Rendell revives turnpike lease plan

  • Nathan Benefield
  • July 26, 2007

Charles Thompson reports that Gov. Rendell is now looking again to the Turnpike Lease, as a “Plan B”. This in spite of his news release decrying the US…

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Toll plan hits bump in the road

  • Nathan Benefield
  • July 25, 2007

More on the US House’s action to stop tolling of I-80 from the Patriot News. The federal law would mean that federal funds currently going to the state for…

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U.S. House votes against tolls on I-80

  • Nathan Benefield
  • July 25, 2007

The US House approved an amendment to the transportation appropriation bill that would block tolling of I-80. The House has since passed the bill since Brett Lieberman broke the…

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Stealth Lawmaking Lives

  • July 2, 2007

From Democracy Rising….Stealth Lawmaking Lives: House Suspends Rules, Commits $1.65 BillionThis week the PA House proved why changing the rules doesn’t…

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How to Fix Mass Transit

  • Nathan Benefield
  • June 26, 2007

In their final report, the Pennsylvania Transportation Funding and Reform Commission wrote: The Commission concludes that no additional funding should be provided for highways, bridges and transit unless a series…

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Mass Transit Reform: Lessons for Pennsylvania

  • June 26, 2007

Executive Summary Pennsylvania’s two major public transit agencies, the Philadelphia-area Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) and the Pittsburgh-based Port Authority Transit (PAT), have been in financial crisis for years, with…

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Senate Votes to Keep Ethanol Tariff

  • Nathan Benefield
  • June 20, 2007

Andy Roth of The Club For Growth on a US Senate vote to keep a tariff on ethanol imports. If lawmakers believe ethanol is good for the environment (the…

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