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medicaid enrollment

Welfare

Medicaid Fraud Demands Prevention, not Just Prosecution

  • Nathan Benefield
  • August 18, 2026

Originally published by PennLive. What would you do if someone told you they worked 36 hours per day? If you were the Pennsylvania Department of…

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Private property rights

Government Accountability

Pennsylvanians’ Constitutional Rights Don’t End at the Edge of Their Yards

  • Megan Martin
  • August 17, 2026
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Education

Tax Credit Programs Extend School Choice and Enable Kids to Attend Better Schools

  • Megan Martin
  • August 15, 2026
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Education

School Choice Saves Families Struggling with Affordability

  • Rachel Langan
  • August 13, 2026
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State House to consider bill to control state pension costs

  • June 15, 2010

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Severance tax on gas industry would in end hurt consumers

  • June 14, 2010

Media Hit

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Advocates say poor need available free cell phones

  • June 14, 2010

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Report draws mixed reaction

  • June 13, 2010

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Rendell’s tax ideas lead to economic stagnation

  • June 10, 2010

Media Hit

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LTE: Sever Spending

  • June 9, 2010

Media Hit

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Commonwealth Foundation condemns proposed Marcellus Shale gas severance tax

  • June 9, 2010

Media Hit

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What are the prospects for privatizing wine and liquor sales in Pennsylvania?

  • June 6, 2010

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‘Change’ hard to come by in Harrisburg

  • June 6, 2010

Media Hit

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The Film Tax Credit: Cut!

  • June 6, 2010

Media Hit

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Rendell’s economic claims require an explanation

  • June 4, 2010

Media Hit

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Tax & flee

  • June 1, 2010

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196 Pittsburgh workers’ pay tops $100K

  • May 31, 2010

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Candidate addresses ‘pension tsunami’

  • May 28, 2010

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What a nuisance!

  • May 28, 2010

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The Real “Special Interest” Problem In PA

  • May 28, 2010

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State pension problems addressed at PEL luncheon

  • May 27, 2010

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Reforming Pa. legislature to be top priority

  • May 26, 2010

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Would taxing extraction be boon or doom?

  • May 26, 2010

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PSEA chief ignores much of what will raise property taxes

  • May 25, 2010

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Gaming unemployment

  • May 25, 2010

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