Rendell touts transportation plan
Post-Gazette coverage of Rendell’s “transportation tour”. Apparently, he is now looking specifically at a 30-year lease of the Turnpike.
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PHEAA spending splurge nears end
Jan Murphy of the Patriot News reports that PHEAA board members/legislators have promised to cut back on lavish expenses and act more like a “public agency.” Matt Brouillette points…
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Year of Tax Hikes
Stateline.org looks at proposed tax hikes in a number of states, including PA, calling 2007 “the year of tax hikes”. This is bad news for PA taxpayers, as past…
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The facade of legislative reform
Brad Bumsted on reform rhetoric vs. reality.
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PA’s Election Influence
While some have called for an earlier primary to “give Pennsylvania more influence” in Presidential nominations, PA’s influence is likely to decline for another reason — stagnant population growth. The…
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Leisure Inequality
Interesting point about inequality and redistribution policy: As you’ve probably heard, there’s been an explosion of inequality in the United States over the past four decades. The gap between…
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Gaming board: Losers Pay Too
The PA Gaming Control Board, is demanding that the applicants who did not receive a slots license pay $84 million, reported by the PA Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. In other…
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House GOP will limit PSAs
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reports that the PA House GOP will limit “public service announcements” to three per year per members. Even I buy the logic that the state needs to…
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PHEAA runs up bills for wives
Listing of PHEAA Conference expenses compiled by Jan Murphy featured in the Tribune Review. The list is absolutely amazing. Meanwhile Sen. Michael O’Pake stated that the PHEAA board,…
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