Regulation

State Pension System Going Deeper into the Red

  • Nathan Benefield
  • July 25, 2010

Eleanor Chute of the Post-Gazette notes the approval of the pension contribution rates for Pennsylvania school employees (split between school districts and the state). She also notes that the…

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Education

Cyber School Rewarded for Its Effectiveness

  • July 23, 2010

Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) has renewed the charter for the state’s first cyber charter school to offer all grades K-12. CEO Dr. Nick Trombetta acknowledged this accomplishment:…

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Taxes & Economy

Obama Admits Energy Subsidies Distort Economy

  • July 23, 2010

A recent Heritage Foundation article highlights the hypocrisy within the Obama Administration’s approach to energy. The U.S. Treasury Green Book, which details the reasons for changing the tax code,…

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Taxes & Economy

How Much will Your Tax Bill Increase in 2011?

  • Nathan Benefield
  • July 23, 2010

The Tax Foundation has a great new tool to calculate your federal tax burden in 2011 – comparing your tax bill if the 2001 & 2003 tax cuts (“Bush…

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Taxes & Economy

When Your Ideas Harm Taxpayers, Make Stuff Up

  • Charles Mitchell
  • July 22, 2010

The Patriot-News has been all over the Commonwealth Foundation’s recent report exposing the activities of PennFuture, the environmental lobbying group whose former president is in charge of Gov. Rendell’s Department…

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Taxes & Economy

The PennFuture Scandal: We’re Not Mudslinging

  • Nathan Benefield
  • July 22, 2010

Jan Murphy of the Patriot-News did a fine job in her Sunday article, giving an evenhanded account of our report on PennFuture’s lobbying, but the…

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State Budget

Check Out State Budget Solutions

  • Nathan Benefield
  • July 22, 2010

State Budget Solutions is a new website put together by a coalition of free-market organizations. They’ve been up for a while with a “soft launch,” but had their “hard…

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