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Government Accountability

Election Night Live Chat

• November 6, 2012

Election Day is here.  If you haven’t yet taken the time to go out and cast an informed vote, please be sure to do so before polls close at 8…

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Public Union Democracy

Election Day: 5 Things to Remember

• Nathan Benefield
• November 6, 2012

1. The election results won’t slay Goliath.  The special interests who feed off of tax dollars—government union bosses, trial lawyers, extreme greens, crony capitalists that rely on corporate welfare,…

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Regulation

Sultans of Syrah Snub Sunshine Act

• November 5, 2012

According to the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review’s stunning Saturday story, the scandalous Sultans of Syrah systematically snubbed the state’s Sunshine Act. Referring to the backdoor government-branded wine and spirits that have…

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Practical Hurdles at Play in Pa. Charter-Law Stumble

• November 3, 2012

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Great State Pension Debate comes to Doylestown

• November 3, 2012

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Pensions debate in Doylestown

• November 3, 2012

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School choice program gets $99K grant

• November 3, 2012

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State Budget

Debt or Prosperity? It’s Our Choice

• November 2, 2012

Can Americans afford slower economic growth and a lower standard of living in the future? That will be the impact of growing government debt on the economy, according to a…

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Regulation

Poll: Pennsylvanians Powerfully Plea for Privatization

• November 2, 2012

Ever wonder if you were alone in your desire for freedom from the Czars of Zinfandel?  Wonder no more, comrades. According to a recent poll commissioned by the Philadelphia…

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Regulation

How Big is the Pension Bomb?

• Nathan Benefield
• November 1, 2012

Taxpayers will have to pay $1,385 more each year for 30 years to fully pay off pension liabilities, according to a new study on the cost of pension plans…

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Taxes & Economy

Will Shale Boom Change Election?

• Nathan Benefield
• November 1, 2012

The shale gas boom has boosted the economy in key battleground states like Ohio and Pennsylvania, which may help President Obama, despite his hostility towards fracking—the process which…

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Regulation

PLCB Chair Tastes Sour Grapes, Selects Probe

• October 31, 2012

Waiting for the new Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board booze boss to make a monopolistic menu of Chairman’s Selection?  Well there’s a new sommelier in town and he’s found a great new…

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Public Union Democracy

What Mitt Is Missing

• October 31, 2012

Union bosses always profess to care most about the rights of members. But a careful reading of a feverish sermon in the left-of-center magazine In These Times reveals that their…

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Education

Pa. Teachers Unions Among America’s Most Powerful

• Priya Brannick
• October 31, 2012

Pennsylvania’s teachers unions rank fourth among all U.S. states in their strength and influence, according to a report released this week from the Fordham Institute. We trail only Hawaii,…

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Pension debate underscores critical debt problem

• October 27, 2012

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Pensions debate in Doylestown

• October 27, 2012

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State managers look for same kind of raise Corbett gave his top aides

• October 27, 2012

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Pennsylvania debating Oracle tax credit

• October 27, 2012

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Public Union Democracy

Union Members Protest Union Bosses Pay Grab

• Elizabeth Stelle
• October 25, 2012

California DMV worker Mariam Noujaim is furious with how union bosses are spending her hard-earned dues. In 2010, she and many other DMV workers were laid off while leaders…

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Regulation

Trib: PLCB Bottling Lies

• October 25, 2012

Forget for a moment ongoing ethics investigations concerning Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board execs and the myriad of reasons to brand the Barons of Booze an abomination.  For the…

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Regulation

Public vs Private Workers: Who Earns More?

• October 24, 2012

State governments pay on average 6.2 percent more per hour in wages and benefits, including pension benefits, than the private sector according a new report from Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW). Public…

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