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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.

Pennsylvania would do well to follow Wisconsin’s lead

  • August 29, 2012

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Pa. internal budget guidelines warn of cost increases, declining federal dollars

  • August 27, 2012

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For Allentown, arena is all reward, no risk

  • August 27, 2012

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State committees debate pension reform

  • August 15, 2012

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State pension reforms to get first vetting Tuesday

  • August 10, 2012

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Weis buys Farm Show hall naming rights

  • August 10, 2012

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Looking for new lifeline: Elimination of state assistance program has some scrambling

  • August 6, 2012

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Pa. group takes cues from Club

  • August 5, 2012

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Katrina Currie: Let’s finish the job of reforming Pennsylvania’s corrections policies

  • July 29, 2012

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This cyber school study ignored key details

  • July 27, 2012

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Katrina Currie | In corrections reform, don’t fire arrows without arrowheads

  • July 27, 2012

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Dubious math on charter schools

  • July 26, 2012

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Sen. Browne comes to the rescue in the state’s fiscal crisis

  • July 25, 2012

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Debt mounts from state school building boom

  • July 23, 2012

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Taxpayers Save

  • July 20, 2012

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Report details the six gravest threats to states’ fiscal stability

  • July 19, 2012

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Disgusted by Pa. state budget

  • July 18, 2012

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Broken-bottle policy cited as wasteful

  • July 16, 2012

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State AG, grand jury looking at employment and politics at Turnpike Commission

  • July 15, 2012

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‘Break it, replace it’ policy costly for LCB

  • July 15, 2012

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Budget process brought home medals

  • July 13, 2012

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