Pennsylvania’s notoriously high level of regulation is a burden on our state economy. To make the Keystone State a competitive place to live, work, or grow a business, reforms are needed to rein in the regulatory process. Taxpayers deserve a streamlined regulatory process that scrutinizes proposed regulations to ensure frivolous reforms do not overburden the state economy and do not prevent job-seekers from accessing employment.

Prosperity

How To Make Pennsylvania Manufacturing Boom

  • Elizabeth Stelle
  • April 29, 2025

Originally published by RealClearPennsylvania. President Donald Trump and Gov. Josh Shapiro can agree on one thing: Pennsylvania needs a manufacturing boom. Political talk and regulatory action, however, are two different…

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Prosperity

New Report: Gig-Workers Prefer Flexibility of Portable Benefits

  • April 24, 2025

Commonwealth Foundation’s new report analyzes the success of DoorDash’s Portable Benefits Pilot Program in Pennsylvania.   Harrisburg, Pa., April 24, 2025 – DoorDash unveiled its portable benefits pilot…

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Regulation

Portable Benefits for Gig-Workers

  • April 23, 2025

Findings from a DoorDash pilot program in Pennsylvania.  Summary In April 2024, with the support of Gov. Josh Shapiro, DoorDash launched a first-of-its-kind portable benefits six-month pilot program for…

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Prosperity

Bring Domestic Steel Manufacturing Into America’s Golden Age

  • Nathan Benefield
  • April 23, 2025

Originally published by Broad + Liberty. If there is to be a new Golden Age for American industry and manufacturing, Pennsylvania will play a leading role. In recent years, a…

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Education

Governor Shapiro’s 2025 Budget Proposal: An Extreme Spending Binge

  • Nathan Benefield
  • February 4, 2025

Overview Gov. Josh Shapiro’s radical overspending exacerbates what is already a massive budget deficit. His plan imposes new taxes this year and will force extreme tax hikes on working families…

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Prosperity

Josh Shapiro must stand with Pa. workers and support Nippon deal

  • Andrew Lewis
  • December 19, 2024

Originally published at The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Despite the blistering cold conditions and national opposition, hundreds of Pittsburgh steelworkers gathered last Thursday to support a multimillion-dollar deal to save their…

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Fairness

A Monopoly Is Coming—Steel Yourself for It

  • Elizabeth Stelle
  • December 15, 2024

Originally published at The Wall Street Journal On U.S. Steel’s proposed merger with Nippon Steel, President Biden and President-elect Trump have listened to national union executives, not local union…

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Prosperity

Corporate welfare doesn’t work. Cutting red tape does.

  • Elizabeth Stelle
  • December 11, 2024

Originally published at Broad + Liberty In 2021, Pennsylvania lawmakers created the Local Resource Manufacturing (LRM) tax credit to attract businesses to the Keystone State. Shortly after, Nacero, a…

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Fairness

Will Lori Chavez-DeRemer Respect State Labor Reforms?

  • David Osborne
  • December 9, 2024

Originally published at Delaware Valley Journal Federalism is back. However, with the recent nomination of Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer as labor secretary, Congress must stay true to the federal government’s…

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Prosperity

Time for Shapiro to Ditch Corporate Welfare and Cut Red Tape

  • Elizabeth Stelle
  • November 26, 2024

Originally published at The Philadelphia Citizen For two years, Gov. Josh Shapiro has talked about the need for government to “move at the speed of business.” Though…

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Education

Pennsylvania is Now the Bellwether on Democrats’ Future

  • Andrew Lewis
  • November 21, 2024

Originally published at RealClearPennsylvania The Keystone State was expected to be the bellwether on November 5th, and it didn’t disappoint. Not only did Donald Trump carry Pennsylvania …

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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

Gov. Shapiro’s permitting reforms are not enough

  • Elizabeth Stelle
  • September 25, 2024

Originally published at The Mercury Gov. Josh Shapiro brags about making Pennsylvania “open for business” and “competitive as hell.” He recently tweeted, “We’ve cut red…

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Regulation

Pennsylvania workers cannot afford to lose U.S. Steel

  • Nathan Benefield
  • September 25, 2024

Originally published at The Patriot-News For 123 years, U.S. Steel (USS) has operated in Pennsylvania and has been synonymous with the Keystone State. Pittsburgh, aptly named the “Steel…

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Education

Lowering the Cost of Living Key To Winning Keystone State

  • Andrew Lewis
  • September 23, 2024

Originally published at Newsweek What will it take for Donald Trump or Kamala Harris to win Pennsylvania—arguably the most important state in the 2024 election? The answer is simple. They must…

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Energy

Regulations subvert ‘environmental justice’

  • Gordon Tomb
  • September 21, 2024

Originally published at the Williamsport Sun-Gazette Thirty years ago, more than 800 waste coal piles marred the Pennsylvania landscape, poisoning streams and emitting gaseous odors, including the rotten-egg smell…

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Regulation

How the Shapiro Administration Doubled the Cost of Broadband

  • David Osborne
  • September 10, 2024

Originally published at RealClearPennsylvania The digital divide – the gap between communities with and without access to high-speed internet – is a prominent issue in Pennsylvania. More than …

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