Taxes & Economy

PennFuture’s Political Games

  • December 27, 2011

Enviro-profiteers PennFuture (an environmental activist group) misused tens of thousands of taxpayers’ dollars, and what was the President and CEO Jan Jarrett’s response? “My bad.” Jarrett admitted…

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Taxes & Economy

Marcellus Drilling Rescues Williamsport

  • December 27, 2011

Earlier this month, I visited Williamsport, home of the Little League World Series and a growing economy. Clearly it’s not just baseball that brightens this central Pa. city…

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Education

PSEA Exposed: Vex, Lies and Audio Tape

  • Priya Brannick
  • December 22, 2011

Nestled in the $4.2 million the Pennsylvania State Education Asssociation spent in 2010-11 on political activities are some very telling expenditures on polling firms.  For example, remember the much-touted…

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Health Care

No Rush on Health Insurance Exchanges

  • Elizabeth Stelle
  • December 22, 2011

In late November the Department of Insurance announced that Pennsylvania would begin implementing a state health insurance exchange as laid out in PPACA (the Patient Protection and Affordable Care…

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Taxes & Economy

Drilling Regulations in Pennsylvania vs. Neighbors

  • December 21, 2011

Marcellus Shale opponents often mislead the public with claims such as the industry doesn’t pay taxes (debunked here), the economic benefits are overstated (read here,…

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Boardwalk Empire Eyes Bourbon Bust

  • December 21, 2011

In 1933, a board game called Monopoly was created and Pennsylvanians took pride in seeing Keystone State references throughout.  Sadly, another monopoly board game was created that year called the…

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Government Accountability

More on Hellholes, of the Judicial Sort

  • Elizabeth Stelle
  • December 21, 2011

The yearly Judicial Hellhole report from the American Tort Reform Foundation ranks Philadelphia as the number one judicial hellhole for the second year in a row. Pennsylvania’s court…

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Government Accountability

Redistricting Reform Needed…Four Years Ago

  • Nathan Benefield
  • December 20, 2011

The Pennsylvania House is expected this week to to pass the Congressional redistricting bill. House Democrats, in the minority, are complaining about the gerrymandering of the new map.

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Union Party vs. Taxpayer Party: PA’s Political Paradigm

  • Matthew Brouillette
  • December 20, 2011

If you don’t receive our Weekly Update every Monday via email, here’s what you missed yesterday.  If you want to get these updates directly, sign up here. Dear…

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