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Education

Op-Ed: Taxpayers Take School Board to Court for Trying to Silence Parents’ Criticism

• Kevin Mooney
• October 31, 2021

The education bill is moving forward in Pennsylvania as a recent poll from Real Clear Opinion Research found that a strong majority of independents, Democrats, and Republicans say they support…

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Regulation

Op-Ed: Pennsylvanians can’t afford Biden’s multi-trillion tax-and-spend plan

• Nathan Benefield
• October 30, 2021

With the legislative sausage-making now underway, it’s likely Pennsylvanians would find the menu of specific tax hikes distasteful.

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Op-Ed: Michigan’s governor should follow Pennsylvania’s on school choice expansions

• Marc LeBlond
• October 23, 2021

If Wolf, who has demonstrated allegiance to teacher unions, can sign massive school choice expansions in Pennsylvania, other governors including Whitmer should as well. Kids need it. Parents want it.

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Op-Ed: Three Pa. bills to give parents more control over their kids’ education

• Jennifer Stefano
• October 20, 2021

As a devoted James Bond fan, I rushed to see No Time to Die. I don’t usually see much of my own life in Bond’s — but this time, I…

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Op-Ed: Covid didn’t “break” parents

• Elizabeth Stelle
• October 10, 2021

Few things are more sickening than the realization that something you disagree with will happen to your child and there is nothing you can do about it.

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Op-Ed: A lawyer made COVID policy for Bucks County schools

• Kevin Mooney
• October 6, 2021

Bucks County public education officials chose to ignore local health authorities and instead followed a well-connected lawyer.

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The Vince Coglianese Show – Jennifer Stefano – 10.01.21

• Jennifer Stefano (Author)
• October 1, 2021

Vince Coglianese speaks with Jennifer Stefano, a Fellow at the Independent Women's Forum (IWF) and the Vice President of the Commonwealth Foundation.

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Op-Ed: Schools shouldn’t be political battlegrounds. Let’s make peace through educational choice

• Stephen Bloom
• October 1, 2021

School choice policies allow some of the funding used to educate a child to follow that child to the family’s school of choice.

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Op-Ed: Pa. lawmakers can end educational chaos by passing HB 1

• Nathan Benefield
• September 30, 2021

Educational choice policies like those in the Excellent Education for all Act (House Bill 1) empower parents.

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Op-Ed: While progressive leaders eat cake, their constituents suffer

• Jennifer Stefano
• September 27, 2021

A picture is worth a thousand words — maybe even 300,000, which was the dollar cost for a table at the Met Gala this year.

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Energy

Op-Ed: Climate Change Regulations in Pennsylvania: No Discernable Benefits

• Kevin Mooney
• September 10, 2021

What happens next in Pennsylvania’s legal and legislative battles over proposed climate change regulations will largely depend on who controls the narrative about carbon dioxide emissions and their impact.

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Op-Ed: Main Line Madness

• Michael Torres
• September 1, 2021

Parents across the country are engaging with their schools’ embrace of critical racial pedagogy, but in progressive locales like Lower Merion, pushback requires organization and cooperation among those who want…

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Op-Ed: Back-to-School Season in Pennsylvania Defined by Conflict

• Colleen Hroncich
• August 31, 2021

Amid new and recycled policies surrounding the COVID-19 Delta variant, batteles with local public school bureaucracies are intensifying.     …

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Energy

Op-Ed: Climate Regulations Reach Critical Turning Point in Pennsylvania

• Kevin Mooney
• August 29, 2021

September…

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Op-Ed: Limited government can make a comeback

• Nathan Benefield
• August 28, 2021

For advocates of limited government, it’s easy to feel like the fight is over and the country is on the path to fiscal ruin. But such pessimism is unwarranted.

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Op-Ed: Teacher Sues Union That Demands He Pay Dues For Almost A Year After He Resigned

• Kevin Mooney
• August 18, 2021

A Pennsylvania teachers union argues that a teacher who resigned his union membership should pay 'fair-share fees' for the entire year, even though he resigned only a few months in.

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Energy

Op-Ed: Young Pennsylvanians want to fight climate change. Our leaders want to pretend they are.

• August 16, 2021

Governor Wolf’s push to join the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative is more about appearances than real change. It’s time for Pennsylvania to instate policy that helps the environment, boosts revenue,…

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Op-Ed: Pennsylvanians deserve maximum wages, not harmful minimum wage mandates

• Stephen Bloom
• August 16, 2021

Instead of making workers dependent upon politics for a raise, the government should clear the path for our local economies to grow. This approach to prosperity is real and long-lasting—and…

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Energy

Op-Ed: Wolf climate change plan will kill Pa. jobs

• Elizabeth Stelle
• August 12, 2021

Joining RGGI will hurt our economy. States that participate in the RGGI have seen major decreases in goods manufacturing (down 8.6% from 2007 to 2019) thanks to rising energy costs.

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Op-Ed: Lawsuit claiming Pennsylvania has unequal school funding is misguided

• Jennifer Stefano
• July 28, 2021

If Pennsylvania’s education system prioritized families over bureaucracy, we’d never have to worry about “wealthy” and “poor” districts — or baseless lawsuits — again.

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Op-Ed: Limited Government Can Make a Comeback in Pandemic Era

• Nathan Benefield
• July 27, 2021

States like Pennsylvania are also pushing against unbridled gubernatorial powers. In the past, Republicans and Democrats criticized executive overreach when the opposing party was in power. Both parties, however, rarely…

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