Regulation

Privatizing State Liquor Stores is a Real Possibility

  • November 10, 2010

After years of discussion, it appears the tides have finally turned in favor of privatizing Pennsylvania’s liquor stores. With a newly GOP controlled legislature, support for the policy is…

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Taxes & Economy

PennVEST Approves the Pipeline to Nowhere

  • Elizabeth Stelle
  • November 10, 2010

Yesterday, the PennVEST board met in a crowded room and voted to approve an “emergency application” to construct a 12-mile pipeline to about 14 homes with a $11.7 million taxpayer-funded…

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State Budget

Pennsylvania State Budget is Larger than You Think

  • Nathan Benefield
  • November 10, 2010

When a lot of folks, both media and pundits, talk about the Pennsylvania state budget, and the fiscal crisis facing Governor-elect Tom Corbett, they mention a…

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Regulation

The New Food Justice Agenda

  • November 9, 2010

The food police are coming to Pennsylvania. The Pennsylvania State Board of Education is considering new nutrition guidelines for events at public schools, which would mean the end…

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Taxes & Economy

Fracking Panel Candidate Misses Mark

  • November 9, 2010

Here’s a letter I wrote that ran in the Indiana Gazette today, giving perspective to Marcellus Shale drilling in Pennsylvania. To the Editor, After reading the news article,…

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Taxes & Economy

Message from Voters in 2010 is Same as Message in 2006

  • Nathan Benefield
  • November 9, 2010

Former Politics PA, now National Journal reporter Alex Roarty asks (via a re-tweet) whether there is any evidence that voters rejected Republicans in 2006 due to overspending. Luckily,…

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Education

Poll Shows Pennsylvanians Favor School Choice

  • November 9, 2010

Harrisburg, PA—Pennsylvania voters elected a Governor last Tuesday who is committed to school choice, sending a message that our children’s right to an excellent education is one they are…

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