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Day 28,439: Why are We Living Like This?

• October 12, 2011

Weclome to Day 28,439 of Prohibition II.  That’s right; 28,439 days have passed since the PLCB was created in 1933 to make alcohol as “inconvenient and expensive as possible.”    In that…

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Education

How Does Your Public School Stack up Against the World?

• Nathan Benefield
• October 11, 2011

The George W. Bush Institute has a new “Global Report Card” looking at test scores for each school district in the United States against students around the world…

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Taxes & Economy

The Occupy Movement’s Wrong Target

• Priya Brannick
• October 10, 2011

Now that the Occupy Wall Street movement has gone national, Pennsylvania is seeing its fair share of protests. While they’re still a ragtag, oddly camera-shy bunch with ill-defined…

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Gov. Corbett’s Marcellus Shale fee plan has right principles

• October 9, 2011

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139 central Pennsylvania officials tout membership in the $100k club

• October 9, 2011

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Regulation

Sens. Browne and Mensch Join in Call for Liquor Liberty

• October 7, 2011

Yesterday at an Allentown press conference, Senate Majority Whip Pat Browne and Sen. Bob Mensch joined House Majority Leader Mike Turzai in support of liquor liberty, calling for…

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Principles must lead shale fee proposal

• October 7, 2011

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Taxes & Economy

Regulation or Electrification?

• October 7, 2011

The Wall Street Journal brings to light new documents showing the Environmental Protection Agency operates as an overbearing parent, not a servant of the people. New regulations targeting air…

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PLCB: We Didn’t Start the Fire!

• October 6, 2011

Now and then we like to have a sing along at CF.  Today, it’s sponsored by the languishing liquor lords at the PLCB who just produced a ponderous, perplexing piece of perestroika-like propaganda.  What…

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Education

Taxpayer-Funded Lobbyists’ Survey Contradicts Real Polls

• Nathan Benefield
• October 6, 2011

The Pennsylvania School Boards Association has released a new “survey” claiming that state residents oppose plans to provide vouchers to students. The PSBA’s funding comes from taxpayers through school…

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Education

Lawmakers Can Save Students in Duquesne

• Priya Brannick
• October 5, 2011

Jake Haulk at the Allegheny Institute points out that Duquesne City School District spends almost $20,000 per student every year (state average is about $14,000). But less than…

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Corbett’s Fee Won’t Fund PennFuture, and PennFuture Isn’t Happy

• Nathan Benefield
• October 4, 2011

Following Gov. Corbett’s outline for a Marcellus Shale impact fee, enviro-profiteers PennFuture blasted the Governor’s proposal because, among other things, it “leaves too much money on the…

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Education

Academic Achievement Stagnates

• Elizabeth Stelle
• October 4, 2011

Pennsylvania students are not making much academic progress according to 2011 PSSA test results. The Patriot-News reports small gains were not enough to keep some central Pennsylvania school districts…

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Regulation

Commonwealth Foundation Creates ‘Liquor Liberty’ Web Site

• October 4, 2011

HARRISBURG, PA – The Commonwealth Foundation launched today www.LetFreedomDrink.com, a Web site dedicated to removing state government and the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board from its monopoly stranglehold over retail and…

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Pa. Welcome Center in Delaware Co. gets a spiffy, new look

• October 3, 2011

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Public Union Democracy

Prevailing Wage Reform Bills Pass Committee

• Priya Brannick
• October 3, 2011

Six bills to reform Pennsylvania’s prevailing wage law passed the House Labor and Industry Committee today, and will now go to the full House for a vote. The state’s 1961…

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Taxes & Economy

CF: Gov. Corbett’s Natural Gas Fee Proposal Embraces Key Principles

• October 3, 2011

HARRISBURG, PA – Calling it a huge victory for both working Pennsylvanians and those looking for work, the Commonwealth Foundation praised Gov. Tom Corbett today for his proposal that resists…

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Taxes & Economy

Evaluating Gov Corbett’s Marcellus Shale Impact Fee

• Nathan Benefield
• October 3, 2011

Gov. Tom Corbett unveiled his Marcellus Shale impact fee proposal in Pittsburgh today. Corbett’s proposal represents a significant improvement from some of the leading tax and fee proposals. Framework…

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Regulation

Poll: Support for Private Liquor Stores, Marcellus Drilling

• October 3, 2011

The latest Quinnipiac poll shows strong support for liquor store privatization, Marcellus Shale drilling (as well as natural gas tax); and for the first time asks Pennsylvanians if they…

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Panels advised to fix transportation problems first

• October 2, 2011

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Pennsylvania’s public universities have indigestion

• October 2, 2011

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