Education

Charter Schools Give Children a Choice and a Chance

  • October 5, 2010

HARRISBURG, PA – The Commonwealth Foundation provided important perspective today on Pennsylvania’s charter and cyber schools in response to Auditor General Jack Wagner’s recommendations, including a moratorium on expanding public…

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Regulation

Hey Big Spender

  • Nathan Benefield
  • October 5, 2010

Yesterday, Gov. Rendell held a press conference to make note that Tom Corbett was overstating the amount of Pennsylvania taxpayer money Rendell was wasting on pork-barrel projects. Examples cited…

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Arizona Sees Privatization as Solution to Budget Crisis

  • October 5, 2010

Arizona Governor Jan Brewer is taking steps towards comprehensive state government reform, utilizing public-private partnerships and privatization of public services to save taxpayers money and ensure quality services continue. To…

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Regulation

The Only Way to Fix Public Pensions

  • Nathan Benefield
  • October 4, 2010

The Baltimore Sun editorializes that the only way to fix the pension plan for state workers (in Maryland, though the same would hold true in Pennsylvania) is to move…

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Taxes & Economy

Cabot Squares Off with DEP

  • Elizabeth Stelle
  • October 4, 2010

The pressure is building in Dimock, Pennsylvania, where the state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and drilling company Cabot Oil and Gas are squaring off over a proposal to…

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