Taxes & Economy

Family Feud Fuels Anti-Drilling Folly, Fiasco

  • Elizabeth Stelle
  • November 30, 2010

Last week, the Wall Street Journal featured the leasing saga of the Price family, a Silver Lake Township, Pa., clan whose fickle family…

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Blog Roundup

  • November 30, 2010

Check out these noteworthy posts that showed up in the blogosphere this week: The National Taxpayers Union highlights the money that can be saved from privatizing Pennsylvania’s liquor stores.

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Education

PSEA Up to Their Old Tricks

  • November 30, 2010

I’ve dealt with teachers’ unions for a lot of years in a lot of states in my on-going efforts to bring greater educational options to students and parents, and one…

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Taxes & Economy

Re: Media Catching on to Green Jobs Mythology

  • November 29, 2010

I noted last week how The Patriot-News and the Washington Post seemed to figure out that government subsidies for a new Green jobs economy cannot work. For an excellent illustration…

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Taxes & Economy

How the EPA’s Brownfield Rules will Hurt Pennsylvania’s Economy

  • November 29, 2010

Former Brownfield Site in Allentown, PA The Environment Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed premature dioxin* remediation goals that could threaten urban revitalization of brownfields. Brownfields are…

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Taxes & Economy

Long-Term Care a Growing Part of State Spending

  • Nathan Benefield
  • November 29, 2010

The Healthcare Economist blog highlights the size and growth of long-term care (LTC) spending. Medicaid spending on long-term care services, including home/community care and traditional nursing homes, has approximately quadrupled in the past…

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