Taxes & Economy

Lawmakers Should Read ALL Commonwealth Foundation Research

  • October 7, 2010

In a recent op-ed, Sen. Scarnati and Sen. Pileggi defended the Senate’s recent actions after a Lincoln Institute column described them as “leftist”. While the Senators cite CF’s research…

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Taxes & Economy

Spending Revolt Tour: Day 1 Update

  • Matthew Brouillette
  • October 6, 2010

Day one of the Pennsylvania leg of the National Spending Revolt bus tour kicked off this morning in Erie. The weather, appropriately enough, is gloomy and gray—rather fitting, given…

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Regulation

Senate Must Insist on Real Pension Reform

  • Elizabeth Stelle
  • October 6, 2010

The state pension time bomb is taking front stage again in the waning days of the 2009-2010 legislative session. The Senate is revisiting HB 2497—the $27 billion pension deferral…

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Education

Auditor General Hits the Wrong Target

  • Nathan Benefield
  • October 6, 2010

Here is a note I sent to Pennsylvania Auditor General Jack Wagner regarding his call for a moratorium on new charter schools until the funding mechanism is “fixed”:…

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Health Care

ObamaCare will Dramatically Increase Medicaid Costs in PA

  • Elizabeth Stelle
  • October 6, 2010

A reader asked us what kind of effect ObamaCare would have on Medicaid costs in Pennsylvania. We’ve put together some numbers, and it’s not pretty. First of all, even without…

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Regulation

Hey Big Spender

  • Nathan Benefield
  • October 5, 2010

Yesterday, Gov. Rendell held a press conference to make note that Tom Corbett was overstating the amount of Pennsylvania taxpayer money Rendell was wasting on pork-barrel projects. Examples cited…

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Arizona Sees Privatization as Solution to Budget Crisis

  • October 5, 2010

Arizona Governor Jan Brewer is taking steps towards comprehensive state government reform, utilizing public-private partnerships and privatization of public services to save taxpayers money and ensure quality services continue. To…

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Regulation

The Only Way to Fix Public Pensions

  • Nathan Benefield
  • October 4, 2010

The Baltimore Sun editorializes that the only way to fix the pension plan for state workers (in Maryland, though the same would hold true in Pennsylvania) is to move…

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Taxes & Economy

Cabot Squares Off with DEP

  • Elizabeth Stelle
  • October 4, 2010

The pressure is building in Dimock, Pennsylvania, where the state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and drilling company Cabot Oil and Gas are squaring off over a proposal to…

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