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Public Union Democracy

Top 5 Reasons We Need a Paycheck Protection Law

• Nathan Benefield
• May 12, 2014

Occasionally I get asked why we need a state law preventing taxpayer resources from being used to collect union political money (“paycheck protection“), when local government can choose to…

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Raise the minimum wage, retard the jobs recovery

• May 12, 2014

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State pension funds pose big problem for next governor

• May 12, 2014

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Health Care

A Blueprint for a Prosperous Pennsylvania: Welfare Reform

• Elizabeth Stelle
• May 9, 2014

Pennsylvania is facing an estimated $1.2 billion deficit next fiscal year. To bring the budget into balance without tax increases or borrowing, spending reforms must be implemented. In our…

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Education

School Spending is the Issue

• Nathan Benefield
• May 9, 2014

My letter to the editor in yesterday’s York Daily Record addresses some inaccuracies about education spending in Pennsylvania. Your editorial on education funding (“Funding formula a good…

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Advocates urge minimum wage increase in Pennsylvania

• May 9, 2014

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School spending is the real issue (letter)

• May 9, 2014

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Pennsylvania’s Anti-Privatization Propaganda

• May 9, 2014

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Education

Fewer Districts Seek Big Property Tax Hikes

• Elizabeth Stelle
• May 8, 2014

Government union leaders like to claim mythical state education funding cuts caused widespread school property tax increases. But new data shows fewer school districts are actually receiving exceptions…

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As the Senate leaves town without a plan, many wonder if liquor privatization is dead in the water

• May 8, 2014

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Work continues to ease stress on charter schools

• May 8, 2014

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Expert presents plan for state pension reform

• May 8, 2014

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Consultant at W-B luncheon: Can’t fix public pension problems with ‘magic’

• May 8, 2014

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Taxes & Economy

Minimum Wage Backers Leave Young Minorities Behind

• May 8, 2014

Commonwealth Foundation Contact: 717-671-1901 Minimum Wage Backers Leave Young Minorities Behind Wage mandates push black youth out of the job market Today, Big Labor-backed groups will rally to…

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Nutter to city contractors, subcontractors: Pay minimum wage of $10.88

• May 7, 2014

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State Budget

A Blueprint for a Prosperous Pennsylvania

• May 6, 2014

We have been warned: Pennsylvania is on a path to higher taxes, fewer jobs, more debt, and a lower standard of living if the state does not rein in…

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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

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Public Union Democracy

Paycheck Protection Debate Heats Up

• May 2, 2014

In the statewide debate over paycheck protection, a pair of dueling letters to the editor in Lancaster County cut to the chase. First, a Mount Joy resident who received a…

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Health Care

Five Reasons the Exchanges are Failing

• Elizabeth Stelle
• May 2, 2014

Over 8 million Americans and 300,000 Pennsylvanians signed up for health insurance on the Obamacare exchanges according to data released by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)…

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

• May 2, 2014

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