On Tuesday, we vote on a ballot question changing the Pennsylvania Constitution, the purpose being to permit the elimination of property taxes.Initially, it sounds good. The problem is that it’s a massive tax cut for the rich, a mass transfer of income to the wealthiest Pennsylvania ...

Tuesday is Election Day, and Washington County will go to the polls.Well, a few of us will.The Washington County Elections Office is forecasting a turnout of slightly more than 20 percent. That means that one-in-five registered voters will participate in determining a Pennsylvania Supreme Court ...

Six years ago, state Rep. Greg Vitali, a Democrat from Havertown, made the first attempt to impose a severance tax on oil and gas companies extracting natural gas from Pennsylvania’s bedrock. Since then, 66 attempts by Pennsylvania lawmakers to impose a fee or severance tax have been made ...