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Regulation

Will Union Contracts Stop Liquor Store Privatization?

• June 6, 2012

Desperate to protect the monopoly that provides his cushy $287,000 salary and benefits package, liquor store union boss Wendell Young IV has launched yet another dishonest attack. Mr. Young is…

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State Budget

Block Grants for Human Services a “Godsend”

• Elizabeth Stelle
• June 6, 2012

State funding for county services may soon be streamlined, wasting fewer dollars on bureaucratic largesse and focusing aid on programs that are most effective at helping the needy. Yesterday,…

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Teachers’ unions losing the PR battle

• June 6, 2012

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Liquor store privatization debate begins in Pennsylvania

• June 6, 2012

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Government Accountability

Why Walker’s Win Pushes Principled Pa. Policies

• Matthew Brouillette
• June 6, 2012

Make no mistake, Wisconsin is sending a message to the Keystone State. If you are a Pennsylvania politician, that message is loud, clear and ignored only at your own peril.

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Criminal Justice Reform

Committee Advances Real Corrections Reform

• June 5, 2012

Policymakers moved one step closer to replacing Pennsylvania’s ineffective corrections policies with those that lower crime rates, reduce re-offending, and control spending. During today’s House Judiciary committee, Rep. Glen Grell…

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Regulation

The Unseen Effect of Cracker Credits

• Nathan Benefield
• June 5, 2012

Gov. Tom Corbett is reportedly pushing a targeted tax credit for Shell and other companies that locate an ethane processing plant—often called a “cracker” plant—in Pennsylvania. The credit would…

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Government Accountability

Pa. Teachers Forced to Pay for Wisconsin Politics

• Nathan Benefield
• June 5, 2012

Want to find out how the Pennsylvania State Education Association is spending teachers’ dues?  You chould check out the state of Wisconsin’s campaign finance disclosure site. That’s right, the…

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Regulation

Top-10 Reasons to Choose Booze or Lose

• June 4, 2012

The Terrible 10: Whether You’re a Boozer (drinker) or Chooser (non-drinker), the PLCB Makes You a Loser.  Find out the top-10 reasons that government in the booze business is a…

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Welfare

Taking the Road Less Traveled: Fostering Private Charity Care

• Elizabeth Stelle
• June 4, 2012

Our current welfare system is failing our most vulnerable citizens and bankrupting our commonwealth. Despite skyrocketing welfare spending, 15,420 individuals with intellectual disabilities…

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GOP wants pension reform

• June 1, 2012

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Common sense can correct corrections

• June 1, 2012

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Common sense can correct Corrections

• June 1, 2012

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Regulation

Senate Seeks to End Generational Theft

• Nathan Benefield, Richard Dreyfuss
• May 31, 2012

This week, Senate Majority Whip Pat Browne, Sen. Mike Brubaker, Senate Appropriations Chair Jake Corman, and Senate Majority Leader Dominic Pileggi announced plans to introduce pension reform legislation. The…

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State Budget

Appropriations Chair Endorses Spending Limits

• Nathan Benefield
• May 31, 2012

Last week in his remarks at the Pennsylvania Press Club, Sen. Jake Corman endorsed the idea of spending limits for Pennsylvania state government. Corman expressed support for Sen. Mike Folmer’s proposed…

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Union boss: 401(k)s insufficient for state government employees

• May 31, 2012

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Pa. needs corrections reform

• May 31, 2012

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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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