Every family, business owner, and taxpayer in Pennsylvania should be able to increase their financial security without undue interference from our state government. Free-market policies that limit taxes, allow entrepreneurs to innovate and create jobs, and offer stability to families will put our state on track to become a national leader. Policies that enact spending limits, cut taxes, and reduce regulations will help Pennsylvania avoid debt and restore sound fiscal planning that will benefit citizens in the years to come.

State Budget

How to Fix Pennsylvania’s Looming Budget Dilemma

  • Andrew Holman
  • November 18, 2024

Originally published at RealClearPennsylvania Pennsylvanians just elected 228 state senators and representatives. These candidates-turned-lawmakers spent the past several months doing all the challenging work of campaigning: giving speeches, knocking…

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Education

How Republicans should change Washington

  • Nathan Benefield
  • November 18, 2024

Originally published in The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette With their recent victories, President-elect Donald Trump and congressional Republicans received a new mandate to act. But what does this mandate entail? Hints…

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Energy

André Béliveau in National Review: Fracking Mattered in 2024

  • November 12, 2024

Harrisburg, Pa, November 12, 2024 – Fracking played a major role in determining the winners and losers of Pennsylvania federal races, wrote Commonwealth Foundation senior manager for Energy Policy André Béliveau in National…

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Energy

Fracking Is Key in the Keystone State — in 2024 and Beyond

  • André Béliveau
  • November 12, 2024

Originally published at National Review Fracking was front and center in this year’s election, especially in the energy-producing swing state of Pennsylvania. But it is more than a wedge political…

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State Budget

Pennsylvania’s Looming Budget Challenges

  • November 6, 2024

Summary Pennsylvania’s fiscal year (FY) 2024–25 state budget has created a $3.6 billion structural budget deficit. Without a major shift in direction, this deficit will persist and grow in future…

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Energy

Energy Policy and the PA Election

  • André Béliveau
  • November 2, 2024

Exploring the critical energy issues on Pennsylvanians’ minds and how Harris’s policies might affect the 2024 presidential race.

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Education

Three things to watch as Pennsylvania votes

  • Andrew Lewis
  • November 1, 2024

Originally published at The Washington Examiner Pennsylvania may be the deciding state in the 2024 election. But what issues will decide whether former President Donald Trump or…

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Energy

Affordable Energy Can Alleviate Pennsylvanians’ Economic Anxieties

  • André Béliveau
  • October 31, 2024

Originally published at RealClearEnergy Pennsylvanians are anxious about their futures. However, a recent poll shows a clear pathway to rebuilding optimism in the Keystone State. New polling by the…

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State Budget

The Taxpayer Protection Act

  • October 29, 2024

Summary Pennsylvania faces a $3.6 billion structural deficit that will force lawmakers to cut spending or increase taxes. State spending growth far outpaces inflation, population growth, and economic growth. This…

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Energy

Three Mile Island Demonstrates the Value of Free Markets

  • Stephen Bloom
  • October 21, 2024

Originally published at RealClearPennsylvania In a political environment that increasingly pretends government-imposed fixes are the best answers to everyday problems, it sometimes feels like a rare moment when we…

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Education

How to Win Pennsylvania

  • Andrew Lewis
  • October 15, 2024

Originally published at City Journal With its 19 electoral votes, Pennsylvania is the nation’s largest swing state. Vice President Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump have inundated the…

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Energy

Solar Protectionism Is Anything But Sunny

  • André Béliveau
  • October 8, 2024

Originally published at RealClearEnergy Bipartisanship is supposed to be sunny, but at the October 1 vice-presidential debate, it took a dark turn. J.D. Vance and Tim Walz …

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Regulation

Prevailing Wage in Pennsylvania

  • October 7, 2024

Summary Prevailing wage law dictates the minimum wage rates paid to workers on public construction projects if the project’s estimated costs exceed a certain threshold. Pennsylvania’s threshold for prevailing wage…

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Energy

Restarting Three Mile Island: Quick Facts

  • André Béliveau
  • October 1, 2024

Quick Facts On September 20, 2024, Constellation Energy entered a 20-year agreement with Microsoft to restart Three Mile Island’s (TMI) unit one reactor, renaming the facility “Crane Clean Energy…

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Education

Commonwealth Foundation names Andrew Lewis as new president and CEO

  • Andrew Lewis, Charles Mitchell
  • September 26, 2024

Originally published at Broad + Liberty The Commonwealth Foundation, a think tank focused on “transforming free-market ideas into actionable public policies,” appointed Andrew Lewis, a former Pennsylvania state representative…

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