Restoring the Dignity of Work

  • Elizabeth Stelle
  • November 9, 2017

The benefits of work, such as income, personal satisfaction, and a sense of purpose, are widely known. Yet, major welfare programs treat work as a burden or an inconvenience instead…

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Restoring the Dignity of Work

  • November 9, 2017

The benefits of work, such as income, personal satisfaction, and a sense of purpose, are widely known. Yet, major welfare programs treat work as a burden or an inconvenience instead…

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Did You Hear?

  • November 9, 2017

Within a single week, thousands of home care workers, educators, and taxpayers were relieved of the governor’s punitive—and unlawful—penalization. First, Gov. Wolf’s administration suspended a mandatory “orientation program” for Pennsylvania…

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Did You Hear?

  • November 9, 2017

Within a single week, thousands of home care workers, educators, and taxpayers were relieved of the governor’s punitive—and unlawful—penalization. First, Gov. Wolf’s administration suspended a mandatory “orientation program” for Pennsylvania…

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Note From the Team

  • November 9, 2017

The budget battle carried well into the fall, with lawmakers struggling to find a way to pay for the spending plan they passed early this summer. Both chambers came to…

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Note From the Team

  • November 9, 2017

The budget battle carried well into the fall, with lawmakers struggling to find a way to pay for the spending plan they passed early this summer. Both chambers came to…

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Remembering Fred Anton

  • Matthew Brouillette
  • November 3, 2017

I first met Fred Anton in 2002 when I was appointed president of the Commonwealth Foundation. I knew him as Mr. Anton then, and I called him Mr. Anton for…

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Regulation

Liquor Store Loan? Don’t Bank on It

  • Nathan Benefield
  • October 16, 2017

Gov. Wolf’s plan to borrow more than $1 billion against PLCB revenue to balance the budget makes little sense. Under Wolf’s plan to “monetize” our liquor system, the state’s General…

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Around the State

  • September 26, 2017

 In May, Matt Brouillette of Commonwealth Partners, George Coates, Commonwealth Foundation board treasurer, and Commonwealth Foundation President & CEO Charles Mitchell had the privilege of touring Pepperidge Farm's facility in…

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Around the State

  • September 26, 2017

 In May, Matt Brouillette of Commonwealth Partners, George Coates, Commonwealth Foundation board treasurer, and Commonwealth Foundation President & CEO Charles Mitchell had the privilege of touring Pepperidge Farm's facility in…

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Meet Lenny McAllister

  • September 25, 2017

Lenny McAllister joined CF in early 2017 as the first director of entrepreneur engagement in western Pennsylvania. Recently, CF Vice President Jennifer Stefano sat down with Lenny to discuss his…

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Meet Lenny McAllister

  • September 25, 2017

Lenny McAllister joined CF in early 2017 as the first director of entrepreneur engagement in western Pennsylvania. Recently, CF Vice President Jennifer Stefano sat down with Lenny to discuss his…

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State Budget Update

  • September 25, 2017

On the last day of the state’s fiscal year, the General Assembly passed a $32 billion budget that boosts state spending by $500 million, but lawmakers didn’t say how they’d…

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State Budget Update

  • September 25, 2017

On the last day of the state’s fiscal year, the General Assembly passed a $32 billion budget that boosts state spending by $500 million, but lawmakers didn’t say how they’d…

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Follow Our Lead

  • Nathan Benefield
  • September 25, 2017

Those seeking a return to fiscal sanity should take heart: Significant reforms are advancing at the state level that could spur a bottom-up course correction across the country—and Pennsylvania is…

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