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Taxes & Economy

Welfare Traps Good People in Broken System

• Elizabeth Stelle
• February 6, 2013

CBS 21’s Chris Papst presents a chilling story showing how easy it is for Pennsylvania families to get trapped in the welfare system. Investigators discovered a single mother of two making $20,000 in Pennsylvania can…

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Pensions in Corbett’s cross hairs in new budget

• February 6, 2013

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Karen Heller: Corbett reaches into the grab bag of ideas for Pa.

• February 6, 2013

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Local schools unsure about governor’s budget plan

• February 6, 2013

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Lawmakers, experts react to latest Corbett budget plan

• February 6, 2013

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Make “free enterprise” the seller

• February 6, 2013

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Health Care

Medicaid Expansion: The Price was Wrong

• Elizabeth Stelle
• February 6, 2013

Governor Corbett made the right call yesterday when he decided to recommend against expanding Medicaid in Pennsylvania. Here is my letter to the editor to the Philadelphia Inquirer explaining…

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State Budget

Gov. Corbett’s Budget Stands with Taxpayers

• February 5, 2013

Statement of Matthew J. Brouillette, president and CEO of the Commonwealth Foundation, Pennsylvania’s free-market think tank, on Governor Corbett’s budget proposal: Gov. Corbett has chosen to prioritize government spending…

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The fallacy of SCHIP: It’s not ‘insurance’

• February 5, 2013

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State Budget

Spending Restraint Fosters Economic Growth

• Nathan Benefield
• February 5, 2013

Critics, and likely election challengers, of Gov. Tom Corbett point to the singular fact that the state’s unemployment rate is higher than the national average (though not significantly,…

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Health Care

Lawmakers: Medicaid Expansion Not the Answer

• Elizabeth Stelle
• February 4, 2013

Rep. Gordon Denlinger and 37 House members sent a letter to Governor Corbett, urging the governor not to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act (also known as Obamacare).

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Cyber proposal undermines cherished school option

• February 4, 2013

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Priya Abraham | GOP proposal harms cyber schools, limits choices

• February 4, 2013

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Corbett Wants to Sell Off State Booze Monopoly For Convenience, Schools

• February 1, 2013

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Regulation

Liquor Liberty at Long Last?

• Nathan Benefield
• January 31, 2013

Yesterday, Gov. Tom Corbett unveiled his proposal for privatizing the government-run liquor stores and bringing Pennsylvania into the 21st century when it comes to the sale of alcohol. Pennsylvania…

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Brimmeier’a baggage

• January 31, 2013

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Corbett lays out plan for liquor privatization

• January 31, 2013

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Editorial: Despite advances, the gender wage gap is still wide

• January 31, 2013

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Liquor Proposal Delivers Convenience

• January 30, 2013

The Commonwealth Foundation applauds Gov. Tom Corbett for introducing a plan to end the state government’s Prohibition-era liquor system in Pennsylvania. Today, Pennsylvania remains one of only two states in…

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John Baer: State-worker pension reform: No will, no way

• January 30, 2013

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Corbett to unveil plan to sell state liquor stores — or thereabouts

• January 30, 2013

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