Health Care

Rescuing the States from Medicaid

  • Elizabeth Stelle
  • May 19, 2011

State Medicaid spending has increased four times faster than elementary and secondary education spending and nine times faster than transportation spending over the past two decades. In Pennsylvania,…

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Taxes & Economy

Local Residents Tout Benefits of Marcellus Drilling

  • May 18, 2011

While many pro-tax groups are pushing for a natural gas severance fee—or impact fee though no one can quantify impact costs that drillers are not addressing—local residents often have…

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Regulation

Privatization Could Save Harrisburg

  • Elizabeth Stelle
  • May 18, 2011

In December, Harrisburg entered into the state’s ominous Act 47 program for distressed cities to avoid bankruptcy. Privatization seems one option to help the city deal with its debt…

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Taxes & Economy

We Took U. of Virginia to Court Over Michael Mann’s Records

  • May 18, 2011

We (American Tradition Institute’s Environmental Law Center) figured four-plus months and $4,000 was enough to give the University of Virginia to start producing the records we requested…

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Taxes & Economy

Pennsylvania Not Among Best States for Business

  • Nathan Benefield
  • May 17, 2011

Chief Executive Group released its annual Best/Worst States for Business report, bestowing another undesirable state ranking on Pennsylvania. The commonwealth ranked 39th out of the 50 states, dropping seven…

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