Is Propaganda Good “Economic Development”?

  • Nathan Benefield
  • February 16, 2009

Philadelphia Inquirer head honcho Brian Tierney has a response in the Wall Street Journal defending a state bailout of the Inky. The Wall Street Journal had previously…

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Health Care

Health Care Policies and Small Business

  • Nathan Benefield
  • February 16, 2009

The Small Business and Entrepreneurship Council has a new report ranking states in terms of their health care policy, as it pertains to small business. Pennsylvania gets a fairly…

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Health Care

Health Care Policies and Small Business

  • Nathan Benefield
  • February 16, 2009

The Small Business and Entrepreneurship Council has a new report ranking states in terms of their health care policy, as it pertains to small business. Pennsylvania gets a fairly…

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Regulation

Philadelphia’s Pension Non-Reform

  • Nathan Benefield
  • February 15, 2009

Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter is proposing addressing the city’s unfunded pension liability by, essentially, not paying as much as the city should (HT GrassrootsPA). Like Pennsylvania’s state…

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Taxes & Economy

Feulner blast stimulus process

  • Nathan Benefield
  • February 13, 2009

Heritage Foundation President Ed Feulner has a scathing open letter to Congress on the stimulus bill: In addition to being the single most expensive bill ever proposed,…

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Education

School Choice Yearbook

  • Nathan Benefield
  • February 13, 2009

The Alliance for School Choice has released their 2008-09 School Choice Yearbook (click here for the news release). The yearbook profiles school choice programs in every state, the…

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Taxes & Economy

The Burden of PA Business Taxes

  • Nathan Benefield
  • February 13, 2009

The Tribune Review has a story featuring Tax Foundation president Scott Hodge discussing Pennsylvania’s business tax climate at an appearance in Pittsburgh: The state needs…

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Taxes & Economy

State Budget Shortfalls: Opportunity for Reform

  • Nathan Benefield
  • February 12, 2009

The Tax Foundation has a new report (released yesterday) on state budget shortfalls. Their report concludes that overspending is largely the explanation for state shortfalls today. (Full report…

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Government Accountability

An end to cronyism in state government?

  • Nathan Benefield
  • February 12, 2009

The Pennsylvania House GOP has unveiled several proposals to end “pay to play” – including cracking down on the ability of the administration to award of no-bid contracts. In…

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