Author: Angela Alleman

  • Corbett Did What Elected To Do

    Reading Eagles It’s a great day to be a Pennsylvania taxpayer when you witness your elected officials doing exactly what you elected them to do (“Corbett on time to sign […]

  • Corbett’s Budget Better For Education

    Pittsburgh Tribune-Review President Obama said the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act — the “stimulus package” — was for “shovel-ready projects.” The president has already stated this wasn’t true, saying “Shovel-ready […]

  • Long-Awaited Bill To Privatize Pa. Liquor Store System Is Unveiled

    Angela Couloumbis Philadelphia Inquirer Last call for the state liquor store system? House Majority Leader Mike Turzai (R., Allegheny) is making a hard push for it to be so, unveiling […]

  • Platts Co-Sponsors Pro-Manufacturing Legislation

    York Daily Record The legislation would improve the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s emission limits for boilers. U.S. Rep. Todd Platts, R-York County, has co-sponsored legislation to improve an existing regulation […]

  • Corbett Backs Privatizing Pa. Liquor Sales

    Mary Wilson Newsworks Gov. Tom Corbett says he supports the privatization of wine and liquor sales in Pennsylvania. His comments come ahead of the introduction of a bill to do […]

  • Republicans Target Obama In Pennsylvania

    Colby Itkowitz Allentown Morning Call New TV ad hits president on economy in key states. Pennsylvania is one of four traditionally Democratic states being targeted by Republicans in a new […]

  • A New Way To Track State Spending

    Sari Heidenreich Pittsburgh Post-Gazette By 2013, Pennsylvania will have a website on salaries, costs and more. State government will soon begin putting together a website that will provide one-stop access […]

  • State Budget Holds The Line On Taxes, Cuts Spending

    Sen. Mike Brubaker When the General Assembly began working on the state budget in February, my top budgetary goals included passing a responsible spending plan on time without raising taxes […]

  • Pat Toomey: We Can’t Postpone Tough Choices

    USA Today For months, President Obama’s administration demanded a clean increase in the government’s $14.3 trillion debt limit ceiling with no conditions attached. Despite a $1.4 trillion deficit for 2011 and […]