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Education

More Evidence Vouchers are a Win-Win

• Elizabeth Stelle
• April 7, 2011

The latest series of studies from the University of Arkansas’s Department of Education Reform on the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program (MPCP) provide more evidence that vouchers improve academic performance…

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Taxes & Economy

Lies, Heinz and Volz

• April 7, 2011

Last week Steve Milloy of Junkscience.com published an expose’ of a water quality report by University of Pittsburgh gas frack panicker Conrad…

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Taxes & Economy

House Republicans Introduce Welfare Reforms

• Elizabeth Stelle
• April 6, 2011

Public Welfare is both the largest—at over $27 billion in total spending— and among the fastest growing programs in the Pennsylvania state budget.  In…

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Government Accountability

Is Lawsuit Abuse Reform Coming to PA?

• April 6, 2011

Pennsylvania is on its way to joining the 41 states that have either repealed or updated their joint and several liability law. HB 1, known as the Fair…

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Commission proposed to investigate government corruption

• April 6, 2011

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School choice topic of forum

• April 6, 2011

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Parents question school vouchers’ relation to failing public schools

• April 6, 2011

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Education

The Myth of Taxpayer Subsidies for Lower Tuition

• Nathan Benefield
• April 5, 2011

CF’s Charles Mitchell sat down with Inside Academia‘s Andy Nash to discuss the false choice between higher tuition or higher taxpayer subsidies for universities.  Watch the video:…

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Taxes & Economy

Who’s Creating Jobs in Pennsylvania?

• Elizabeth Stelle
• April 4, 2011

It’s clear the Marcellus Shale is revitalizing rural economies across the commonwealth by increasing local revenue and paying landowners…

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Education

A higher education in greed

• Nathan Benefield
• April 4, 2011

My letter to the editor on university subsidies in Sunday’s Pittsburgh Tribune Review: University presidents and lobbyists for state-funded universities, such as the University of Pittsburgh and…

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A higher education in greed

• April 4, 2011

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Taxes & Economy

Let voters decide all tax hike proposals

• April 4, 2011

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School budget threats won’t impede California trip

• April 3, 2011

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Education

Talking School Choice with Dick Armey

• Nathan Benefield
• April 1, 2011

This week, CF Senior Fellow Jeff Coleman sat down with Dick Armey, former congressman and U.S. House Majority Leader and now Chairman of FreedomWorks, to talk about…

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Regulation

On Pennsylvania’s Job Growth

• Nathan Benefield
• March 31, 2011

Former Gov. Ed Rendell emerged from his semi-retirement to toot his own horn, saying his spending is why Pennsylvania’s economy is so great. Rendell cites statistics that Pennsylvania ranks…

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Taxes & Economy

When an Impact Fee is Really a Tax

• March 31, 2011

The debate over an “impact fee” on natural gas for local communities experiencing drilling is becoming less and less about local communities and more about how lawmakers can get…

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Don’t give in to old college cry

• March 31, 2011

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Do school districts have to raise property taxes?

• March 31, 2011

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A false choice

• March 30, 2011

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Status quo in the ivory tower

• March 30, 2011

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Education

Crystal Clear Evidence on School Choice

• March 30, 2011

Released this month, a new comprehensive report looking at all the available empirical studies on school voucher programs found vouchers improve outcomes for both students and public schools.

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