  • September 17, 2012

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Penna. voters give state schools a ‘C’

  • September 17, 2012

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Penna. voters give state schools a ‘C’

  • September 17, 2012

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Liquor Law Solutions

  • September 16, 2012

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Liquor Control Board calls consumer-friendly plan ‘Convenience 2020’

  • September 16, 2012

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State expects to spend millions in attempt to repair finances at 4 school districts

  • September 15, 2012

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Letters: Just throwing money at education?

  • September 14, 2012

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4th District debate sounds familiar notes on economy, Libya

  • September 14, 2012

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Panel debates best approach to Pa.’s $40 billion pension hole

  • September 10, 2012

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Cities on the brink: Public-sector labor unions must be reined in

  • September 10, 2012

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Labor Day is for Taxpayers, Not Unions

  • September 4, 2012

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Bills address lawmaker pensions

  • September 4, 2012

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Harrisburg’s crisis: False path

  • September 2, 2012

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Labor Day is for taxpayers

  • September 1, 2012

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Harrisburg’s crisis: False path

  • September 1, 2012

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Labor Day is for taxpayers, not unions

  • August 31, 2012

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