Public funds are not personal funds. Local, state, and federal tax dollars must be used responsibly—never as a slush fund for pet projects or personal agendas. That’s not how a modern city should be run. Elected and appointed officials who turn a blind eye to the misuse of public funds ...
A developer wants to rezone a public park to allow high-density housing. The local school board weighs a plan to close an elementary school. City council considers selling the sewer system to a private party. Knowing in advance that public officials are considering matters like these gives the public an opportunity to weigh in before decisions are made. After all, it is your right to know the plan for how your hard-earned taxpayer dollars might be spent, and the ways government actions could affect you and your family’s lives. Government agencies must publish public notices about ...
It’s a tale as old as time in Harrisburg, but for those who read about skill games for the first time an obvious question often remains; how is this different from gambling? In simplest terms, skill games are interactive, where, with hand-eye coordination and a little intellectual acuity, the player can affect the outcome on every play. Games can be won by the player’s own skill. On the other hand, casino and lottery games are won by chance. The player has no input as to the spin of the slots, the roll of the dice, the cards dealt or when the roulette wheel stops. The outcome is ...
President Donald Trump and Gov. Josh Shapiro can agree on one thing: Pennsylvania needs a manufacturing boom. Political talk and regulatory action, however, are two different matters entirely. While the president is doing his part to incentivize manufacturing in Pennsylvania, Shapiro has done virtually nothing to eliminate the many barriers standing in the way of new factories and good-paying jobs. It all comes down to a single word: overregulation. In Washington, Trump is cutting the red tape that handcuffs manufacturers. His administration is repealing ten federal mandates for every ...
This past week brought a deluge of housing market data, and all eyes were on the new home sales and existing home sales reports. A week prior, the headlines seized upon predictions of a 1.9% decline in home values this year – prompting many pundits to raise the alarm. Yet a closer look at the underlying trends reveals a far more nuanced story, one in which modest price adjustments coexist with steady sales growth and localized strength. Restoring the balance Zillow’s modest price pullback reflects a simple reality: listings are rising faster than buyer demand. In the early weeks of ...
The war being raged by the United States of America against Harvard University is, at least in part, a war against elitism, liberalism, and entitlement. Notwithstanding the University’s multibillion dollar endowment, there is much whining among the intelligentsia that the money given to Harvard for its endowment may be restricted. One thing we know for sure is that the money is not used to reduce tuition payments at Harvard which increase by double the rate of inflation each year. According to some sources, in 2020 alone, federal grant money awarded to colleges and universities ...
