Walmart Waives Wistful Wine Waste

  • August 24, 2011

It appears the wistful wine wizards who wished to foist the fermented farce of their conniving kiosk caper have been brought a big blow to their Big…

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Public Union Democracy

When Union Bosses Make Stuff Up, We Offer Facts

  • Nathan Benefield
  • August 23, 2011

In a story by PA Independent, AFL-CIO head honcho Rick Bloomingdale attempts to deny the incredible job growth in right-to-work states like Texas. Bloomingdale comments: “Most likely, the…

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Taxes & Economy

EPA Regs Kill PA Jobs

  • Elizabeth Stelle
  • August 22, 2011

Cap and Trade may be officially dead in Congress but the EPA is busy resurrecting it in a far more disastrous policy agenda that kills thousands of Pennsylvania jobs and…

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Taxes & Economy

Marcellus Drilling not Increasing Local Government Costs

  • Elizabeth Stelle
  • August 18, 2011

A new study from the Marcellus Shale Center for Outreach and Research at Penn State provides an analysis of the cost to local government from Marcells Shale drilling. With…

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Education

Texas vs. Pennsylvania on Educational Performance

  • Nathan Benefield
  • August 17, 2011

At a hearing yesterday on right-to-work legislation, a number of testifiers remarked on the substantially greater job growth in right-to-work states, on the fact residents are moving from…

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Education

PSEA Behind Phony Grassroots Effort

  • Priya Brannick
  • August 17, 2011

In 2009-10, the PSEA spent more than $2.6 million on political activities and lobbying. By the next year, that figure had ballooned to $4.2 million, an increase of about 60%.

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Regulation

This Is What a Boom Looks Like

  • Charles Mitchell
  • August 16, 2011

About half an hour ago, I was in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania. (For my fellow natives of the Philadelphia area, Canonsburg is southwest of Pittsburgh, where they say “younse” instead of “youse”…

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Regulation

Understanding the Proposed Gallonage Tax

  • Nathan Benefield
  • August 16, 2011

Rep. Mike Turzai’s proposal to get state government out of the business of selling liquor (HB 11) would replace current alcohol taxes and fees with a “gallonage tax.” This…

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PLCB: Kiosk Chaos Continues Until Morale Improves

  • August 16, 2011

Would a legitimate business ignore the findings of its own contract evaluation panel that found an inexperienced vendor’s business plan “deficient,” but go on to award a contract that didn’t meet consumer demands let…

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