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Education

Has More Money Improved School District Performance?

• Nathan Benefield
• January 25, 2011

A recent study by the 21st Century Partnership for STEM Education (STEM is short for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, which is a good cause to use an acronym)…

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Taxes & Economy

Fox: Like Moore and Gore

• January 25, 2011

The Academy Award nominations were announced this morning, and among those chosen for best documentary was “Gasland,” the Josh Fox propagandizer about the alleged…

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Corbett gets a right-wing wish list: Cut wages, end corporate welfare

• January 25, 2011

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Fixing Rendell’s tax, borrow and spend mess

• January 25, 2011

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Here We Are, Stuck in the Middle With Latvia?

• January 24, 2011

During his inaugural speech last week, Governor Tom Corbett signaled a shift in state education policy when he said, “Our educational system must contend with other nations and so we…

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Intern with CF this Summer

• Elizabeth Stelle
• January 24, 2011

Are you a student or do you know a student looking to advance their career while advancing liberty? The IHS Charles G. Koch Summer Fellows Program provides summer…

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Taxes & Economy

EPA Could Cost PA 350,000 Jobs

• January 24, 2011

While cap-and-trade died last year, the nationwide regulation of greenhouse gas (GHG) emission began earlier this month, via the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) new GHG permits. For clean “green” energy…

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Is Pennsylvania ready for vouchers?

• January 24, 2011

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Franklin County business projects got $33.9M during Rendell’s 8 years as governor

• January 23, 2011

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Education

PSBA’s Web of Lies on School Vouchers

• Nathan Benefield
• January 21, 2011

The Pennsylvania School Boards Association (PSBA), in a desperate attempt to preserve the status quo in education, has launched a new portal, VoucherWatch. Of the many pieces of misinformation…

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Education

To These People, Gov. Corbett’s “C” Word Is an Epithet

• Charles Mitchell
• January 21, 2011

Well. It sounds like the media and the educational establishment interpreted Gov. Tom Corbett’s inaugural address the same way I did. Since his inauguration, there has been a bunch…

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A full buffet

• January 21, 2011

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Fixing Rendell’s Mess

• January 21, 2011

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Regulation

Sony Site: Merely Renting Jobs with Corporate Welfare

• Nathan Benefield
• January 20, 2011

Last week, the state gave $10 million to rehabilitate the former site of a Sony plant—marking the fourth time taxpayer funding has been used to “create jobs” at the exact…

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Merely Renting Jobs

• January 20, 2011

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Health Care

What State Legislators Can Do to Protect Health Care Freedom

• Elizabeth Stelle
• January 19, 2011

ALEC’s new State Legislators Guide to Repealing Obamacare is a wealth of ideas for state legislators and in turn, activists who are dedicated to implementing true healthcare freedoms.

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Taxes & Economy

Associated Press Article on Fracking Got it Wrong

• January 19, 2011

As Gov. Corbett’s Administration takes office, anti-drilling activist have sought to make a natural gas severance tax their legislative priority. Unfortunately, their distrust of the gas industry largely stems from…

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Education

The Right Thing

• Charles Mitchell
• January 18, 2011

I am infamous in the Commonwealth Foundation office and in my family for being old fashioned. There is a litany of reasons:  I wear ties a lot.  I even own…

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Taxes & Economy

UC Trust Fund Interest Another Fiscal Challenge for PA

• Nathan Benefield
• January 18, 2011

A recent NY Times piece looks at the impact of states’ borrowing to pay their unemployment compensation (UC), now that the federal government will begin charging interest on these…

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Associated Press article on fracking got it wrong

• January 18, 2011

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Are people less motivated to seek a job if they collect unemployment? Some data say yes

• January 18, 2011

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