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Education

“Progressive” Group Posing as Tea Party Lobbying Against School Choice

• Nathan Benefield
• April 11, 2011

Tom Murse recently investigated the group behind the “NoVoucherTax” web, radio and TV ads. While the ads convey an anti-tax message, mimicking a Tea Party group, the group responsible is…

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Once again a Republican governor seeks to privatize LCB

• April 10, 2011

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Harrisburg-area think tanks influence policies

• April 10, 2011

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State lawmakers’ parties mixed on salary increases

• April 10, 2011

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Education

Not So Fast, University Presidents

• Charles Mitchell
• April 8, 2011

CF’s own Nate Benefield is quoted at length in a Capitolwire piece today by Pete DeCoursey that calls us “a leading advocate of the unpopular higher education cuts proposed by…

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Regulation

Exposing the State Store Myth on Facebook?

• Nathan Benefield
• April 8, 2011

One of my friends sends me this [names redacted]: So one of my facebook friends just turned 21, and this is her Facebook status right now: just bought my…

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Group behind NoVoucherTax.org’s ad campaign remains a mystery

• April 8, 2011

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Dollars do not guarantee scholars

• April 7, 2011

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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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