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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

Court ruling imperils Obamacare subsidies in Pennsylvania

  • July 23, 2014

Media Hit

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State Sen. Scott Wagner says Pa.’s largest teachers union ‘has declared war on Pennsylvania Taxpayers’

  • July 23, 2014

Media Hit

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Moody’s downgrades Pa. rating; Corbett ponders pension reform session

  • July 22, 2014

Media Hit

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Commonwealth Foundation: Downgrade a wake-up call to state

  • July 22, 2014

Media Hit

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Will revenue projections hold up over fiscal year?

  • July 21, 2014

Media Hit

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School funding disparate in Western Pennsylvania

  • July 18, 2014

Media Hit

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School districts say state pension crisis boosting local tax rates

  • July 17, 2014

Media Hit

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Pa. pension costs pull from school districts, college students, turnpike

  • July 17, 2014

Media Hit

Read More: Pa. pension costs pull from school districts, college students, turnpike

Corbett takes pension fight to the public – will they listen?: The Sunday Brunch

  • July 14, 2014

Media Hit

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PA Cyber Charter School announces plans for $5.7 million expansion

  • July 14, 2014

Media Hit

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Legislative gobbledygook: Say what?

  • July 9, 2014

Media Hit

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Pennsylvania lawmakers table teacher seniority bill, special ed funding

  • July 8, 2014

Media Hit

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Vague bill shrouds earmarks in secrecy, to get Pennsylvania Senate vote

  • July 8, 2014

Media Hit

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Interest groups’ lobbying tally tops $500M in Pennsylvania

  • July 7, 2014

Media Hit

Read More: Interest groups’ lobbying tally tops $500M in Pennsylvania

Cigs for kids is leadership?

  • July 7, 2014

Media Hit

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Medicaid expansion report tallies what state is missing

  • July 7, 2014

Media Hit

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Will Pa. get pension reform?

  • July 3, 2014

Media Hit

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Budget and pension reform aside, PA has plenty of other unfinished business

  • July 3, 2014

Media Hit

Read More: Budget and pension reform aside, PA has plenty of other unfinished business

Supreme Court: Public unions can’t make nonmembers pay fees

  • July 1, 2014

Media Hit

Read More: Supreme Court: Public unions can’t make nonmembers pay fees

Elected officials-only pension reform wins Senate passage, but that looks to be as far as it gets

  • July 1, 2014

Media Hit

Read More: Elected officials-only pension reform wins Senate passage, but that looks to be as far as it gets

Supreme Court blocks public employee union from collecting dues from workers who object

  • July 1, 2014

Media Hit

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