State Budget

Transportation Pork

  • Nathan Benefield
  • September 18, 2006

Here is the listing of the $706 million in federal Transportation Earmarks for PA cited in my testimony today.

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Taxes & Economy

Tougher emissions rule in PA?

  • Nathan Benefield
  • September 18, 2006

FAQ about the news proposed standards and its effects.Coverage of the standards and the decision making process.

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Are Pennsylvania kids too fat?

  • Nathan Benefield
  • September 18, 2006

A report released last from the Governor’s Cabinet on Children and Families addresses our state strategy in taking on childhood obesity. Most of the report lists the ways state…

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Government Accountability

Judicial Pay After Court Ruling

  • Nathan Benefield
  • September 15, 2006

Here is what PA judges will make following the court ruling reinstating the judicial pay raise: http://mail.comfdnprod.wpengine.com/judgespay.pdf…

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Public Union Democracy

Forced speech atrocity

  • Nathan Benefield
  • September 15, 2006

Dimitri Vassilaros column in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review about the Washington state lawsuit on whether unions can use mandatory dues for political activity, without consent of the dues paying member.

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State Budget

“Pork” database passed

  • Nathan Benefield
  • September 15, 2006

Reuters Story on the passage of legislation that would create a new web database of all pork barrel grants. Hopefully transparency is but the first step in reducing wasteful…

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Government Accountability

Judicial pay raise outrage

  • Nathan Benefield
  • September 15, 2006

WHP CBS21 coverage of the pay raise ruling, featuring video of our very own Matthew Brouillette talking with angry callers.

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