Health Care

Medicaid Reforms Start with the States

  • Elizabeth Stelle
  • March 2, 2011

Medicaid spending threatens to consume the entire Pennsylvania state budget, and we aren’t alone. Without greater flexibility, states will be forced to cut services, raise taxes or drop out…

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Regulation

PLCB Wants to Imitate Private Retailer

  • March 1, 2011

After CF’s Nathan Benefield testified last week to the Pennsylvania House Democratic Policy Committee on the benefits of liquor store privatization, special interest groups testified that allowing the…

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Taxes & Economy

No CONSOLation from PSU’s PC Move

  • February 25, 2011

It seems the number of Penn State graduates who are upset at recent actions of their alma mater grows by the…

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Taxes & Economy

Environmentalists Blow Recent Rule Change out of Proportion

  • Elizabeth Stelle
  • February 24, 2011

Reactions to the Corbett administration’s revoking of mandatory impact reports on state lands targeted for drilling fail to see the big picture. Comments from environmentalists imply that without an extra…

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Regulation

And the Oscar for Higher Taxes Goes to?

  • February 24, 2011

Given that Gov. Corbett may end Pennsylvania’s $75 million film tax credit program, the film industry is out in force to prove it’s more unique than other industries, saying it…

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PLCB’s Scheme to Preserve Power

  • February 23, 2011

This week, we received the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board’s semi-secret alternative to liquor store privatization given to legislators-a scheme to preserve its power. This proposal goes beyond the typical…

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Education

Three Reasons for School Choice

  • February 23, 2011

A few recent editorial pieces have highlighted the variety of reasons Pennsylvania needs more school choice for parents and students. A recent Philadelphia Inquirer article by Benjamin F. Chavis,…

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Film Tax Credit: Economics vs. Movie Star Sightings

  • Nathan Benefield
  • February 22, 2011

It’s hard to argue economics against the “I saw Denzel Washington at Starbucks” factor—but debate over the merits of the film tax credit should be decided on the former.

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