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

Education

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

  • Megan Martin
  • August 15, 2026
Read More: Tax Credit Programs Extend School Choice and Enable Kids to Attend Better Schools

Education

School Choice Saves Families Struggling with Affordability

  • Rachel Langan
  • August 13, 2026
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‘Benefits cliff’ traps families in poverty

  • June 16, 2015

Media Hit

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Raising minimum wage bad for workers as well as employers | Letter

  • June 12, 2015

Media Hit

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Gas tax critics champion, not oppose, progress

  • June 10, 2015

Media Hit

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PA overtime costs hit two-decade record last year

  • June 9, 2015

Media Hit

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Union stalls liquor privatization

  • June 9, 2015

Media Hit

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Philly school district’s fuzzy math clouds legit budget deficit

  • June 8, 2015

Media Hit

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Let the Sun Shine There, Not Here

  • June 3, 2015

Media Hit

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Another levy could undermine a profitable industry for Pa.

  • June 3, 2015

Media Hit

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Armed with powerful lobbyists, union stonewalls liquor privatization in PA

  • June 1, 2015

Media Hit

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Busting PA’s budget with welfare spending can be avoided, study finds

  • May 29, 2015

Media Hit

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Pa. Gov. Wolf proposes to add $28M a year for human services

  • May 27, 2015

Media Hit

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Erie shows wrong way to shop for economic growth solutions

  • May 26, 2015

Media Hit

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Pensions and Politics Fuel Crisis in Illinois

  • May 25, 2015

Media Hit

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Here’s how Pennsylvania school districts would spend extra money promised by Gov. Tom Wolf

  • May 22, 2015

Media Hit

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Why are teachers pension plans in trouble?

  • May 22, 2015

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Charter school plea raises question

  • May 19, 2015

Media Hit

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Legislation would save parents from child-care benefits ‘cliff’

  • May 16, 2015

Media Hit

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Commonwealth Foundation: 30,000 jobs that won’t pay under Wolf’s budget — some job-seekers better off if Wolf did nothing

  • May 15, 2015

Media Hit

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134 Billion Reasons to Embrace Debt Reform

  • May 15, 2015

Media Hit

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It’s time state got out of retail liquor business

  • May 15, 2015

Media Hit

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Nurses: Regulations hamper health-care efficiency in Pennsylvania

  • May 14, 2015

Media Hit

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