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Public Union Democracy

Unions Fight Flexible Funding

• Elizabeth Stelle
• June 25, 2012

Gov. Corbett’s budget proposed combining five county human services programs into one flexible block grant. In the past, state legislation dictated how much counties could spend under each category, regardless…

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Retiree health care costs are a hidden $17B pension bomb for Pa.

• June 25, 2012

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Medicaid expansion would cost Pa. $2B

• June 25, 2012

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Education

2 Minutes Can Save Children

• Priya Brannick
• June 25, 2012

Meet Willie and Penny, two typical school students in Pennsylvania. Willie is a student from Philadelphia who attends one of the state’s worst violent, failing schools, where students are…

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Supporters, opponents brace for health care ruling

• June 24, 2012

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ACA Medicaid expansion would cost $2B through 2019

• June 22, 2012

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Retiree health care costs are a hidden $17 billion pension bomb

• June 22, 2012

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Criminal Justice Reform

Corrections Reform: Don’t Fire Arrows Without Arrowheads

• June 22, 2012

The Justice Reinvestment Initiative, commissioned by Gov. Tom Corbett and led by national corrections reform experts, generated broad bipartisan support for a reform package that will: Make the…

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Education

How Much Would School Choice Proposal Save?

• Nathan Benefield
• June 22, 2012

Reports from under the Capitol dome suggest an expansion of Pennsylvania’s successful Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC) will be part…

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Regulation

Dailies Declare Defending Dukes of Distillation Dereliction of Duty

• June 22, 2012

Declaring a dereliction of duty to delay disposal of the PLCB’s monopoly of manipulation, mediocrity, mismanagement and malfeasance, the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review editorial team lambasted lawmakers, saying some stood as,…

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The lack of action is not really a surprise

• June 21, 2012

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Education

Attack on Charter Schools Shoddy and Misguided

• Priya Brannick
• June 21, 2012

School districts across Pennsylvania are in a budget crunch, due to a combination of overspending, ballooning pension costs and a loss of $1 billion in federal stimulus…

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Lawmakers, businesses can rescue students now

• June 20, 2012

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Regulation

Who Will Help CF Save You Money?

• June 20, 2012

Organizations that love to lobby for your tax dollars and special handouts for their special interests are posturing against Gov. Tom Corbett’s corporate welfare package to lure Shell’s new…

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Regulation

Kings of Cabernet Caught Grabbing Grift, Gifts, Golf

• June 19, 2012

So how do some alcohol vendors become wine winners and others liquor losers under a state-run monopoly?  Well, a scathing new report by the Inspector General’s Office, broken this…

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Research finds welfare providers getting rich off poor

• June 18, 2012

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State Budget

State Budget: Fireproofing the Economy or Throwing Gas on the Fire?

• Nathan Benefield
• June 18, 2012

Let’s pretend you’ve been financially struggling recently, have spent your savings and pushed off paying some of your bills. But here’s some good news: You have $500 in your checking…

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Regulation

Happy Hour or Last Call? What’s the Scoop on HB 11

• June 18, 2012

Ready to toast to an end of the state-run monopoly on wine and spirits? Nearly seven out of 10 Pennsylvanians would raise their glasses with you. Government-sold booze is…

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Expand scholarship to help more kids

• June 17, 2012

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Could the Pennsylvania lottery be privatized?

• June 16, 2012

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Education

Spending Crisis Forces Mom to Surrender Child

• Priya Brannick
• June 15, 2012

If lawmakers were in any doubt about how dire Pennsylvania’s education crisis has become, they need only look to Harrisburg mother Taisha Bartow and her 5-year-old daughter, Alayaisha.

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