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Whether Tom Corbett or Dan Onorato is next Pennsylvania governor, homeowners can expect higher property taxes

• October 10, 2010

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Revolt bus rolls through midstate

• October 8, 2010

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Spending Revolt Tour: Day 3 Update

• Matthew Brouillette
• October 8, 2010

Day two of Spending Revolt took us to Connellsville, where I spoke with Peter Thande, a young man from Kenya who will become a U.S. citizen in 2011. He turned…

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Former PA House Speaker Bob O’Donnell Joins Commonwealth Foundation

• October 8, 2010

HARRISBURG, PA — The Commonwealth Foundation is pleased to announce that former Democratic Pennsylvania House Speaker Robert W. O’Donnell has joined its Center for Educational Excellence as a senior fellow.

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Taxes & Economy

We are All Fiscal Conservatives Now

• Nathan Benefield
• October 8, 2010

My remarks at PA Liberty Conference I’ll start with a question I often get…or at least a question that is often proffered to no one in particular, that I…

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Spending Revolt bus makes stop in Fayette County

• October 8, 2010

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Pa. should emulate Delaware, not Calif.

• October 7, 2010

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Regulation

Unintended Consequences of the Bulb Ban

• October 7, 2010

The national phase-out of incandescent light bulbs begins in 2012, and by 2014, incandescents will be history. The popular replacement is the compact-fluorescent light (CFL), but there are very…

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Spending Revolt Tour: Day 2 Update

• Matthew Brouillette
• October 7, 2010

Day one of the Spending Revolt bus tour was a big success, with citizens of all ages turning out to greet the bus and demand fiscal restraint from our…

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Taxes & Economy

Lawmakers Should Read ALL Commonwealth Foundation Research

• October 7, 2010

In a recent op-ed, Sen. Scarnati and Sen. Pileggi defended the Senate’s recent actions after a Lincoln Institute column described them as “leftist”. While the Senators cite CF’s research…

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Regulation

Pennsylvania Needs True Pension Reform

• October 7, 2010

The state pension time bomb is taking front stage again in the waning days of the 2009-2010 legislative session. The Senate is revisiting HB 2497—the $27 billion pension deferral…

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L-S prepares for big football crowd

• October 7, 2010

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Fairness in School Funding?

• October 7, 2010

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Taxes & Economy

Spending Revolt Tour: Day 1 Update

• Matthew Brouillette
• October 6, 2010

Day one of the Pennsylvania leg of the National Spending Revolt bus tour kicked off this morning in Erie. The weather, appropriately enough, is gloomy and gray—rather fitting, given…

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Regulation

Senate Must Insist on Real Pension Reform

• Elizabeth Stelle
• October 6, 2010

The state pension time bomb is taking front stage again in the waning days of the 2009-2010 legislative session. The Senate is revisiting HB 2497—the $27 billion pension deferral…

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Education

Auditor General Hits the Wrong Target

• Nathan Benefield
• October 6, 2010

Here is a note I sent to Pennsylvania Auditor General Jack Wagner regarding his call for a moratorium on new charter schools until the funding mechanism is “fixed”:…

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Health Care

ObamaCare will Dramatically Increase Medicaid Costs in PA

• Elizabeth Stelle
• October 6, 2010

A reader asked us what kind of effect ObamaCare would have on Medicaid costs in Pennsylvania. We’ve put together some numbers, and it’s not pretty. First of all, even without…

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Taxes & Economy

Immigration Verification and Welfare Fraud

• Elizabeth Stelle, Nathan Benefield
• October 6, 2010

Thank you for allowing the Commonwealth Foundation for Public Policy Alternatives, a non-partisan educational institute based in Harrisburg, to submit written testimony concerning HB 1359, which would require proof of…

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Three myths about free market conservatives

• October 6, 2010

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Charter school moratorium urged over funding in Pennsylvania

• October 5, 2010

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Pa auditor wants moratorium on new charter schools

• October 5, 2010

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