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New Analysis Reveals Striking Partisanship of Government Union Spending
Government unions spent more than $33 million on political causes and only 5.2 percent of PAC contributions went to non-Democratic candidates. Harrisburg, Pa., April 16, 2025 — Government unions…
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Prosperity
Independent Fiscal Office Exposes Shapiro’s Overinflated Revenue Projections
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Education
Senate Republicans School Shapiro Administration, Stand up for Students and Taxpayers
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Commonwealth Foundation Announces Promotion of Elizabeth Stelle to Vice President of Policy
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Freshmen call for leadership reform
Herald Standard article on today’s House leadership elections. Newly elected Democratic Representatives “Mahoney, Kula, and Galloway said they would reveal their votes to the press” Read our…
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State court rejects lawsuit over ‘perks’ for legislators
From the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Harrisburg activist Gene Stilp, who filed the Commonwealth Court suit in February, based his claim on a section of the constitution providing for legislators to…
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An English instructor
Dimitri Vassilaros of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review on Simon Campbell’s crusade to give children a strike-free education in Pennsylvania.
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Transit Funding Report
The PA Transportation Funding and Reform Commission released their final report today: among their recommendations are: $1.7 Billion Annually in New Funding ($900 million for state highways and bridges,…
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Centralized Cappuccino
“Imagine what would happen if coffee shops were run like schools.” Hmm … Andrew Coulson of the Cato Institute ponders this question in the American Spectator.
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General Assembly Leadership Elections
Even though John Perzel thinks the public should “keep out of something you don’t belong in” – as in leadership elections, here is some of the lastest info anyway.
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This one’s for you, Mike Veon
Eric Heyl column in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review “thanking” Mr. Veon for his service.
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Harrisburg GOP must elect new leaders, return to path
Lowman Henry in the Philadelphia Inquirer.
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Club For Growth Survey of Voter Attitudes
This is a must read survey of likely voters by The Club For Growth – particularly for those who think Republicans like Lincoln Chafee and Mike Dewine lost because…
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Veon’s defeat shocks Democratic leaders
Post-Gazette Article on Mike Veon’s loss: “When you wanted money, you went to Mike, no matter what county you were from,” Beaver County Commissioners’ Chairman Dan Donatella said. But…
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General Assembly Leadership Elections
The first vote for 55 new state legislators will be for their caucus leadership. Check out this Patriot News Article on what is shaping up to be quite a…
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The Rendell Agenda
Patriot News article on Rendell’s outline of his second term agenda.
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The election was a referendum on GOP failure
Wall Street Journal editorial analyzing the election results as well as the Democratic agenda – given that most of the freshmen are more moderate to conservative Democrats, whereas the…
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Specter urges GOP to re-evaluate priorities after election losses
Centre Daily article on Arlen Specter’s take on the election – I expected this assessment from TV analysts and Democratic critics, but not from a current GOP Senator. Then…
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Congress and the Stock Market
A few financial analysts have attributed stock market gains of the past two days as speculation over the winners of today’s election. However, this study is worth a…
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BREAKING NEWS
The first breaking news alert on this election day: Britney Spears files for divorce. I’m not even going to bother with the requisite joke.
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Late-night laws still mar process
Letter to the editor on the unorthodox legislative processes in today’s Patriot News.
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Remove the stain
Post-Gazette Editorial calling for a special session on government reform.
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Republicans, Not Conservatives
Cal Thomas notes that “Republicans may have controlled all three branches of government, but conservatives haven’t.”…
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Who “gets stuck in Iraq”?
Even though I may be the only person in America who believe John Kerry was attempting to call President Bush uneducated and stupid, not our troups (not that calling the…
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The Acorn Indictments
Say it isn’t so, a union-backed organization involved in election fraud? Wow, I thought unions were only concerned about the working man, not politics.
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