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Should municipal governments be abolished in favor of county control?

• May 11, 2010

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Education

PA School Districts Have $2.5 Billion in Reserves

• Nathan Benefield
• May 10, 2010

PA Independent highlights the $2.5 billion school districts have in reserve accounts – $1.8 billion in “undesignated reserves.” To put that it lay terms – it’s a lot of…

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Taxes & Economy

Appraising the Candidates on Energy: Mandates Over Markets

• Elizabeth Stelle
• May 10, 2010

PA gubernatorial candidate Tom Corbett recently put out a policy paper on energy praising markets:  “a properly structured market place can effectively incentivize alternative energy investments – perhaps even…

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Taxes & Economy

Talking Transportation Funding

• Nathan Benefield
• May 10, 2010

PA Independent’s Eric Boehm talks with State Rep. Rick Geist about Pennsylvania transportation funding in their latest podcast. For more info on transportation funding, check out our…

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Transportation policy needs realistic redirection

• May 10, 2010

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What does the city of Erie’s refuse fee pay for?

• May 9, 2010

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Politics as Usual

• May 9, 2010

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Columnist Vecsey was way out of line

• May 8, 2010

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Stop gouging taxpayers (5th Item)

• May 8, 2010

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Pa. Tax Collections In ’09 Topped ‘Boom’ Years Of 2005, 2006

• May 8, 2010

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93rd State House District Q&A

• May 7, 2010

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Tea party remains obscure even as it shakes up US politics

• May 7, 2010

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Taxes & Economy

What about Jobs of Other Colors?

• May 7, 2010

A report by Energy Ventures Analysis set straight erroneous claims made by Black and Veatch’s assessment of HB 80 and its sister bill in the PA Senate, SB92.

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Government Accountability

CF In the Blogs

• Nathan Benefield
• May 7, 2010

Here’s who’s blogging about the Commonwealth Foundation in the past week: Page 13 News, Capitol Ideas, GrassrootsPA, and Capitol Punmanship all make…

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Taxes & Economy

An Arizona-like Immigration Law for PA?

• Nathan Benefield
• May 6, 2010

Following Arizona’s recent enactment of a law intended to enforce federal illegal immigration laws, Pennsylvania State Representative Daryl Metcalfe has introduced similar legislation. The law would force employers…

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Public Union Democracy

State & Local Fiscal Reforms

• Nathan Benefield
• May 6, 2010

Chris Edwards of the Cato Institute recently presented a paper to the Federal Reserve of St. Louis on state and local government fiscal reforms. Edward’s four main themes were:…

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Poll shows voters know what Pennsylvania needs

• May 6, 2010

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State Budget

Help Stop a Tax Increase in Pennsylvania

• Nathan Benefield
• May 6, 2010

Citizens Against Government Waste has a new action alert about proposed tax hikes in Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania already has the highest Corporate Net Income Tax rate in the world,…

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Health Care

PA Senate Passes High Risk Pool Legislation

• Nathan Benefield
• May 6, 2010

The Pennsylvania Senate on Monday passed Sen. Mike Folmer’s high risk pool legislation.  The bill, SB 507, would create a pool for insurance companies to provide coverage to…

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Are Revenues Really Falling?

• May 5, 2010

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Gun rights event canceled

• May 5, 2010

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