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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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Central Dauphin School Board’s president says he wasn’t shocked by education cuts

• March 30, 2011

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Taxes & Economy

PA State Budget Overview

• March 29, 2011

Today, CF’s Nathan Benefield is speaking at the Restoring America Summit & Rally in Coraopolis, Pa.  You can find his presentation on Pennsylvania state spending, the budget and recommended…

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Criminal Justice Reform

Prisoners Cost Less in Michigan than in Pennsylvania

• March 28, 2011

Last week, Gov. Tom Corbett announced that more than 2,000 inmates previously housed in Michigan and Virginia are returning to Pennsylvania prisons. The problem is that it’s cheaper…

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Education

Students’ Ire Is Misplaced

• Charles Mitchell
• March 28, 2011

As I write this, there are Pennsylvania college students walking past our State Capitol holding signs reading, “Save Our System.”  It’s understandable:  Since Gov. Corbett outlined his budget, these students…

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The bubble bursts at Penn State

• March 28, 2011

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Bill would provide approval options for state charter schools

• March 28, 2011

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Why are public school teachers facing such a backlash?

• March 27, 2011

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Obamacare a year later: It will prove costly

• March 27, 2011

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Education

Does State Aid to Universities Keep Tuition Low?

• Nathan Benefield
• March 25, 2011

Cato’s Neal McCluskey has a new podcast discussing state funding for universities, specifically discussing how taxpayer funding has not kept tuition low, but rather that colleges have raised prices…

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Education

Do School Districts have to Raise Property Taxes?

• Elizabeth Stelle
• March 25, 2011

Following Gov. Corbett’s budget, school district officials and the tax-and-spend lobby have cried that cuts to state education spending will force schools to increase property taxes.  Yet this ignores several…

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Has the umbrella of state government become too big?

• March 24, 2011

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Retaining the film tax credit? Two thumbs down for taxpayers

• March 24, 2011

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Education

Pennsylvanians Support School Choice

• March 24, 2011

Muhlenberg College polled more than 470 Pennsylvanians for the Morning Call. Several questions focused on expanding school choice in Pennsylvania; here’s what the poll found: Muhlenberg College Poll Question…

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PSU can set a national example

• March 24, 2011

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Regulation

PLCB’s Real Agenda

• March 23, 2011

Last month, we exposed the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board’s alternative to liquor store privatization scheme, which is making headlines today after the Senate Appropriations Committee hearing on Tuesday.

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Happy Anniversary?

• Elizabeth Stelle
• March 23, 2011

One year after ObamaCare was signed into law, a majority of Americans want it repealed. Here are some of the reasons why Pennsylvanians are dissatisfied with the law, even before…

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Education

Education Spending and Results

• March 23, 2011

As education spending and school choice, via Senate Bill 1, continues to be debated in Pennsylvania, state lawmakers should consider the recent testiomy of Andrew Coulson of the…

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Education

Should Penn State Close Some Branch Campuses?

• Elizabeth Stelle
• March 23, 2011

Among the dire predictions made by Penn State President Graham Spanier in response to Gov. Tom Corbett’s proposed budget cuts is that the university will have to close branch campuses.

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Health Care

Still Learning “What’s in the Bill”

• Nathan Benefield
• March 22, 2011

My brother sent me the following text message while at his local pharmacy: Just realized that OTC [over-the-counter] drugs are no longer covered by HSA thanks to Obama. I…

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Public Union Democracy

Prevailing Wage in Pennsylvania

• Matthew Brouillette
• March 22, 2011

Thank you, Chairman Miller and members of the committee for the opportunity to testify. I’m Matt Brouillette, President and CEO of the Commonwealth Foundation for Public Policy Alternatives, a nonprofit…

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