Regulation

CF Blasts Big Brother Booze Brag

  • July 5, 2011

Commonwealth Foundation denounced a Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board press release today for its failure to disclose all the fiscal facts and for boasting about a government-run monopoly on liquor…

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State Budget

The Good, The Bad and The Undone

  • July 1, 2011

The Commonwealth Foundation praised Gov. Tom Corbett and the General Assembly for closing Pennsylvania’s $4.2 billion budget gap without raising taxes on working Pennsylvanians, but a thorough review of the…

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Voice for School Choice finds New Site

  • April 29, 2011

HARRISBURG, PA  | The Commonwealth Foundation launched today the Stand Strong Senator project in response to the wave of aggressive and special interest lobbying led by the Pennsylvania State Education…

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Education

Millions Funneled to Lobbyists by Public Schools

  • April 12, 2011

Harrisburg, PA – The Commonwealth Foundation announced today preliminary results from extensive Open Records Requests that found more than $59 million dollars of taxpayer money is being funneled through…

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CF grades Corbett Budget Address = B

  • March 8, 2011

Harrisburg, PA — The Commonwealth Foundation graded Gov. Tom Corbett’s budget address a solid B today in its call to end the tax-borrow-and-spend approach to budgeting that placed Pennsylvanian in…

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Public School Board Members for School Choice

  • February 15, 2011

HARRISBURG, PA (02.15.2011) – As children continue to be trapped in failing schools, despite massive increases in taxpayer funding, public school board members-past and present-are forming “Public School Board Members…

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Transforming Pennsylvania Policy Summit

  • January 14, 2011

WHAT:    Nationally renown policy experts, Pennsylvania legislators and more than 200 citizens will join in a policy debate to drive Pennsylvania to prosperity through policy transformation leading to fiscally responsible…

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Regulation

Pension “Reform” Goes to Gov. Rendell

  • November 15, 2010

HARRISBURG, PA — The Commonwealth Foundation expressed disappointment with today’s passage of House Bill 2497, which defers significant pension costs on to…

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How Did Lawmakers Vote on HB 2497?

  • November 15, 2010

The Pennsylvania House of Representatives voted 165-31 to pass HB 2497 today during a lame-duck session. Below you can find the full roll call…

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