State Budget

5 Scary Facts about Pennsylvania’s Welfare Spending

  • Elizabeth Stelle
  • February 29, 2012

Welfare spending in Pennsylvania is out of control. The Department of Public Welfare is now the largest department in the state. It will continue to crowd out education, environmental…

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Got Freedom? PLCB Has No App for That!

  • February 28, 2012

Ah yes, the Merry Minions of Merlot, makers of mediocrity, mismanagement and the modish mockery of “modernization” are at it again.  But instead of truly bringing us into the 21st…

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Education

Exposing Two Class Size Myths

  • Elizabeth Stelle
  • February 27, 2012

The Patriot-News reports that while schools in the mid-state have laid off some employees, most districts are still below the national average student-teacher ratio of 15.1. The student-teacher ratio…

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Taxes & Economy

Pennsylvania’s Once-Great Cities

  • Nathan Benefield
  • February 23, 2012

If you missed it, ReasonTV put out a great video on the city of Harrisburg’s fiscal disaster, asking whether Harrisburg’s nightmare is America’s Future. Much of what…

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Regulation

Goodbye Gus, Hello Private Partnerships

  • Elizabeth Stelle
  • February 23, 2012

Say goodbye to the second-most famous groundhog in Pennsylvania. Not having Gus in Pennsylvania lottery commercials will save $140,000. But changes in the state lottery may not end with dropping…

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Criminal Justice Reform

Sec. John Wetzel Talks Corrections Reforms on The BOX

  • February 22, 2012

In latest podcast from The BOX, Corrections Secretary John Wetzel chats with Matt Brouillette about reducing the cost of corrections – a major expenditure in the Pennsylvania state budget…

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Taxes & Economy

DRBC Moratorium Puts Residents’ Property Rights in Limbo

  • February 21, 2012

Wayne County land owners in favor of natural gas drilling are fed up with the Delaware River Basin Commission’s baseless moratorium on fracking. The commission has suspended natural…

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Regulation

State Liquor Stores’ Soviet-style Socialism Fails

  • February 16, 2012

The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board once again proves it does not know how to manage a business, and its Soviet-style socialist control fails to satisfy customers. More than a month…

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