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Pennsylvania Deserves Flexibility in Medicaid Reform

• August 28, 2014

For Immediate Release Commonwealth Foundation Contact: 717-671-1901 Without Fed’s Flexibility, Commonwealth Should Walk Away from Healthy PA August 28, 2014, HARRISBURG, Pa.—The Commonwealth Foundation commends Gov. Corbett for…

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FORMER INDIANA SUPERINTENDENT JOINS SCHOOL FUNDING EFFORT

• August 28, 2014

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Misconceptions cloud Pa. school funding debate

• August 27, 2014

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Commonwealth Foundation: Pa. voters lowball education funding

• August 27, 2014

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Poll finds support for more money for public schools despite underestimating what is already spent

• August 27, 2014

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Education

Audio: 73% of PA Voters Underestimate School Spending

• August 26, 2014

Yesterday, we released a new poll showing just how confused voters are about state education spending levels and the results that money is buying. When 54% of voters say…

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Public Union Democracy

Union Lobbying Holds Back Lottery Performance

• Elizabeth Stelle
• August 26, 2014

Illinois’s decision to terminate its lottery private management agreement with Northstar is being misinterpreted as proof that Pennsylvania dodged a bullet by failing to approve a private lottery management…

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The Daily Numbers for Tuesday, Aug. 26

• August 26, 2014

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Education

Poll: Voters Vastly Underestimate Education Spending, Majority Grade Schools D or F

• August 26, 2014

For Immediate Release Commonwealth Foundation Contact: 717-671-1901 Voters Underestimate Education Spending, Majority Grade Public Schools D or F Appetite for Higher Taxes Drops When Achievement Facts Revealed…

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Podcast: Profiles in Perseverance, Overcoming Poverty

• Elizabeth Stelle
• August 25, 2014

Bobbi was struggling. A single mom of two kids, she had a job but no place to live. Thanks to Opportunity House in Reading, Pennsylvania, Bobbi found a home…

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Free lunch for Highlands, New Ken schools eliminates stigma

• August 25, 2014

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Pa., get out of booze business

• August 25, 2014

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State workers paying less than most for health benefits

• August 25, 2014

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Don’t Blame School Choice for Philly’s School Funding Fiasco

• August 22, 2014

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Meet the Pennsylvanians falling through Obamacare’s cracks: Elizabeth Stelle and John R. Bouder

• August 22, 2014

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Letters to the Editor 8/22/2014

• August 22, 2014

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Affordable Care Act isn’t Affordable at All

• August 22, 2014

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Landowners Will Bear Burden of Severance Tax

• Elizabeth Stelle
• August 21, 2014

Randy Walker’s Armstrong County farm has been in the family for three generations. On 72 acres they grow hay, corn, oats, and care for cattle. A few years ago, Randy…

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Education

Pension Costs Forcing Teacher Layoffs

• James Paul
• August 20, 2014

We’ve debunked on this blog the “billion dollar education cut” myth time and time again. Yet another common refrain—even among those who admit state…

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Podcast: Teachers Opt Out of Union Membership

• August 20, 2014

This post first appeared on Commonwealth Foundation’s PolicyBlog. As part of National Employee Freedom Week, we sat down with two western Pennsylvania teachers who successfully left their teachers’…

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Public Union Democracy

Audio: 81% in PA Support Employee Freedom

• August 19, 2014

Should workers be penalized for leaving a union? 81 percent of Pennsylvanians say “no.” So why hasn’t a policy change happened to free workers from having to pay a…

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