Archive: 2009

Taxes & Economy

Breakdown of State and Local Government Tax Revenues

• Nathan Benefield
• October 12, 2009

The Tax Foundation has a new report profiling the percentage of state and local government tax revenues by source for each state.  Here is how Pennsylvania compares (getting a…

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Regulation

Washington Post Highlights Pension Crisis

• Nathan Benefield
• October 12, 2009

The Washington Post ran an article Sunday on how market losses have put state and local government pension plans seriously in the red.  The article makes mention of the…

Media

Analysis: State budget delay cloaks politicians in shame

• October 11, 2009

Media Hit

What’s next after budget? Here’s a must-do list for Pennsylvania lawmakers

• October 11, 2009

Media Hit

An Honest Debate About State Spending

• October 10, 2009

Media Hit

Government Accountability

Pennsylvanians Divided by Soda

• Nathan Benefield
• October 10, 2009

Pennsylvanians seem divided by geography on a key debate.  No, not the state budget, or national health care (well, those too), but on whether it should be called ‘Soda’, or…

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State Budget

This is the Budget We Waited For?

• October 9, 2009

Plan taxes too much, spends too much, and fails to put Pennsylvania on a path to prosperity Harrisburg, PA – With state budget impasse finally over, Commonwealth Foundation President Matthew…

Press Release

Taxes & Economy

Competition Emerges as PPL Completes Supply Auctions

• Elizabeth Stelle
• October 9, 2009

Yesterday, PPL completed it’s last auction to for power to serve customers after rate caps expire on January 1st 2010. PPL has been procuring power in phases since 2007 in…

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Education

Is Preschool for All a Good Idea?

• Nathan Benefield
• October 9, 2009

Chester Finn of the Fordham Foundation has a good article in the latest Education Next on the movement for “preschool for all.” Finn is generally supportive of government…

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