Energy

PA Supreme Court Must Strike Down Shapiro’s Energy Tax

• André Béliveau
• May 12, 2025

Originally published by RealClearPennsylvania. Tomorrow, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court will begin oral arguments about an energy tax looming over utility bills in the commonwealth: the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI).

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Energy

State High Court Should Confirm Unconstitutionality of Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative

• Megan Martin
• May 11, 2025

Originally published by LNP/Lancaster Online. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Tuesday on Pennsylvania’s controversial and unconstitutional membership in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. This multistate cap-and-trade program—illegally…

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Energy

RGGI Is Unconstitutional, Harmful, and Useless

• André Béliveau
• January 6, 2025

Originally published at RealClearPennsylvania The Pennsylvania Supreme Court is on the cusp of shaping the commonwealth’s economic future. The court will soon rule on the constitutionality of Pennsylvania’s entry…

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Energy

Commonwealth Foundation Sr. VP Nathan Benefield on The Rich Zeoli Show November 2, 2023

• Nathan Benefield
• November 3, 2023

Commonwealth Foundation Sr. Vice President Nathan Benefield joined The Rich Zeoli Show to discuss a Pennsylvania appellate court’s decision to prevent the state’s entrance into the Regional Green House Gas…

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Education

PA Education-Funding Lawsuit Opens the Floodgates for Reform

• David Osborne
• March 6, 2023

Originally published at RealClearPennsylvania In February, the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania issued a controversial decision that could end a long-running, high-profile lawsuit over the state’s funding of public schools. The…

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Energy

Review of Regulation Constitutional Amendment

• January 26, 2023

What is the Constitutional Amendment on Legislative Review of Regulations? This amendment would allow the legislature to reject a proposed regulation by passing a concurrent resolution with a simple majority…

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Regulation

Amendment would limit excessive power

• Stephen Bloom
• January 18, 2023

Originally published in LNP The Pennsylvania Senate voted — for the second consecutive year — to advance a constitutional amendment that would empower the elected General Assembly to review…

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First Popular Referendum Against State Executive Overreach Succeeds

• Michael Torres
• May 19, 2021

May 19, 2021, Harrisburg, Pa. — Voters in Pennsylvania have enacted two constitutional amendments that will limit a governor’s emergency powers in the first such popular referendum in the country,…

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Voters can restore checks and balances on May ballot

• May 18, 2021

One amendment would limit an emergency declaration to 21 days; the General Assembly would have to approve extensions. The other would give the Legislature the power to end an emergency…

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