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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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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Tea Party rally small, spirited

• April 17, 2011

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Study adds to confusion over private liquor stores

• April 17, 2011

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Taxes & Economy

Indefensible Defense of Michael Mann

• April 15, 2011

Yesterday a dozen liberal and academic groups rose in defense of Penn State Climategate scientist Michael Mann, making up reasons such as “academic freedom” to deny…

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Taxes & Economy

Volz, Pitt Part Ways

• April 15, 2011

Last week I told you how Junkscience.com’s Steve Milloy outed the University of Pittsburgh’s Conrad “Dan” Volz and his deeply flawed report that alleged Marcellus Shale…

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Regulation

Booze Boss Bio Baffles Board

• Nathan Benefield
• April 14, 2011

The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board called our offices to let us know we were misinformed when we noted that PLCB Chairman Joe Conti co-sponsored legislation to privatize the liquor stores…

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Regulation

Good News for Home Builders

• April 14, 2011

Back in January 2010, I noted the unwise decision by the Department of Labor & Industry to implement new building codes based on recommendations by the International Code…

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Taxes & Economy

Happy Tax Freedom Day 2011, Pennsylvania

• April 14, 2011

According to the Tax Foundation, if every Pennsylvanian started working on January 1, we would have to work until April 14, or 104 days of the year, in order…

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Shafting taxpayers: Stop this perversion

• April 14, 2011

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Campaign donations fund frequent restaurant, tavern outings

• April 13, 2011

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Government Accountability

PA House Passes Four Reform Bills this Week

• Elizabeth Stelle
• April 13, 2011

The Pennsylvania State House has been especially productive this week, passing four pieces of key legislation that CF blogged on last week.

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Education

Can’t Cut, Can We?

• Charles Mitchell
• April 13, 2011

While Pennsylvania’s public universities continue to cry poverty, pesky facts keep proving otherwise.  Here’s a snippet from a piece by Debra Erdley in yesterday’s Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: Professors at…

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Education

Washington Is Watching Harrisburg

• Charles Mitchell
• April 12, 2011

Two writers for Politico recently opined that when it comes to getting spending under control, “the most sweeping work is getting done in states”—and they said the folks in…

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