Government Accountability

What Voters Think of PA Judges and Courts

  • October 14, 2009

A recent statewide public opinion survey conducted by The Federalist Society  – in advance of November’s judicial elections – showed Pennsylvania voters overwhelmingly support our system of judicial selection…

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Taxes & Economy

New Study Highlights Flaws in I-80 Tolling Plan

  • Nathan Benefield
  • October 13, 2009

A new study on the impact of tolling I-80 in Pennsylvania by Grove City College economist Tracy Miller highlights several flaws in the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission’s plan to toll…

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Government Accountability

Wither Spending Transparency in PA?

  • Nathan Benefield
  • October 13, 2009

Over the past few years, and throughout the state budget debate, the Commonwealth Foundation and other state and national groups have called for state…

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Health Care

Competition in Health Care would Lower Costs

  • Nathan Benefield
  • October 12, 2009

A report by Dr. Sven Larson from the Center for Freedom and Prosperity Foundation examines policies to remove government barriers and restore competition to the market for individual…

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Taxes & Economy

Breakdown of State and Local Government Tax Revenues

  • Nathan Benefield
  • October 12, 2009

The Tax Foundation has a new report profiling the percentage of state and local government tax revenues by source for each state.  Here is how Pennsylvania compares (getting a…

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Regulation

Washington Post Highlights Pension Crisis

  • Nathan Benefield
  • October 12, 2009

The Washington Post ran an article Sunday on how market losses have put state and local government pension plans seriously in the red.  The article makes mention of the…

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Government Accountability

Pennsylvanians Divided by Soda

  • Nathan Benefield
  • October 10, 2009

Pennsylvanians seem divided by geography on a key debate.  No, not the state budget, or national health care (well, those too), but on whether it should be called ‘Soda’, or…

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Taxes & Economy

Competition Emerges as PPL Completes Supply Auctions

  • Elizabeth Stelle
  • October 9, 2009

Yesterday, PPL completed it’s last auction to for power to serve customers after rate caps expire on January 1st 2010. PPL has been procuring power in phases since 2007 in…

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