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Articles by: Lowman S. Henry

Tampering with Transparency

Transparency has become a buzzword, one of those principles that politicians of all stripes pledge fealty to, but often in...

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Educating to Opportunity

Democrats, legislatively decimated but flush with executive power, have decided to make increased spending on public education the centerpiece of...

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Divided They Stand

For the past four years Republicans have had a partisan, if not governing majority in all parts of state government....

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Kane is Not Able

Politics, the saying goes, is all about timing. If that is so, State Representative Daryl Metcalfe was a man ahead...

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When Gridlock is Good

At both the state and national levels voters have opted to put into place divided government with Democrats in charge...

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Tinkering with the System

Days before the November election I was listening to a radio talk show and the topic of discussion was a...

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GOP Launches New 'War on Poverty'

In his 1964 State of the Union Address President Lyndon Johnson launched what became known as the "war on poverty"...

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PA Business Climate Improving

For the first time in a decade, by a narrow margin, more Pennsylvania employers say business conditions in the commonwealth...

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