Wage hikes affect prices, teen jobs
Dan Miller of the Patriot News on the effect of the minimum wage increase on jobs, hours, and worker benefits. The employers say they haven’t cut jobs.
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Clinton’s Hostile Preschool Takeover
Darcy Olsen of The Goldwater Institute on Hillary Clinton’s Pre-K plan. This is in response to a question for Brett Lieberman, but others are free to read up…
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Lottery Not Blaming Slots for Flat Sales
Marc Levy of the AP on stagnant lottery sales and the effect of slots. While the Lottery officials deny that slots had any effect on lottery sales. But the…
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US House voice vote against tolling I-80 in Pennsylvania – first shot in a war?
Toll Roads News with an in depth look at the move, and potential future actions, by several PA Congressmen to stop tolling of I-80. The bottom line is that…
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Cyber schools and public schools
A version of our commentary on public cyber schools ran in today’s Philadelphia Inquirer. On the same theme is a letter to the Pittsburgh Tribune Review on an…
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Toll plan hits bump in the road
More on the US House’s action to stop tolling of I-80 from the Patriot News. The federal law would mean that federal funds currently going to the state for…
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U.S. House votes against tolls on I-80
The US House approved an amendment to the transportation appropriation bill that would block tolling of I-80. The House has since passed the bill since Brett Lieberman broke the…
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School Choice and Racial Balance
Paul Peterson in today’s Wall Street Journal on how school choice can reduce racial segregation in schools.
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Reform coalition proposing budget timeline for lawmakers
Coverage of yesterday’s reform coalition press conference on reforming the budget process: Post Gazette Tribune Review WGAL TV (complete with poll asking, “Would you support a plan…
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