Rendell revives turnpike lease plan

  • Nathan Benefield
  • July 26, 2007

Charles Thompson reports that Gov. Rendell is now looking again to the Turnpike Lease, as a “Plan B”. This in spite of his news release decrying the US…

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Wage hikes affect prices, teen jobs

  • Nathan Benefield
  • July 25, 2007

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

  • Nathan Benefield
  • July 25, 2007

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

  • Nathan Benefield
  • July 25, 2007

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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Cyber schools and public schools

  • Nathan Benefield
  • July 25, 2007

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

  • Nathan Benefield
  • July 25, 2007

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

  • Nathan Benefield
  • July 25, 2007

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

  • Nathan Benefield
  • July 24, 2007

Paul Peterson in today’s Wall Street Journal on how school choice can reduce racial segregation in schools.

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