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Public Union Democracy

CBS Investigates: Government Unions & Politics

• April 30, 2014

Last night, CBS 21’s Waste Watch program investigated how government unions use public resources to collect their members’ dues and spend that money on politics. Chris Papst reports: “Government…

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Regulation

Will More Choice and Convenience Really Kill Your Kids?

• April 30, 2014

In a move that reeks of desperation, the United Food and Commerical Workers Union (UFCW) released a new ad with a ridiculous message: liquor liberalization will kill your kids.  …

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The cost of kindergarten

• April 30, 2014

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

• April 30, 2014

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State Budget

Tax Cuts To Blame for Pennsylvania’s Budget Deficit?

• Nathan Benefield
• April 30, 2014

As we have pointed out in the past, Pennsylvania’s legacy of overspending has created a looming deficit, threatening to destroy our fiscal house. Yet, some lawmakers and public officials…

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Public unions may be using funded resources illegally

• April 30, 2014

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Health Care

Poverty Isn’t a Partisan Problem

• Elizabeth Stelle
• April 29, 2014

Here’s a sobering fact: 13.1 percent of Pennsylvanians live in poverty despite billions spent every year on the social safety net. Simply throwing more money at the problem won’t make…

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Get fracking facts

• April 28, 2014

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Share Your Obamacare Story

• April 28, 2014

Hi, my name is Priya. I battle fibromyalgia, a chronic pain condition. Only one drug dulls my pain, but without insurance, it costs $400 every month. I thought Obamacare…

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Public Union Democracy

What’s Paycheck Protection Really All About?

• April 28, 2014

A lot of ink has been spilled on paycheck protection already, but few people have summarized its essence as well as my colleague Katrina Anderson, CF’s Director of Government Affairs,…

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State Budget

S&P Worried About Pennsylvania’s Overspending

• Nathan Benefield
• April 25, 2014

Standard & Poor’s is sounding the alarm, once again, on Pennsylvania’s record of overspending. A new S&P report singles out the commonwealth for not putting our fiscal house in order,…

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

• April 22, 2014

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Minimum wage hikes kill jobs: PennLive letters

• April 21, 2014

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Government Accountability

Happy Tax Freedom Day, Pennsylvania!

• Bruce Cornibe
• April 21, 2014

Happy Tax Freedom Day! It took from January 1 until today for Pennsylvanians to have earned enough income to pay off their federal, state, and local taxes for the year. …

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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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Education

SAT Scores Slip While Spending Soars

• Elizabeth Stelle
• April 16, 2014

Pennsylvania education spending is at at all-time high and ranks near the top in dollars spent per student among the states. But all of that extra spending isn’t helping kids…

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Cash Gift Scandal Puts Reform Issues Back on Table

• April 14, 2014

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How To Measure Inequality

• April 14, 2014

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