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A lifeline to the so called group of “99″ on the unemployment line
You know the line about the early bird and the worm and its no different for the thousands about to lose unemployment benefits. Labor and Industry Secretary Sandi Vito says people must continue to...
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Pennsylvania’s horse racing industry: Fact or Fiction
Pennsylvania’s Secretary of Agriculture, Russell Redding, wants people to think all is well with the Horse Racing Industry in the Commonwealth, sadly, though that horse won’t run from Penn National’s...
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A line in the Parking Lot around Pennsylvania’s Liquor Control Board
If Pennsylvania’s Liquor Control Board has its way consumers will shop its stores more often and drink more often, at least that is the goal. The harder Governor Corbett tries to privatize the state...
View ArticleFukushima Paralyzes Japan’s Fishing Industry
With the level of radiation rising in seawater near the Fukushima Dai-ichi power plant, the Japanese government is setting safety standards for the consumption of fish. That after finding fish carrying...
View ArticleA Knock on Fracking’s Footprint
Researchers at Cornell University are blowing open the notion that natural gas is the cleanest energy source behind solar and wind. Robert Howarth and his team sized up the greenhouse footprint of...
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Governor Corbett’s Brain Belongs in the Lone Star State
Governor Tom Corbett is clearly getting agitated over being asked the recurring question of why he staunchly opposes taxing an industry that’s milking Pennsylvania’s Marcellus for every gasp of natural...
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A Sudden Burst of Marcellus Reality
In a preemptive move, Senate President Joe Scarnati (R-Jefferson), took the wrapping off his proposed way of making gas drillers in the Marcellus pay. Scarnati’s proposed impact fee would bring $45...
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Top Ten Reasons Not To Tax Marcellus Shale
10. Other states have done it. 9. The drillers are real Americans. 8. BP needs the help. 7. Invisible hand at work. 6. Read Tom’s wallet. 5. Pollution is a growth industry. 4. Money better spent on...
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Inadequate Nuclear Reactor Safety in the U.S.
What is the fallout in the United States from Fukushima? Congressman Edward Markey (D-Mass), a senior member on the House Energy and Commerce Committee wanted to know. Markey had his staff take a hard...
View ArticleBuilding on a Tax
According to legend, the Pennsylvania Capitol building was built through the largesse of three industries at the turn of the 20th century – coal, steel and rail. The story goes something like this: in...
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