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Regulation

It’s Hard to End Underage Drinking While Promoting Alcohol Consumption

• September 25, 2013

Picture yourself at age 16. Now picture your parents giving you a stern talking-to about the dangers of alcohol abuse. “Drinking before you’re 21 is wrong. It’s dangerous and illegal,”…

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Regulation

Canada Dry? Nope, Alberta is Benefiting from Liquor Privatization

• September 23, 2013

As lawmakers return to Harrisburg for the fall legislative session, liquor privatization will once again be a topic for debate. Fortunately for the people of Alberta, Canada, debate over whether…

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1.7 million in Pa. brace for food stamp reform

• September 22, 2013

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Laws good for both workers, business

• September 20, 2013

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Republican schism grows over ‘Corbettcare’

• September 20, 2013

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Anti-teachers-union push can’t get one Philly teacher to speak out

• September 20, 2013

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Gov. Corbett pledges to keep, expand state CHIP under new health care law

• September 20, 2013

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Education

Pa. Teacher: Union Dues Deduction is “Wage Garnishment”

• September 20, 2013

Did you know school districts and other government agencies collect unions’ dues and political action committee money from payroll, just like a tax? Teachers are speaking out about this…

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The Thursday wrap

• September 19, 2013

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Education

Union Abuses Force Pennsylvania Teachers to Speak Out

• September 19, 2013

Did you know teachers’ unions can force many teachers in Pennsylvania to pay dues or a “fair share fee” that’s taken directly out of teachers’ paychecks? What’s more, this withholding…

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Education

TODAY: Pennsylvania Teachers Protest Union Abuses

• September 19, 2013

For Immediate Release The Commonwealth Foundation Contact: 717-671-1901 Union Abuses Force Pennsylvania Teachers to Speak Out Teacher unions get special treatment; force teachers and taxpayers to…

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The Corbett plan: Fraught with peril.

• September 18, 2013

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Northampton County DA: Gov. Corbett’s privatized liquor plan puts business interests above safety

• September 17, 2013

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Corbett’s health care lite keeps Obamacare as 2014 campaign issue: column

• September 17, 2013

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Corbett says he’ll use Medicaid expansion funds to provide good health care, promote employment

• September 17, 2013

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Corbett would reform Medicaid, cover uninsured through private plans

• September 17, 2013

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Education

School District Takes Lavish Retreat Amid Budget Crisis

• September 17, 2013

If you’re one of the most violent school districts in Pennsylvania, failing your students, and borrowing to make ends meet, would you spend money on a lavish retreat?  If…

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Grant Non-Union Teachers Freedom to Associate

• September 17, 2013

I’m a public school librarian in Dauphin County and former elementary school teacher. I decided to quit my union because I was tired of seeing money being forcibly taken from…

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Health Care

Pennsylvania’s Poor and Taxpayers Deserve Better

• September 16, 2013

September 16, 2013, HARRISBURG – Matthew J. Brouillette, president and CEO of the Commonwealth Foundation, released the following statement in response to Gov. Tom Corbett’s “Healthy PA” initiative: We commend…

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Health Care

Healthy PA Can’t Cure Obamacare Disease

• Elizabeth Stelle, Nathan Benefield
• September 16, 2013

Gov. Corbett today unveiled a “Healthy PA” plan, calling for reforms to Medicaid while also accepting federal “Medicaid expansion” funds to buy insurance for 500,000 or more individuals on the…

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Connellsville underwent an early intervention

• September 16, 2013

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