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Liquor Monopoly: Turning Citizens into Criminals

• Elizabeth Stelle
• May 28, 2013

Last weekend’s Memorial Day celebration got off to a rocky start for three Pennsylvanians who were issued citations by state police. Their crime? Looking for greater selection and lower…

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Regulation

Myth: PLCB vs Largest Wholesalers

• Nathan Benefield
• May 28, 2013

One popular myth in the liquor debate is that the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board has enormous “buying power” that benefits Pennsylvanians. The story goes that the state is the largest, or…

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Trio of pension changes extend scope of debate

• May 28, 2013

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Fixing Questionable Union Spending, Practices

• May 24, 2013

Following teacher Mike Quinn’s e-mail explaining his perspective on how the Pennsylvania State Education Association and National Education Association spend members’ dues poorly, Free to Teach…

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Public Union Democracy

Pension Crisis Facts: Are 401(k)s Enough?

• May 24, 2013

Pennsylvania needs pension reform that provides state workers with a sustainable retirement system that’s fair to new workers, existing employees and taxpayers. What are our options? The current system is…

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Analyst: State needs pension reform now

• May 24, 2013

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Regulation

Diddy & PLCB: It’s All about the Benjamins

• May 23, 2013

On Wednesday, Harrisburg was graced with a visit from Hip Hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs, hawking premium Cîroc vodka to Pennsylvania entrepreneurs business owners…

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Mixing the right liquor privatization cocktail: As I See It

• May 22, 2013

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Regulation

Privatization Opponents: Distorting or Ill-Informed?

• Nathan Benefield
• May 22, 2013

Critics of liquor store privatization claim that a CDC study suggests liquor privatization would result in greater social harms.  The problem: The flawed study doesn’t support that claim, and…

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Regulation

Pension Crisis Facts: What Are Our Options?

• May 22, 2013

Pennsylvania needs pension reform that provides state workers with a sustainable retirement system that’s fair to new workers, existing employees and taxpayers.  What are our options? The current system is…

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Your View: “Too Many Variables,” Politics Make Teacher Evaluations Unfair

• May 21, 2013

How is performance to be measured? By test scores? By PVAAS? What if one classroom has a lopsided number of students with 504 plans or special education plans, and…

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Education

Cyber Schools Save the Best & Brightest

• May 21, 2013

Avi Stein, a resident of Camp Hill, overcame learning disabilities and the challenges of mentoring four younger siblings to be one of only 20 Central Pennsylvania students honored with a…

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Shield Pa. taxpayers from a ‘pension tsunami’

• May 21, 2013

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Taxes & Economy

Demanding More Dollars From Drillers

• Gordon Tomb
• May 20, 2013

Pennsylvania’s new drilling impact fee has not deterred special interests from demanding more money from the state’s most prolific producers of new energy. Act 13 of 2012 imposed…

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So what’s up with liquor privatization? Dead? Mostly dead?: The Sunday Brunch

• May 20, 2013

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Education

From Cyber School to West Point

• Priya Brannick
• May 17, 2013

Hannah Tuffy, 20, is one of the first cyber school students to be accepted at the prestigious U.S. Military Academy at West Point. The accomplished Scranton native credits her success…

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Regulation

Dead? Mostly Dead? What’s Happening with Privatization?

• May 17, 2013

Have you heard that liquor privatization is dead? Or maybe just mostly dead? Well, as one of the great philosophers of our time (Billy Crystal in The Princess Bride)…

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Regulation

Facts Contradict Claims of Liquor Monopoly Supporters

• Nathan Benefield
• May 16, 2013

I’ve received some email responses critical of my recent commentary on liquor privatization. These responses, unfortunately, echo many of faulty claims served up by supporters of the…

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Liquor privatization advocate worried over slow motion senate

• May 16, 2013

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Education

Students Excel with School Choice

• May 16, 2013

Hannah and Alyssa will tell you that the freedom to choose a school that works for them was essential to their academic success. They are just two of the…

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Regulation

Perpetual Problems Plague PLCB

• May 15, 2013

As Yogi Berra once quipped, “It’s déjà vu all over again.” Another year and another audit of the PLCB released by the Auditor General’s Office found mismanagement at the state…

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