Education

An Easy Way to Give School Budgets a Boost

  • Elizabeth Stelle
  • May 19, 2016

“I want to put more education dollars in our classrooms, not our school buses,” said Auditor General Eugene DePasquale, while releasing an analysis of 19 school districts that exceeded…

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State Budget

Bad Budget Trends Must Be Reversed

  • May 18, 2016

Government spending has gradually risen for decades, until it suddenly exploded during Gov. Ed Rendell’s tenure. After the profligacy of the Rendell years, spending growth stabilized, but it’s still on an…

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Regulation

New Plan Doesn’t Protect Taxpayers from Pension Politics

  • Nathan Benefield
  • May 17, 2016

Today, the House State Government Committee passed a pension reform bill featuring an unproven “stacked hybrid” plan. This proposal falls short of the pension reform taxpayers needs to protect…

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State Subsidies for International Billionaire

  • May 17, 2016

Last year the state financed a $1 million purse (prize money) for a multi-billionaire whose horse won the Pennsylvania Derby. Seriously. The billionaire also happens to be the vice…

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Education

Restoring Teachers’ Rights

  • Gina Diorio
  • May 17, 2016

Teacher Linda Misja is a religious objector to unionism, and as such, can donate the equivalent of her fair share fee–otherwise owed to the union–to charity. But four years ago,…

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Regulation

Liquor Liberty Loophole for DNC

  • Nathan Benefield
  • May 17, 2016

As Pennsylvania residents and visitors know quite well, our state's liquor laws are outdated. Pennsylvania remains one of only two states where the government completely controls the sale of wine and…

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Unions Targeting Vulnerable Pennsylvanians

  • Elizabeth Stelle
  • May 16, 2016

Dave Smith’s life was turned upside down when Gov. Wolf issued an Executive Order letting the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) with the help of AFSCME (American Federation of…

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Taxes & Economy

The $20 Billion Energy Tax

  • Elizabeth Stelle
  • May 13, 2016

More than ten years after its passage, Pennsylvania's Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards continue to stunt our economy. The standards cost the state $4 billion annually, according to a study…

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Education

Sugary Drink Tax: Not So Sweet for Philadelphia

  • James Paul
  • May 11, 2016

Such a believer is Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney in universal preschool that he supports a punitive tax on low-income residents to pay for it. During his stint on City…

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