Regulation

Pennsylvanians Heavy Laden With State Debt

  • Nathan Benefield
  • January 25, 2010

A recent report from Forbes finds that Pennsylvania faces a serious challenge with state government debt. Pennsylvania ranked 35 among all states in the Forbes debt rating. According to…

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Government Accountability

More on Corporations and Free Speech

  • Nathan Benefield
  • January 24, 2010

Following the Supreme Court ruling that our First Amendment right to free speech applied to corporations’ speech regarding candidates for federal office – a ruling started when the FEC…

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Legislators Idiot-Proof Homes

  • January 22, 2010

On Tuesday, the Pennsylvania Builders Association filed a lawsuit against the Department of Labor & Industry claiming new regulations violated the state Constitution.  Labor & Industry implemented new residential…

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Taxes & Economy

“Fewer Jobs Lost” is Not a Positive Trend

  • Nathan Benefield
  • January 22, 2010

The Post-Gazette has a story on Pennsylvania’s economy in which both Mark Price of Keystone Research Center and the reporter both repeat the illogical idea that we are losing…

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Taxes & Economy

Is Casey Pandering?

  • January 22, 2010

I attended a recent gathering at the Keystone Research Center, where Senator Bob Casey spoke of the wonders of the stimulus. He emphasized that only the stimulus could have saved…

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State Budget

Pennsylvania Unemployment Fund is $2 Billion in the Hole

  • Nathan Benefield
  • January 22, 2010

Propublica.org has a great, and terrifying, tracker of states’ unemployment insurance funds.  Pennsylvania fund is in woeful shape, with $125 million balance, and owing $2.05 billion in money borrowed…

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Government Accountability

Free Political Speech and Paycheck Protection

  • Nathan Benefield
  • January 21, 2010

The US Supreme Court today upheld that the First Amendment protects speech around elections from corporations and unions. The case concerns Citizens United, which produced a film Hillary: The Movie,…

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Government Accountability

CF Challenges Gov. Rendell to Explain What’s In the Bill

  • January 21, 2010

Harrisburg, PA – Yesterday, Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell told Fox News that voters oppose the current health care reform proposal because “the administration and its supporters, myself included, haven’t…

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