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Turnpike critics say patronage will be lessened by switch to all-electronic toll collection

• November 23, 2012

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Regulation

Film Credits More Blooper Reel than Blockbuster

• Nathan Benefield
• November 21, 2012

Film industry lobbyists are renewing calls for more corporate welfare for the film industry, through expansion of Pennsylvania’s Film Tax Credit.  As we’ve noted time and…

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Are You a Teacher Like Steve?

• November 21, 2012

We believe there are thousands of amazing teachers in Pennsylvania just like Steve Calabro. His story isn’t at all unique. In traditional and cyber public schools, professional educators are living…

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Op-ed: All Pennsylvanians lose in PLCB monopoly game

• November 21, 2012

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State Budget

Federal Funds Aren’t “Free”

• Nathan Benefield
• November 20, 2012

There’s no such thing as a free lunch—meaning everything in life, including government programs, must be paid for.  Unfortunately, many advocates of government health insurance expansion explain the Affordable…

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Ex-FBI agent watches Turnpike’s contracts

• November 20, 2012

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Education

More Strikes, More Staff, No Solution

• Priya Brannick
• November 19, 2012

If you thought the Chicago teacher strike was bad—spawning strikes elsewhere in Illinois—you should take a look at Pennsylvania. Mother Jones has compiled a fascinating map of teacher strikes…

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Target 11 investigates unused stimulus money

• November 19, 2012

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Ex-FBI agent watches Turnpike’s contracts

• November 19, 2012

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Taxing the Fun

• November 19, 2012

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Taxing the fun

• November 18, 2012

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Regulation

Pennsylvania’s Tax Burden Ranks 10th (Again), but Pension Bomb Ticking

• Priya Brannick
• November 16, 2012

Last week, America kept its president and Congress, and Pennsylvania’s legislature stayed largely the same too. There’s another thing that Pennsylvanians can count on—ranking 10th in the United States for…

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Pensions among topics for Lebanon 9-12

• November 15, 2012

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Public Union Democracy

Stones to Take on Goliath

• Nathan Benefield
• November 13, 2012

My friend Jon Caldara of our sister think-tank in Colorado eloquently and humorously offers an important lesson from the election—the results stem not from a short-term campaign, but from…

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Health Care

What Does Election Mean for Obamacare?

• Nathan Benefield
• November 12, 2012

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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Regulation

Pension Crisis Deniers Debunked

• Nathan Benefield
• November 12, 2012

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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Public Union Democracy

Election Lesson: Bring Wisconsin to Pennsylvania

• Nathan Benefield
• November 8, 2012

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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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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