Regulation
Let Markets Decide Natural Gas Role
Could natural gas replace gasoline or diesel for Pennsylvania drivers? With natural gas certain to become even more plentiful, many people are asking whether that could someday be…
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PLCB Annual Report: I Read it So You Don’t Have To!
This week, the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board released its annual report. In case reading a 56-page government document isn’t in your weekend plans, here are my notes: Their stated…
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“Free” Medicaid Money Equals More Debt
In trying to persuade states to expand Medicaid, Obamacare advocates are using enough scare tactics to fill a haunted house. From threatening to discontinue Gross Receipt taxes to…
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NEA Funding of Radical Groups Prompted my Resignation
I left my teachers union because I was against the forced funding of political groups that go against my personal beliefs. The NEA/PSEA’s agendas and political ideals are counter to…
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I Could No Longer Back NEA Support of Abortion Groups, Politics
I have been a middle school math and special education teacher for six years. After nearly all that time in the union, I decided last year that I’d had enough…
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The Lost Year: How Seniority Harms Teachers and Kids
Rep. Vanessa Brown (D-Phila.) knows what it’s like to lose a good school teacher. For her son, it was nearly a matter of life and death. For years, Brown has…
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Liquor Privatization Saves Lives? Part II
Public safety improved in Washington state after liquor store privatization, we told you back in July. As further data comes in, the results continue to impress: Most state alcohol-related…
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Cyber School Centers Embrace Community Values
Cyber schools have been falsely maligned as impersonal and anti-social environments for learning, but the truth is far different. Case in point: Achievement House Cyber Charter School is bringing blended…
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Teachers on Union Exploitation, Podcast Part 1
Julie Raab and Keith Williams are speaking out about how union influence affects their teaching jobs. Keith teaches high school English in Conewago Valley School District in Adams…
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