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School daze ends with choice

• March 6, 2011

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PLCB Insanity

• March 6, 2011

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Why keep State Stores?

• March 6, 2011

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Tax deal the ticket to Allentown’s hockey arena

• March 6, 2011

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Corbett expected to take tough stance with state workers

• March 6, 2011

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U.S. Chamber: state labor laws cost jobs

• March 6, 2011

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Taxes & Economy

EPA: Regulation without Representation

• March 4, 2011

Yesterday, I presented comments to the EPA’s advisory committee on the revision of the air standard for ozone, regulated under the Clean Air Act. The proposed standard…

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Education

More Evidence that School Choice Saves Tax Dollars

• Elizabeth Stelle
• March 4, 2011

Reason’s 2010 Annual Privatization Report in Education highlights the savings states have enjoyed thanks to school choice. Since school vouchers and education tax credits are typically much lower than…

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Taxes & Economy

Marcellus Drillers Invest Billions in Pennsylvania

• March 3, 2011

During Monday’s Pennsylvania Press Club meeting, Pennsylvania Budget Secretary Charles Zogby remarked on the economic benefits the Marcellus Shale industry is bringing to Pennsylvania. Secretary Zogby commented that the Marcellus…

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Health Care

Medicaid Reforms Start with the States

• Elizabeth Stelle
• March 2, 2011

Medicaid spending threatens to consume the entire Pennsylvania state budget, and we aren’t alone. Without greater flexibility, states will be forced to cut services, raise taxes or drop out…

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School vouchers clear first hurdle

• March 2, 2011

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Is Privatizing PA’s Liquor Sales the Answer To Our Budget Woes?

• March 1, 2011

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Regulation

PLCB Wants to Imitate Private Retailer

• March 1, 2011

After CF’s Nathan Benefield testified last week to the Pennsylvania House Democratic Policy Committee on the benefits of liquor store privatization, special interest groups testified that allowing the…

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A choice denied

• February 28, 2011

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School voucher plan garnering praise and criticism in Pa. Senate

• February 28, 2011

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Getting in through the back door

• February 27, 2011

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Taxes & Economy

No CONSOLation from PSU’s PC Move

• February 25, 2011

It seems the number of Penn State graduates who are upset at recent actions of their alma mater grows by the…

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Pa. Dems resist push to privatize liquor, wine

• February 25, 2011

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Pennsylvania Democrats resist push to privatize liquor, wine

• February 25, 2011

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Regulation

Benefits of Liquor Store Privatization for Pennsylvanians

• Nathan Benefield
• February 25, 2011

Good morning. I am Nathan Benefield, Director of Policy Research for the Commonwealth Foundation.  We are a nonprofit, independent public policy research and educational institute based in Harrisburg.

Testimony

Taxes & Economy

Environmentalists Blow Recent Rule Change out of Proportion

• Elizabeth Stelle
• February 24, 2011

Reactions to the Corbett administration’s revoking of mandatory impact reports on state lands targeted for drilling fail to see the big picture. Comments from environmentalists imply that without an extra…

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