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Regulation

Liquor Privatization Benefits Beer Distributors

• Nathan Benefield
• March 25, 2013

In the Bucks County Intelligencer, Sen. Chuck McIlhinney suggests that the liquor privization bill that passed the House last week doesn’t do enough for beer distributors.  In contrast,…

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Taxpayers, turnpike users pay price for corruption

• March 25, 2013

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Mandatory sentences filling jails

• March 25, 2013

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Senate players hold Corbett’s liquor plan in their hands

• March 24, 2013

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Lt. Gov. Cawley Recognizes CF Efforts in Liquor Liberty Win

• March 22, 2013

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Health Care

Note to Lawmakers: The Power Is Yours!

• Elizabeth Stelle
• March 22, 2013

One of my favorite cartoon’s growing up was Captain Planet. The cartoon’s catchy theme song ended with an emphatic, “The power is yours!” It’s a message all of our state lawmakers…

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Medicaid expansion issues to consider

• March 22, 2013

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New Pennsylvania Liquor Bill Goes to Full House

• March 22, 2013

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LETTER: Liquor vote could be last call for employees

• March 22, 2013

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Regulation

Liquor Liberty Victory!

• Matthew Brouillette
• March 22, 2013

Last night, the Pennsylvania House of Representatives made history, and we were a part of it! Yesterday marked the first time a vote for liquor store privatization was held, let alone…

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Historic Vote Huge Step to Liquor Liberty

• March 21, 2013

Members of the House of Representatives made a historic vote today by passing HB 790, a vote to end the state government’s Prohibition-era liquor system in Pennsylvania. Commonwealth Foundation…

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Who Supports Liquor Liberty?

• Nathan Benefield
• March 21, 2013

Today the Pennsylvania House is poised to pass landmark legislation (H.B. 790) to privatize the 80-year-old state store system and end the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board’s (PLCB) inefficient and antiquated…

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Expanding Medicaid: Eat now, starve later

• March 20, 2013

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Letters: Expanded Medicaid won’t improve cancer care

• March 20, 2013

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Regulation

Mailbag: Booze Q’s

• Matthew Brouillette, Nathan Benefield
• March 20, 2013

As legislation to get government out of the booze business is debated in the state House, CF‘s mailbox is overflowing with questions about liquor liberty! You asked, we answered: Q:…

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What’s in New Liquor Liberty Bill?

• March 18, 2013

Rep. Mike Turzai’s liquor store privatization bill, HB 790, heads to the House floor after successfully passing amended out of committee today. While the amendment changed the bill significantly, it…

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Regulation

The Sun Rises on Liquor Liberty

• Matthew Brouillette
• March 18, 2013

It wasn’t a typical Monday morning for me or the dozen citizen-patriots and CF team members that stood together in an empty hallway, outside a hearing room in the Capitol…

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Turnpike scandal may revive reform efforts

• March 18, 2013

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Underfunded public pensions: A ticking time bomb

• March 17, 2013

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Will pay-to-play allegations prompt Pennsylvania Turnpike reform?

• March 17, 2013

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Public Union Democracy

Temper Tantrums Taint Liquor Debate

• March 15, 2013

My four-year old niece likes to get her own way. When things going south—she has to take a nap, or worse, Dora the Explorer is over—no matter how much you…

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