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Public Schools Increased Spending to $23,000 Per Student, Ballooned Reserves While Enrollment Declined
Harrisburg, Pa., May 15, 2025 — Pennsylvania school districts increased overall revenue collected in 2023–24 to $23,000 per student, while expanding general fund reserves to $7.4 billion, according to new…
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Pennsylvania Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments on RGGI
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Senate Education Committee Approves Bipartisan PASS Scholarships, Offering Lifeline to Students in Need
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New Report: Gig-Workers Prefer Flexibility of Portable Benefits
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Pennsylvania counties are set to raise property-tax-levies
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Tasteless ad exposes LCB’s conflict of interest
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Pa. Liquor Control Board must end its mission conflict
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County Data Shows Prevailing Wage Hikes Costs
We have documented the racist origins of Pennsylvania’s prevailing wage law, how it artificially raises the costs of taxpayer-funded construction projects by 20 percent (or approximately $1 billion…
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New liquor system proposed in Pennsylvania House
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Know Choice, Know Freedom, No Choice, No Freedom
Parents with kids trapped in failing and violent schools are pleading with PA House members today to throw them an educational lifeline before it is too late for their…
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PA lawmakers push hybrid plan for liquor privatization
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Pennsylvania Pols Pass Potent Potables Perestroika
Today, the Pennsylvania House amended HB 11 and then sent it on to the full house for consideration. The first amendment guts any privatization of the Pennsylvania Liquor Control…
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WTF! Why the Failure?
In a move requiring mental gymnastics that would make even Nadia Comaneci pack it in, some Pennsylvania House members are praising an “historic” liquor privatization bill that cleared…
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Ode to Joy – A Concert of Hope
Why school choice? Listen to mother, Joy Herbert, explain why it’s really her only hope. …
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New Study Show Impact of Shale Gas
Hot on the heels of UGI Utilities’ 13 percent reduction in gas rates, comes a comprehensive study examining the impact of shale gas on the economy nationwide. The report…
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How Much Will Obamacare Cost You?
The federal health care overhaul will be paid for with spending cuts and an estimated $420 billion in new taxes. How much of that $420 billion will come out of your pocket?…
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Patriot News (Mostly) Endorses School Choice
This week, the Patriot News editorial board wrote an endorsement of a school voucher proposal in Pennsylvania. Here is the key pro argument: The case for vouchers is…
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PLCB Called on to Stop Wine and Spirits Advertising
The Commonwealth Foundation called for an immediate halt today by the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board of taxpayer-funded advertising that promotes the sale of wine and spirits by the government-run monopoly.
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A Word on Hellholes
As I got in the car yesterday to begin a very long drive home from Pike County, I learned of a letter Sen. Vincent Hughes had sent requesting that I…
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PLCB Rape Ad Illustrates Conflict of Interest
Like a pyromaniac preaching fire prevention, the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board is at war with itself in a costly conflict of interest that sees the agency wasting tax dollars. On…
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School Choice in Pa. is Cure for Disaster
An excellent commentary by Jeanne Allen in the Delaware County Times sums up the case for school choice and the empirical evidence: Pennsylvania’s neighbors have led by example…
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Hughes’ Views Confused
Late last night, Sen. Vincent Hughes released to the media a public admonishment of the Commonwealth Foundation and our Vice-President and CEO Charles Mitchell.
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Four of Five Philadelphia Students Not Proficient in Reading or Math
Yesterday, the National Center for Education Statistics (part of the U.S. Department of Education) released district perfomance data on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). This is part…
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