Highway debt cripples Pennsylvania roads and funding options
The Pennsylvania highway system faces a financial squeeze from nearly $2 billion borrowed in the 1960s for road growth. Debt payments absorb about 20 percent of highway funds, gas tax revenue declines amid energy limits, and personnel and material costs rise. A limited path remains: raise registration fees, adjust borrowing, or risk continuing potholes and hazards.
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State Transportation Department
Penndot
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Realism by John Cunnift and an Optimist’s Note
The author seeks realism and finds encouragement in Wally Hickel. He notes daily dealings with bleak topics yet credits Hickel for a refreshing, optimistic message. The piece emphasizes the value of an encourager in tough times and shares Hickel’s latest upbeat outlook.
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Optimism and fear in postwar U S housing and energy
Paul Harvey extols American ingenuity in housing and energy despite bleak sales and chronic shortages. Alaska governor Wally Hickel contrasts ecological alarmists with practical growth, noting Texans could house the world if dreamed in footprints. The piece highlights legislative routine, fiscal oversight, and the Soviet push into vast energy projects as a mirror of American capitalism.
Pennsylvania Legislature Fails Oversight of Welfare Spending
The piece argues the General Assembly limits oversight to negatives, lacks resources, and tolerates political favoritism. It cites State Police Chief James D. Barger's failed budget hearing, a prior policy endangering legislator immunity, and a March Economy League critique that welfare policy is poorly defined and erratic, harming taxpayers.
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Bartels Exposed DEA Malfeasance and Resigns Fire
A series of columns accused the Drug Enforcement Administration of infighting and misfeasance culminating in Administrator John Bartels resigning after Deputy Attorney General Harold Tyler pressed for his departure. The piece details internal corruption, CIA ties, and Bartels orders to publish Jack Anderson’s work, with hearings led by Sen. Henry Jackson awaiting judgment. It also notes related Senate maneuvers and a humorous aside on Senate bathroom bars.
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