State Budget

Voters Blame Politicians’ Overspending for Budget Woes

  • Elizabeth Stelle
  • July 14, 2010

Reason highlights a new Rasmussen Poll on state budget crises. A whopping 75% of voters blame current budget crises on politicians’ unwillingness to cut spending. Only 13% think…

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Regulation

Pension Reform Is Good for Teachers

  • July 13, 2010

Recently, the New York Daily News published an article by public school teacher Emmanuel George. He has taught in both traditional public schools and in a charter school.

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Government Accountability

BP-Funded PennFuture Attacks the Messenger

  • Nathan Benefield
  • July 13, 2010

PennFuture’s Jan Jarrett launches a tirade against the Commonwealth Foundation’s exposé of PennFuture’s lobbying. For starters, she repeatedly labels it a “smear campaign” (and even includes…

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Government Accountability

Pennsylvania’s Million Dollar Taxpayer-Funded Lobbying Failure

  • July 13, 2010

From 1998-2002, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania spent no money on lobbying the federal government (although independent agencies – the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission and the Higher Education Assistance Agency –…

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Regulation

Pet Projects Lap Up Funds

  • July 13, 2010

State Legislators awarding funds to pet projects flies in the faces of Pennsylvanians who want their state to eliminate a deficit before tapping revenue for pet projects. Capitolwire (subscription)…

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State Feeds Addiction by Creating A New Bureaucracy

  • July 12, 2010

Pennsylvania will soon be introduced to a new state bureaucracy. As lawmakers were finishing up the state budget, legislation was overwhelmingly approved and later signed by the Governor, to…

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Government Fraud Continues in LIHEAP

  • July 12, 2010

Pennsylvania is rather familiar with welfare fraud, and apparently, we haven’t learned our lesson yet. The latest example of welfare fraud stems from the Low Income Home Energy…

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