Taxes & Economy

Regulation or Electrification?

  • October 7, 2011

The Wall Street Journal brings to light new documents showing the Environmental Protection Agency operates as an overbearing parent, not a servant of the people. New regulations targeting air…

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PLCB: We Didn’t Start the Fire!

  • October 6, 2011

Now and then we like to have a sing along at CF.  Today, it’s sponsored by the languishing liquor lords at the PLCB who just produced a ponderous, perplexing piece of perestroika-like propaganda.  What…

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Education

Taxpayer-Funded Lobbyists’ Survey Contradicts Real Polls

  • Nathan Benefield
  • October 6, 2011

The Pennsylvania School Boards Association has released a new “survey” claiming that state residents oppose plans to provide vouchers to students. The PSBA’s funding comes from taxpayers through school…

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Education

Lawmakers Can Save Students in Duquesne

  • Priya Brannick
  • October 5, 2011

Jake Haulk at the Allegheny Institute points out that Duquesne City School District spends almost $20,000 per student every year (state average is about $14,000). But less than…

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Education

Academic Achievement Stagnates

  • Elizabeth Stelle
  • October 4, 2011

Pennsylvania students are not making much academic progress according to 2011 PSSA test results. The Patriot-News reports small gains were not enough to keep some central Pennsylvania school districts…

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Regulation

Commonwealth Foundation Creates ‘Liquor Liberty’ Web Site

  • October 4, 2011

HARRISBURG, PA – The Commonwealth Foundation launched today www.LetFreedomDrink.com, a Web site dedicated to removing state government and the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board from its monopoly stranglehold over retail and…

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Public Union Democracy

Prevailing Wage Reform Bills Pass Committee

  • Priya Brannick
  • October 3, 2011

Six bills to reform Pennsylvania’s prevailing wage law passed the House Labor and Industry Committee today, and will now go to the full House for a vote. The state’s 1961…

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