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Public Schools Increased Spending to $23,000 Per Student, Ballooned Reserves While Enrollment Declined
Harrisburg, Pa., May 15, 2025 — Pennsylvania school districts increased overall revenue collected in 2023–24 to $23,000 per student, while expanding general fund reserves to $7.4 billion, according to new…
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Pennsylvania Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments on RGGI
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Senate Education Committee Approves Bipartisan PASS Scholarships, Offering Lifeline to Students in Need
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New Report: Gig-Workers Prefer Flexibility of Portable Benefits
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What Does Election Mean for Obamacare?
While exit polling shows a majority of voters support full or partial repeal of the Affordable Care Act, this outcome remains unlikely. President Obama will not reverse his…
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Pension Crisis Deniers Debunked
Last Thursday night, Katrina Currie debated the AFL-CIO’s Rick Bloomingdale on PCN’s call in show on the public pension crisis. Bloomingdale largely argued that there was no crisis (at least…
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Election Lesson: Bring Wisconsin to Pennsylvania
The Wall Street Journal today writes about “Big Labor’s Losses” in Tuesday’s election. This may seem hard for many Pennsylvanians to fathom, given the role government union bosses…
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Election Night Live Chat
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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Election Day: 5 Things to Remember
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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Sultans of Syrah Snub Sunshine Act
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
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Great State Pension Debate comes to Doylestown
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Debt or Prosperity? It’s Our Choice
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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Poll: Pennsylvanians Powerfully Plea for Privatization
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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How Big is the Pension Bomb?
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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Will Shale Boom Change Election?
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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PLCB Chair Tastes Sour Grapes, Selects Probe
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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What Mitt Is Missing
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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Pa. Teachers Unions Among America’s Most Powerful
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
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State managers look for same kind of raise Corbett gave his top aides
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Pennsylvania debating Oracle tax credit
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