Anarchism, socialism, drug use, and all the other massive historical failures embraced by the radical left in the 1960s are now corrupting every facet of American life. The Pennsylvania Leadership Conference (PLC), the annual gathering of the state’s leading conservative policymakers and community activists, held this past weekend in Camp Hill, is a must attend ...
With the midterm election just a week away, voters have good reasons to mistrust the elections process in Pennsylvania, says State Rep. Seth Grove (R-York), Chair of the House State Government Committee, and prime sponsor of legislation to reform the state’s 85-year-old election code. “We still have a patchwork of procedures in the counties when ...
State Rep. Donna Oberlander (R-Clarion, Armstrong, Forest) takes note of Europe’s anxious international appeal for coal for power generation. The region’s costly attempt to shift to “green” energy has failed, and the Europeans are facing a crisis as Russia is shutting off their primary fuel source: natural gas. Oberlander has one of Pennsylvania’s last remaining ...
Gov. Tom Wolf’s carbon tax on Pennsylvania energy generation will “irreparably damage” Pennsylvania’s manufacturing, industrial and commercial base, argues an amicus curiae (“friend of the court”) brief filed in Commonwealth Court on June 6 by PMA, and four other industry groups. The new tax, pursued over the objections of the General Assembly, will also result ...
The Department of Transportation (PennDOT) has appealed a ruling by a Commonwealth Court judge that halted the Department’s plans to toll nine highly traveled commuter bridges in the Commonwealth. The $2.2 billion Major Bridge Public-Private Partnership (P3), kicked-off in 2020, has been blasted by businesses, consumers, and lawmakers for its poor timing (especially now – ...
Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine has once again proved that energy security is national security. When progressive political leaders enact Radical Green energy polices, American energy production is stifled, dependency on foreign governments increases, consumers are hit with higher prices, and inflation is set loose. Where’s the empathy for American workers and families President Biden ...
Radical Green delusions deliver an energy crisis for New England
February 02, 2022
The power outages from last week’s storm that dumped more than two feet of snow in some parts of New England were isolated and temporary. They got lucky. Before the blizzard struck, the CEO of the New England Independent System Operator (NE-ISO), Gordon van Welie, feared that an “unexpected weather event” would cause rolling blackouts ...
The blow to the nation’s economy from the massive expansion of the nanny state in Joe Biden’s Build Back Better (BBB) proposal would extend beyond fueling an already troubling level of inflation. In a bow to anti-fossil fuel fanaticism, the measure now before the Senate contains a competition-killing electric vehicle (EV) tax credit that will ...
Audit complete, but mystery still surrounds “flawed” business waiver process
September 17, 2021
Key elements of the disastrous business waiver process implemented by Gov. Tom Wolf’s Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) at the start of the pandemic remain unknown even after the completion of a performance audit by the state Auditor General’s office. At a Tuesday press conference, Auditor General Timothy DeFoor said that his office ...
For state Rep. Tracy Pennycuick (R-Montgomery), her first exposure to politics was British, not American. The freshman lawmaker, army combat veteran of 26 years, and helicopter pilot was from 2007 to 2010, the foreign liaison to the UK Ministry of Defence on improvised explosive devices (IEDs): how to protect our troops against them; how to ...