Health Care

Corbett Exchange Decision Right Call

  • Elizabeth Stelle, Nathan Benefield
  • December 13, 2012

Governor Corbett’s decision yesterday to refuse to implement a state-based health care exchange under the Affordable Care Act (which means Pennsylvania will revert to a federally-run exchange), was the…

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Health Care

Corbett Defends Taxpayers, Rejects State-Based Exchange

  • Elizabeth Stelle
  • December 12, 2012

Pennsylvania today joined 21 other states in refusing to create a state-based exchange or partnership exchange, one of the tenets of the Affordable Care Act. Thanks to Governor Corbett’s…

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Regulation

PLCB: As Modern as Rotary Phones

  • December 11, 2012

When was the last time you used a rotary phone? It seems like a million years ago you were sticking your finger in the dial and painstakingly turning…

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Public Union Democracy

More Wolverine Lessons

  • Nathan Benefield
  • December 10, 2012

Friday, Charles commented on Michigan nearing passage of Right to Work, in line to become the 24th state where workers aren’t forced to pay fees to a union…

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Distilleries Despot Delivers Tinctures Tantrum

  • December 10, 2012

Desperately seeking to hold on to a shred of credibility and hope lawmakers aren’t watching the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board majestically implode under “Vinogate,” United Food and Commercial Workers…

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New York? Fuhgeddaboudit. Lansing!

  • Charles Mitchell
  • December 7, 2012

As I write this, most of Pennsylvania’s political glitterati has its mind on New York City, where the annual Pennsylvania Society gathering is underway. But my mind is on…

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What Does $200 Mean To You?

  • December 7, 2012

As educators, we’re all working through end-of-year projects and tests with our students before we break for the winter holidays. For me, December brings more than decorating, baking and precious…

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Health Care

Lawmakers Challenge Obamacare’s “Most Harmful Provisions”

  • Elizabeth Stelle
  • December 6, 2012

On Tuesday Rep. Gordon Denlinger sent an updated version of a letter to Governor Corbett urging against the creation of a state exchange and expanding Medicaid under the Affordable…

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Regulation

Fishing in Barrel Lands Union Support

  • December 4, 2012

Unnecessary, unfair and un-American? Welcome to the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board, the government liquor monopoly that union boss Wendell Young has made a lucrative career defending. As papers across the commonwealth continue…

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