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Mandates on Pennsylvania schools must go

• March 24, 2012

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Proposed Pa. transportation tax comes up empty

• March 23, 2012

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Food stamp program under fire

• March 23, 2012

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PA, Corbett continue fight against food stamp fraud

• March 23, 2012

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Health Care

PPACA Will Put a Quarter of Pennsylvanians on Medicaid

• Elizabeth Stelle
• March 23, 2012

There is no shortage of media coverage marking PPACA’s two year anniversary, but one statistic from the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare did grab my attention: Instead of…

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Taxes & Economy

Energy Essential to Economic Growth

• March 23, 2012

The World Economic Forum has a released an updated study on energy and economic growth in the US and guess what sector plays a huge role? That’s…

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Second Anniversary of the Affordable Care Act

• March 23, 2012

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Criminal Justice Reform

Does School Choice Reduce Crime?

• Nathan Benefield
• March 22, 2012

Yesterday, Charles noted a key Wall Street Journal piece on a Council of Foreign Relations report. That report concluded that educational failure is dangerous for our national security and…

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Education

No School Tax Referendums in Pennsylvania this Year

• Elizabeth Stelle, Nathan Benefield
• March 21, 2012

Remember the gnashing of teeth over “cuts” in state education subsidies (driven by the end of federal stimulus money)? The education establishment and partisan critics of Gov. Corbett insisted this…

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Education

Violent, Failing Schools Will Lead to Unsafe, Ailing America

• Charles Mitchell
• March 21, 2012

That’s the upshot of a story in this morning’s Wall Street Journal.  It begins: Flaws in U.S. schools are increasingly causing a national-security risk, producing adults without the…

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Pa. must give school boards more autonomy to manage funds

• March 20, 2012

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General Assistance on Chopping Block

• March 19, 2012

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Pensions’ Prevailing Point of NO Return

• March 19, 2012

Today I found a message floating in the sea from you to me… We may not be in Kansas, but it shouldn’t take a smooth hit from 1977 to…

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Regulation

Is Corporate Welfare for Shell Cracker Good for PA?

• Elizabeth Stelle
• March 19, 2012

Astute readers may remember that last month Pennsylvania earned the dubious distinction of the highest taxes for mature businesses and the second highest taxes for new businesses. So how…

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Pension Problems Pack The House Sunday in TT

• March 19, 2012

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Better ways to fund road fixes

• March 18, 2012

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State pensions: The storm is approaching fast

• March 18, 2012

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Who’s serving whom? A case for unions’ reform

• March 18, 2012

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State Budget

Chart of the Day: Pennsylvania Operating Budget since 1970

• Nathan Benefield
• March 16, 2012

Pennsylvania’s total state operating budget increased for 40 consecutive years before being reduced last year.  The cumulative increase of 151 percent—adjusted for inflation—represents more than $12,000 per family of four…

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Taxes & Economy

For Dimock, The Verdict Is In

• March 16, 2012

In an update to the ongoing saga of federal overreach in Dimock, Pa., the Environmental Protection Agency has released results of drinking water testing at 11 area homes…

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Education

It’s Good to be the King (of Charter Schools)

• Priya Brannick
• March 16, 2012

We blogged last month about HB 1973, a bill that would gut funding for cyber schools.  Now it turns out there’s a bill—recently introduced to the House Education Committee—that…

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