Media

Water main line breaks raise intensity concerns across state

• April 24, 2011

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Pa. Legislature might find some savings close to home

• April 24, 2011

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Can state win without liquor monopoly?

• April 24, 2011

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Diatribe on state stores, vouchers was uninformed

• April 22, 2011

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Taxes & Economy

Earth Day Tribute to Fossil Fuels

• Elizabeth Stelle
• April 22, 2011

Instead of planting a tree today, I’m celebrating earth day by honoring the human ingenuity that’s made this planet a better place to live. There’s no question that standards of…

Media

What Happens When LCB Becomes Private?

• April 22, 2011

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Education

Provost Spins Unsuccessfully

• Charles Mitchell
• April 22, 2011

I used to be one of those people who have Google Alerts set for their names. I’m not anymore, so it’s come to my attention only belatedly that on April…

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Education

Taxpayers Can Double their “Return on Investment” on Higher Ed

• Nathan Benefield
• April 22, 2011

Penn State’s provost Rodney Erickson tries to undercut Michael Poliakoff & Charles Mitchell in a recent op-ed. His concluding argument is that “out of every $1 invested in…

Media

PLCB Perestroika Progressing

• April 22, 2011

History has shown that institutions in the last throes of despotism will make superficial concessions and grandstanding calls for openness just to hold onto power.  Apparently, our PLCB is…

Media

Education

On Higher Ed, Will Legislators Choose the ObamaCare Approach?

• Charles Mitchell
• April 21, 2011

This week in the Wall Street Journal, columnist William McGurn had an excellent piece on higher education (subscription required). He wrote mostly about federal policy—and on that point…

Media

Vouchers lurk in public school’s fright lockers

• April 20, 2011

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Education

The Really Devastating Thing Would Be a Tax Increase

• Charles Mitchell
• April 20, 2011

My wife and I returned to Pennsylvania last year, and boy, are we feeling welcome right now.  The warm fuzzies really took over earlier today when my wife called to…

Media

Government Accountability

Atlas Shrugged: Part I Movie Reviews

• Elizabeth Stelle
• April 19, 2011

Friday night, three CF staffers braved sold-out theaters to watch the much anticipated Atlas Shrugged movie, a film that was big on buzz and short on funds. The movie, like the…

Media

Tax on Tag Tough to Take

• April 19, 2011

From the “You can’t make this stuff up file,” nanny state legislators from New York have finally found a way to tax toughness by enacting a punitive tax…

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Education

A Diet for Higher Education

• Elizabeth Stelle
• April 19, 2011

Sunday, the Post Gazette published an article from our friends at the Center for College Affordability and Productivity. They argue there is no relationship between state appropriations and…

Media

Education

Union Think Tank Continues Assault on School Choice

• Elizabeth Stelle, Nathan Benefield
• April 18, 2011

The union-backed Keystone Research Center (KRC) released a so-called study of Pennsylvania’s Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC).  Not surprisingly, this study is an attack against tax credits for private…

Media

Defending a dinosaur: Neither CDC nor LCB should halt privatization

• April 18, 2011

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Education

School Choice Bill Introduced in PA House

• Nathan Benefield
• April 18, 2011

While the debate over SB 1 continues over in the Pennsylvania Senate, Rep. Tom Quigley has introduced HB 1330 in the other chamber. HB 1330 would expand the Educational…

Media

Pennsylvania Democrats doubt liquor stores will be sold to private sector

• April 18, 2011

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LCB cuts service at unprofitable liquor stores

• April 18, 2011

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Corbett misses opportunity to chip away education’s fortress

• April 18, 2011

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