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Public Union Democracy

Government Unions Are Making a Comeback—and Taxpayers Will Pay the Price

  • David Osborne
  • September 14, 2026

Originally published by National Review. overnment unions looked like they were up against the ropes in 2018. Then, a landmark Supreme Court decision, Janus v.

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One Year Later, Charlie Kirk’s Legacy Carries On

  • Megan Martin
  • September 10, 2026
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Education

Who Holds Pennsylvania’s Public Schools Accountable?

  • Rachel Langan
  • September 8, 2026
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Regulation

Pennsylvania’s Shapiro Seeks COVID-19-Style Lockdown Powers

  • Megan Martin
  • September 7, 2026
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Nutter to city contractors, subcontractors: Pay minimum wage of $10.88

  • May 7, 2014

Media Hit

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Job creation: A governor’s job?

  • May 5, 2014

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A Marcellus shale severance tax would benefit the powerful unions at the expense of the citizenry

  • May 5, 2014

Media Hit

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Sign-ups doubled in Pennsylvania during the last month of enrollment

  • May 2, 2014

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Credit check: PA treasurer uses expensive hotels when traveling

  • May 2, 2014

Media Hit

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The cost of kindergarten

  • April 30, 2014

Media Hit

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Corbett pushes pension reform to builders group, nods toward paycheck protection proposal

  • April 30, 2014

Media Hit

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Public unions may be using funded resources illegally

  • April 30, 2014

Media Hit

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Get fracking facts

  • April 28, 2014

Media Hit

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Pennsylvania legislation would allow charters to open without permission from hostile school boards

  • April 22, 2014

Media Hit

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Minimum wage hikes kill jobs: PennLive letters

  • April 21, 2014

Media Hit

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Policy analyst with chronic pain condition: Obamacare has failed me

  • April 17, 2014

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Union bosses threatened by homegrown freedom-fighters

  • April 16, 2014

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More Americans on food stamps than women working full-time

  • April 16, 2014

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Pitfalls of Medicaid Expansion

  • April 16, 2014

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Cash Gift Scandal Puts Reform Issues Back on Table

  • April 14, 2014

Media Hit

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How To Measure Inequality

  • April 14, 2014

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Spendthrift rescue

  • April 14, 2014

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My Obamacare policy is failing me: Priya Abraham

  • April 14, 2014

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Violent Philly high school source of worry

  • April 11, 2014

Media Hit

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Pa. legislature spurred by public sentiment on labor loopholes, gift ban

  • April 11, 2014

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