Regulation

Money to Spend? See Where Your State Tax Dollars Go

  • Nathan Benefield
  • June 11, 2012

Legislative leaders and Gov. Corbett have been negotiating a state budget and, according to the latest reports, are $233 million apart in terms of General Fund spending.  Why the…

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Criminal Justice Reform

You Can Spend Less, Get More with Real Corrections Reform

  • Matthew Brouillette
  • June 11, 2012

What is it they say about things that are out of sight?  Oh, yes, out of mind.  That might be one of the reasons why our corrections system has become…

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Criminal Justice Reform

Unlocking Corrections Reform: A Summary of SB 100

  • June 8, 2012

A Look at Senate Bill 100 SB 100 incorporates evidence-based reforms to make the state’s corrections system more efficient by keeping low-risk cases out of prison in favor of…

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Regulation

Gov Love Lifts Liquor Liberty!

  • Nathan Benefield
  • June 8, 2012

Gov. Tom Corbett announced his support for full liquor store privatization today on Dom Giordano’s radio show. Now it’s the legislature’s turn to develop a plan that will free…

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Education

Why Public Opinion is Turning on Teachers’ Unions

  • Priya Brannick
  • June 7, 2012

Gil Spencer of the Delaware County Times penned a perceptive column yesterday on the waning popularity of teachers’ unions—and how an angry public is wising up to the unions’…

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Regulation

Will Union Contracts Stop Liquor Store Privatization?

  • June 6, 2012

Desperate to protect the monopoly that provides his cushy $287,000 salary and benefits package, liquor store union boss Wendell Young IV has launched yet another dishonest attack. Mr. Young is…

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State Budget

Block Grants for Human Services a “Godsend”

  • Elizabeth Stelle
  • June 6, 2012

State funding for county services may soon be streamlined, wasting fewer dollars on bureaucratic largesse and focusing aid on programs that are most effective at helping the needy. Yesterday,…

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Government Accountability

Why Walker’s Win Pushes Principled Pa. Policies

  • Matthew Brouillette
  • June 6, 2012

Make no mistake, Wisconsin is sending a message to the Keystone State. If you are a Pennsylvania politician, that message is loud, clear and ignored only at your own peril.

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Criminal Justice Reform

Committee Advances Real Corrections Reform

  • June 5, 2012

Policymakers moved one step closer to replacing Pennsylvania’s ineffective corrections policies with those that lower crime rates, reduce re-offending, and control spending. During today’s House Judiciary committee, Rep. Glen Grell…

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