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AG Zaps Zinfandel Czar’s Zero

• August 30, 2011

How bad is it for the beleaguered booze bosses these days?  So bad Pa. Auditor General Jack Wagner was forced to foil the fermented farce of the great wine…

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Education

What Do France, Hungary and Pennsylvania Have in Common?

• Priya Brannick
• August 30, 2011

A Hungarian, a Frenchman and a Pennsylvanian walk into a bar…okay, so they may not have the same tastes in beer, but turns out they would have the same ability…

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Taxes & Economy

Estimating Marcellus Shale’s Economic Impact

• Nathan Benefield
• August 30, 2011

A new study from Penn State’s Marcellus Shale Education & Training Center estimates that natural gas drilling in Marcellus Shale created 24,000 jobs in Pennsylvania and added $3.1 billion…

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State liquor stores’ profit misses state budget target

• August 30, 2011

Media Hit

Taxes & Economy

Alternative Energy Mandates Make Consumers Pay More for Electricity

• August 29, 2011

This month, the PUC released its latest annual report evaluating Pennsylvania's Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards. The report shows renewable energy continues to take more out of taxpayer's…

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Taxes & Economy

Hiding the Decline of Academic and Scientific Transparency

• August 27, 2011

That’s what University of Virginia continues to do, as my colleague at American Tradition Institute Chris Horner explains today in Washington Examiner. Earlier this week…

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Taxes & Economy

Scorecard: Toomey Scores, Casey Fumbles for Pa.

• Elizabeth Stelle
• August 26, 2011

Yesterday, Heritage Action released its legislative scorecard for all members of the 112th U.S. Congress. The scorecard can be searched by name, state or even zip code. Current…

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Education

Teacher Strikes

• August 26, 2011

Good afternoon, my name is Pearre Dean and I am Deputy Director of Public Affairs at the Commonwealth Foundation, Pennsylvania’s free-market think tank that crafts free-market policies, convinces Pennsylvanians of…

Testimony

Taxes & Economy

Marcellus Shale Local Impact Fee

• Elizabeth Stelle
• August 26, 2011

Good evening. I am Elizabeth Stelle, a Policy Analyst for the Commonwealth Foundation. We are Pennsylvania’s free market think that crafts and promotes free-market policies based on guiding principles like…

Testimony

Wealthy liberals target new drilling techniques

• August 26, 2011

Media Hit

Taxes & Economy

Gov. Corbett’s Budget Guidelines Include Privatizing Yellow Pages, Streamlining

• August 25, 2011

An Administrative Circular sent to state agencies this month outlines Gov. Tom Corbett’s expectation for his 2012-13 Executive Budget. Recognizing the state will be faced with fiscal challenges…

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Marcellus Co-Op members discuss impact fees

• August 25, 2011

Media Hit

Education

The Real Crime in Philadelphia’s School District

• Elizabeth Stelle
• August 24, 2011

Last year, we blogged on the hefty $65,000 bonus Philadelphia’s Superintendent Arlene Ackerman collected. Her annual base salary, $348,140, was higher than what superintendents collect in New York City,…

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Walmart Waives Wistful Wine Waste

• August 24, 2011

It appears the wistful wine wizards who wished to foist the fermented farce of their conniving kiosk caper have been brought a big blow to their Big…

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NSF: Mann acted appropriately

• August 24, 2011

Media Hit

Public Union Democracy

When Union Bosses Make Stuff Up, We Offer Facts

• Nathan Benefield
• August 23, 2011

In a story by PA Independent, AFL-CIO head honcho Rick Bloomingdale attempts to deny the incredible job growth in right-to-work states like Texas. Bloomingdale comments: “Most likely, the…

Media

What’s Up With Those Wine Kiosk Machines?

• August 23, 2011

Media Hit

Next: The college bubble?

• August 23, 2011

Media Hit

Taxes & Economy

EPA Regs Kill PA Jobs

• Elizabeth Stelle
• August 22, 2011

Cap and Trade may be officially dead in Congress but the EPA is busy resurrecting it in a far more disastrous policy agenda that kills thousands of Pennsylvania jobs and…

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Taxes & Economy

Marcellus Drilling not Increasing Local Government Costs

• Elizabeth Stelle
• August 18, 2011

A new study from the Marcellus Shale Center for Outreach and Research at Penn State provides an analysis of the cost to local government from Marcells Shale drilling. With…

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Education

Texas vs. Pennsylvania on Educational Performance

• Nathan Benefield
• August 17, 2011

At a hearing yesterday on right-to-work legislation, a number of testifiers remarked on the substantially greater job growth in right-to-work states, on the fact residents are moving from…

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