Court Rules Part of Act 13 Fracking Law Unconstitutional

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Court Rules Part of Act 13 Fracking Law Unconstitutional

by The Investigative Newswire on July 28, 2012 · comment

David Headley, a Split Estate landowner, has been adversely affected by natural gas development since drilling beganon his property in 2006. © J.B.Pribanic

Parts of Pa. law favored by frackers overturned by Alice Su Pennsylvania’s Commonwealth Court overturned parts of the state’s controversial Act 13 on Thursday, returning zoning authority over natural gas drilling to the municipalities and townships that had contested the [...]

Measuring the Risk of Political Corruption in the United States

by The Investigative Newswire on March 19, 2012 · comment

Protester holding Adbuster's Corporate American Flag at Bush's 2nd inauguration, Washington DC. photo: Jonathan McIntosh (Wikimedia Commons)

Grading the nation: How accountable is your state? by Caitlin Ginley for iWatch News The tales are sadly familiar to even the most casual observer of state politics. In Georgia, more than 650 government employees accepted gifts from vendors [...]