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Articles by: Lowman S. Henry

PA's Wacky Budget Season Ends

It was perhaps the strangest budget season in Penn’s Woods since King Charles, II granted William Penn a charter to...

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Judging the Judges

In sports sitting on the bench is bad �" it means someone else is in the game. But in our...

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No Way to Run a Railroad

Candidates for public office often pledge to “run government like a business” or at least abide by sound business principles....

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Who is Gerry Mander?

In a never ending quest to find an excuse for the abject failure of its policies and waning political fortunes...

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Taxing Natural Gas Will Deflate PA's Economy

A few weeks ago Pennsylvania state senators just voted to hike taxes on natural gas. Their budget proposal, which passed...

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A Budget Glossary

Lawmakers are scheduled to return to session on September 11th to finish work on a state budget which was due...

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The Incumbent Party

There is a lot of wailing and rending of garments these days over the hyper partisan atmosphere in both Harrisburg...

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Eternal Life

Ronald Reagan astutely observed that “government programs, once launched, never disappear” and he concluded such programs are “the nearest thing...

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