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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
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Education

School Choice Saves Families Struggling with Affordability

  • Rachel Langan
  • August 13, 2026
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‘Dear America, We Give Our Schools Third-World Level Resources…With Love, Philadelphia XOXO’

  • October 16, 2014

Media Hit

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Report shows PA school district’s troubles as partial charter takeover considered

  • October 15, 2014

Media Hit

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Corbett wants to talk taxes, and Wolf is sticking to his talking points

  • October 14, 2014

Media Hit

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Will Pat Browne Go Down With The Ship?

  • October 14, 2014

Media Hit

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Pennsylvania’s legislative term rolls toward closure with a focus on the achievable

  • October 14, 2014

Media Hit

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York City School District ranked next-to-last in state

  • October 14, 2014

Media Hit

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Tom Wolf’s ‘Fresh Start’: Vague & stale

  • October 13, 2014

Media Hit

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Rendell cut funding for education, not Corbett

  • October 10, 2014

Media Hit

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Scholarships offer lifeline to Pa. students

  • October 10, 2014

Media Hit

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Letter: School funding needs fresh ideas

  • October 10, 2014

Media Hit

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Philadelphia teachers will soon pay for their own health care

  • October 8, 2014

Media Hit

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Next Pennsylvania governor faces financial mess

  • October 8, 2014

Media Hit

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How Much Do We Spend On Education?

  • October 6, 2014

Media Hit

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As lawmakers return, the stakes are too high to play politics with pensions: Katrina Anderson

  • October 6, 2014

Media Hit

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Teachers Sue Union for Censoring Charitable Donations

  • October 6, 2014

Media Hit

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Immunizing Pennsylvania taxpayers

  • October 6, 2014

Media Hit

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Schoolyard Fight: Corbett, Wolf spar over the governor’s history of education funding

  • October 3, 2014

Media Hit

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Nathan Benefield: How to immunize Pa. taxpayers from chronic overspending

  • October 3, 2014

Media Hit

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Pennsylvania Decision to Expand Medicaid Could Prove Costly

  • October 3, 2014

Media Hit

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Barrar takes aim for 10th term

  • October 3, 2014

Media Hit

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State’s Medicaid expansion, Healthy PA, to begin enrollment

  • October 1, 2014

Media Hit

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