Did Thornburgh really call for “moderation”?

  • Nathan Benefield
  • October 26, 2007

The most recent Madonna and Young Political Uncorrected commentary claims that former Gov. Dick Thornburgh’s congressional testimony wasn’t about defending his client Cyril Wecht, who is under indictment…

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Educators urge Legislature to fix system (i.e. spend more)

  • Nathan Benefield
  • October 25, 2007

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review on the latest call for increased state spending on education from the Education Policy and Leadership Center. Their drumbeat is that the state’s share is only 38%…

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State Lawmakers Argue Gaming Board Lacks Authority

  • Nathan Benefield
  • October 25, 2007

ABC 27 article and video on the latest controversy over at the Gaming Control Board: The Philadelphia Inquirer reports DeNaples is being investigated by a Dauphin County…

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Watch Benefield live on PCN

  • Nathan Benefield
  • October 25, 2007

The Pennsylvania Cable Network will be covering my testimony on prison privatization live – estimated time is 2:30 pm.

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Rendell: Give me money, I will stop terrorism

  • Nathan Benefield
  • October 24, 2007

Governor Rendell continues to claim that energy plan will stop funding of terrorism. It won’t – his plan is all about getting more money to hand out to…

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House Republicans in double trouble

  • Nathan Benefield
  • October 24, 2007

First, the bonusgate investigation has added subpoenas for House Republicans to those of House Democrats. One can only assume the Senate is next. Now Brett Feese’s…

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We’re #1! And #4? In Lobbying, that is.

  • Nathan Benefield
  • October 23, 2007

Finally, Pennsylvania ranks first in something – unfortunately, it is a dubious honor. The ranking is “most money spent on federal lobbying” by state and local governments. The great…

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Opposing Reform for Opposing Reform’s sake

  • Nathan Benefield
  • October 23, 2007

Yesterday the House voted to water down an ethics bill, which would have appointed half the members of the ethics committee by random, instead of by leadership appoints (read the…

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