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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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Wolf should champion paycheck protection

  • December 22, 2014

Media Hit

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Spending problem

  • December 17, 2014

Media Hit

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After the Pa Society party, the pension hangover still awaits: Analysis

  • December 15, 2014

Media Hit

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Wolf’s moves: Substance or fluff?

  • December 15, 2014

Media Hit

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Our View: A pleasant surprise for job creation

  • December 15, 2014

Media Hit

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Picking winners & losers: Stop the idiocy

  • December 15, 2014

Media Hit

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Pa. businesses that get government grants should be held accountable

  • December 15, 2014

Media Hit

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Unions will see if bets on Wolf pay off

  • December 12, 2014

Media Hit

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Liquor privatization debate poised to resurface in PA House

  • December 12, 2014

Media Hit

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GOP may seek last push for Pa. action

  • December 12, 2014

Media Hit

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Audit: PA handed out $93 million to businesses that missed job projections

  • December 12, 2014

Media Hit

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Pennsylvania state agency failed to live up to promises of job creation, audit says

  • December 11, 2014

Media Hit

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Change is definitely coming to the governor’s mansion. But what will it look like?

  • December 10, 2014

Media Hit

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Teachers’ Unions: The common roadblock to reform

  • December 10, 2014

Media Hit

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Raising taxes is the wrong way to fix Pa.’s financial problem: PennLive letters

  • December 9, 2014

Media Hit

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Supt. Chain reflects on his years with Fairfield in Adams County

  • December 9, 2014

Media Hit

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Local districts short-changed by state (YDR opinion)

  • December 9, 2014

Media Hit

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Filling that $2 billion hole leaves no room for political games: Editorial

  • December 8, 2014

Media Hit

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Roadblock to reform: Unions condemn schools to inferiority

  • December 5, 2014

Media Hit

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Listening tour on school funding gets earful on ‘hold harmless’

  • December 5, 2014

Media Hit

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How suburbanites can help the city with its budget issues (letter)

  • December 2, 2014

Media Hit

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