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Public Union Democracy

Media Attention for Paycheck Protection

• February 21, 2014

Our new paycheck protection survey released this week has Pennsylvania talking. Why? The results show union members overwhelmingly agree that taxpayer resources shouldn’t be used for their unions’ politics. …

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Public Union Democracy

Big Labor’s Billions Targeting PA

• Nathan Benefield
• February 20, 2014

Unions are spending millions on politics, and drumming up issues like a minimum wage increase, solely to win some elections, the New York Times reports today. Union leaders are…

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Public Union Democracy

Plagiarism: Union Style

• Matthew Brouillette
• February 19, 2014

Several letters to the editor opposing paycheck protection—ostensibly written by different teachers—have appeared in newspapers around the state. Their suspicious similarity provides a valuable lesson in a practice typically frowned…

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Government Accountability

Union Spokesmen Still Lying About Paycheck Protection

• Nathan Benefield
• February 19, 2014

Yesterday, I pointed out that union leaders would use every bogeyman and slogan in their playbook rather than explain why taxpayers should collect their political money. As if on…

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Our take: Sen. Waugh’s resignation could have waited a bit

• February 18, 2014

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Corbett is spreading public sector pension poison

• February 18, 2014

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Public Union Democracy

Union Members Support Paycheck Protection

• Nathan Benefield
• February 18, 2014

Last week, my colleague Bob wrote in the Patriot News that union leaders are waging a “war on truth” by attacking paycheck protection but ignoring the real issue: whether…

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Public Union Democracy

Survey: Union Members Overwhelmingly SUPPORT Paycheck Protection!

• February 18, 2014

For Immediate Release Commonwealth Foundation Contact: 717-671-1901 Survey: Union Members Overwhelmingly SUPPORT Paycheck Protection! Large majority want unions, not government, to collect their dues and…

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Health Care

Liberal Group Screams “Murder” over Medicaid Expansion

• Elizabeth Stelle
• February 14, 2014

This week, John Micek called out Keystone Progress on his Pennlive.com blog for what he termed a “disgusting” email that “has no place in our discourse.” What provoked this…

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Paycheck protection issue hits local level in Pennsylvania

• February 13, 2014

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Paycheck protection opponents are fighting a war on truth: Bob Dick

• February 13, 2014

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Farm Show Complex pays two people to oversee facility during yearlong transition: necessary or wasteful?

• February 12, 2014

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Taxes & Economy

Warning to PA: Alternative Energy Subsidies Damage Europe

• Gordon Tomb
• February 12, 2014

State legislators who advocate for an expansion of government incentives for alternative energy sources need to pay attention to the events happening across the pond where the European Commission is…

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Letters to the Editor – 2/11/2014

• February 11, 2014

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Education

7 Little-Known Facts on Pennsylvania Public School Spending

• Priya Brannick
• February 11, 2014

For years, teachers unions in Pennsylvania have claimed the governor cut $1 billion from schools. But the real story is more complicated. A huge influx of federal stimulus funding expired,…

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Public Union Democracy

Local Governments Push for Paycheck Protection

• February 10, 2014

We’ve already highlighted the national attention paycheck protection received from the Wall Street Journal and Investor’s Business Daily. Now local governments in Pennsylvania are pushing for an end to…

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State Budget

Pennsylvanians Are Losing Economic Freedom

• Bruce Cornibe
• February 7, 2014

Pennsylvanians are losing economic freedom according to the Fraser Institute’s annual report, Economic Freedom of North America 2013. The commonwealth is slowly losing ground ranking 33rd in 2009 and…

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Public Union Democracy

Sen. Alloway Talks Paycheck Protection on the Lincoln Radio Journal

• Elizabeth Stelle
• February 6, 2014

Senator Richard Alloway sat down with host David Taylor and CF‘s Matt Brouillette on a recent Lincoln Radio Journal to discuss what paycheck protection would mean for Pennsylvania. Senator Alloway explains how…

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State Budget

5 Facts About the State Budget Proposal

• Elizabeth Stelle, Nathan Benefield
• February 6, 2014

The 2014-15 Pennsylvania State Budget proposal is more than 1000 pages, but we’ve boiled it down to five facts taxpayers you need to know 1. State Spending is at an All-Time…

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How Paycheck Protection Empowers Workers

• February 5, 2014

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Corbett’s 2014-15 budget increases education and social services funding

• February 5, 2014

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