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Taxes & Economy

Nearly One Million Found in Out-of-State Welfare Fraud!

• Elizabeth Stelle
• May 30, 2012

The facts are starting to get in the way for critics of welfare reform. By reviewing just three months of non-contiguous out-of-state EBT card transactions (November 2011 to January…

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Regulation

Top 5 Ways Liquor Monopoly Wastes Your Money

• May 30, 2012

There’s good reason why other states, like Washington, have moved to get government out of the booze business, and aren’t looking to copy Pennsylvania’s flawed monopoly model.  This post…

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Education

Readers Ask, We Answer: Education Spending

• Nathan Benefield
• May 30, 2012

A reader asked us to help clarify the claims of Yinzercation blog on state education subsidies. The blogger claims the Corbett administration is being disingenuous about state K-12 education…

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Education

When Districts Choose, Kids Lose

• May 29, 2012

What if you were awaiting a letter to find out where local officials were going to send your child to school next year?  What if one of the possibilities was…

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Education

$27B + $15K = What?

• Nathan Benefield
• May 29, 2012

The Pennsylvania Department of Education recently released school financial data for the 2010-11 school year. The latest data shows public school spending and revenue increased yet again in 2011,…

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Criminal Justice Reform

How YOU Benefit if Lawmakers Act on Corrections

• May 29, 2012

Correcting the commonwealth’s criminal justice system is urgent. This is why Gov. Tom Corbett made it clear that he wants to see reform legislation on his desk by June…

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State lawmakers dispute study from Keystone Research Center regarding alcohol privatization

• May 28, 2012

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Pennsylvania Prison Reform: Taxpayers need a break

• May 27, 2012

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Public Union Democracy

The Booze Business is a Lose Business for Taxpayers

• Nathan Benefield
• May 24, 2012

I heard on the radio this week another ridiculous ad against allowing retail stores to sell wine or liquor, funded by UFCW dues to play on stations across…

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What’s next for Pennsylvania’s public schools?

• May 24, 2012

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Criminal Justice Reform

Gov. Corbett Is Right: Real Corrections Reform, Right Now

• Matthew Brouillette
• May 23, 2012

We here at CF are proud to be part, along with Gov. George M. Leader, his family, and many others, of a transpartisan coalition favoring “real corrections reform, right…

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Education

Save Our Schools or Save Our Kids?

• May 23, 2012

Throngs of anti-parental choice supporters have rallied in Philadelphia today, demanding more taxpayer dollars for their cause.  According to Philadelphia Inquirer reporter Kristen Graham via her Twitter feed @newskag,…

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Education

Why Families Like Cyber and Charter Schools

• Priya Brannick
• May 23, 2012

Nine-year-old Ashley Matunis and her sister, 6-year-old Anna (pictured right), are typical girls who enjoy pizza and pretzels. They are also typical of the kind of students who attend cyber…

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Pa. corrections system spends $49 million keeping non-violent inmates beyond minimum

• May 23, 2012

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Criminal Justice Reform

Corrections Coalition, Dynamic Duo Dandy Says Patriot

• May 22, 2012

Hats off to the Patriot-News Editorial Board for calling for an end to the status quo approach to criminal justice that has failed Pennsylvanians. Today’s editorial highlights the dynamic…

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Regulation

Pennsylvania’s Economy Struggles to Compete

• May 22, 2012

In three separate studies on the state’s economic competitiveness and business climates, Pennsylvania remains near the bottom of the pack. The 2012 Alec-Laffer Economic Competitiveness Index, ranks states economic…

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Education

How to Fix What’s Broke in Education

• Priya Brannick
• May 22, 2012

Harrisburg Patriot-News columnist Nancy Eshelman rightly sounded the alarm Sunday on Pennsylvania’s public education system: It’s the same old story. Every spring, threats of higher taxes, slashed programs…

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Corrections: Governor should heed coalition’s proposals

• May 22, 2012

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Former Gov. Leader: Common sense can cut Pa. prison costs

• May 22, 2012

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Public Union Democracy

Pennsylvania’s Pension Iceberg

• Nathan Benefield, Richard Dreyfuss
• May 21, 2012

Laura Olson of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette has a story on the crisis in Pennsylvania’s public pensions, and Gov. Corbett injecting pension reform into the budget discussion: Even with…

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Education

Cal U Waste Begs for Higher Ed Reform

• Elizabeth Stelle
• May 21, 2012

The Senate’s budget included more funding for state universities than Governor Corbett proposed, but new discoveries of wasteful spending should give lawmakers pause. Gov. Corbett proposed a 30 percent cut…

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