Regulation

We Don’t Need a Climate Tax on the Poor

  • Nathan Benefield
  • June 3, 2008

Sen. Inhofe in today’s Wall Street Journal outlines the consequences of the Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act: The Lieberman-Warner bill (America’s Climate Security Act) represents the largest tax increase…

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Rendell tells PTC, “Stop Stalling!”

  • Nathan Benefield
  • June 3, 2008

Governor Rendell has called out the Turnpike Commission for stalling on resubmitting their I-80 tolling application.But noting that Governor Rendell also stated that it will be…

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Government Accountability

Secret budget meetings have begun

  • Nathan Benefield
  • June 3, 2008

John Micek reports on (and mocks) Governor Rendell’s press conference on the state budget yesterday: Rendell and some House Democrats called for an end to the annual posturing…

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Education

Higher Graduation Rates For Milwaukee Choice Students

  • Nathan Benefield
  • June 2, 2008

A New Study from School Choice Wisconsin finds that choice schools in the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program have substantially higher graduation rates than the Milwaukee public schools. Furthermore, as…

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New Website, Fact Sheet on PA Turnpike Lease

  • Nathan Benefield
  • June 2, 2008

Pennsylvania Transportation Partners (the Abertis-Citi consortium that won the bid on the Turnpike lease) has a new website along with 12-page briefing book on the lease deal. On…

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Tolls a good way to fund roads

  • Nathan Benefield
  • June 2, 2008

My letter to the editor in the Beaver County Times & Allegheny Times Online: The May 21 editorial on the Pennsylvania Turnpike lease calling Interstate80 drivers/rural…

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Education

School boards fall prey to Edifice Complex

  • Nathan Benefield
  • June 1, 2008

Several PA school boards put their Edifice Complex on display this past week. The Danville School Board voted to renovate three elementary schools, rather than save…

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Regulation

Privatizing the State Liquor Stores

  • Nathan Benefield
  • May 31, 2008

State Senator Rob Wonderling talks about divestiture of the state liquor stores (MP3 file). More on State Store privatization: “Public Benefits of Private Liquor” news release and…

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