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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
Read More: School Choice Saves Families Struggling with Affordability

Free-market group: Wolf’s budget would cost families $1,400

  • March 11, 2015

Media Hit

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Fiscal Office director puts Pa. budget deficit well below Wolf’s estimate

  • March 11, 2015

Media Hit

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Wolf budget proposal called ‘tax and spend shell game’ by conservatives

  • March 11, 2015

Media Hit

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School funding foes clash over Pennsylvania’s lesson plans

  • March 11, 2015

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Wolf’s budget plan ‘a lot of smoke, mirrors and confusion,’ lawmaker says

  • March 11, 2015

Media Hit

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Huskey: What a difference a party makes

  • March 9, 2015

Media Hit

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Charter school advocates cry foul over Gov. Wolf’s budget

  • March 9, 2015

Media Hit

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Officials react to Gov. Wolf’s budgetary proposal

  • March 9, 2015

Media Hit

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Wolf on increased school spending: ‘This is what the people want’

  • March 9, 2015

Media Hit

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Pennsylvania Governor Proposes Major Tax Overhaul

  • March 9, 2015

Media Hit

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The Wolf agenda: Coddling unions

  • March 6, 2015

Media Hit

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Property tax relief not permanent

  • March 6, 2015

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Charter school advocates howling mad over Wolf’s budget

  • March 6, 2015

Media Hit

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Drilling group says Wolf overestimates expected tax revenue

  • March 6, 2015

Media Hit

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FACT CHECK: TOM WOLF’S BUDGET – TOM WOLF AND THE PENSION CRISIS

  • March 6, 2015

Media Hit

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Republicans: Wolf’s budget taxes, spends more

  • March 4, 2015

Media Hit

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Middle-class families brace for historical tax increases

  • March 4, 2015

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Opinion: Wolf’s gas tax won’t help students, but will kill their job opportunities

  • March 3, 2015

Media Hit

Read More: Opinion: Wolf’s gas tax won’t help students, but will kill their job opportunities

PA Ponders Extras For Film Industry

  • March 2, 2015

Media Hit

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Rein in Pa. spending

  • March 2, 2015

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Why water down Pennsylvania’s ‘paycheck protection’ bill?

  • March 2, 2015

Media Hit

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