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Education

Testimony: Natural Gas Tax Costs Jobs, Threatens Family Budgets

• June 1, 2015

Natural Gas Tax Costs Jobs, Threatens Family Budgets Fixing Pensions & School Funding Formula Better Solutions for Education Good morning, Today, Commonwealth Foundation Vice President of Policy Analysis Nathan…

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Education

Natural Gas Severance Tax

• Nathan Benefield
• June 1, 2015

Pennsylvania Senate Environmental Resources Energy Committee And Finance Committee Good afternoon. I want to thank Chairmen Yaw and Yudichak and Chairmen Eichelberger and Blake, along with the…

Testimony

Busting PA’s budget with welfare spending can be avoided, study finds

• May 29, 2015

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State Budget

PA Budget Live Chat

• May 29, 2015

Friday at noon we’ll be hosting a live chat on the Pennsylvania state budget.

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Regulation

Audio: The ‘Same Old’ Pension System Isn’t Good Enough

• Jonathan Reginella
• May 28, 2015

During his budget address, Gov. Wolf stated, “It’s not good enough to just say no and continue with the same old same old.”  Why, then, does he continue to sidestep…

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Teacher Appreciation Week Survey Winner

• Brittney Parker
• May 27, 2015

This year during Teacher Appreciation Week, Free to Teach hosted a survey to learn more about Pennsylvania’s teachers – straight from the source! Every participating educator was entered into a…

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Pa. Gov. Wolf proposes to add $28M a year for human services

• May 27, 2015

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State Budget

Welfare, not Education, is Wolf’s Biggest Budget Buster

• May 27, 2015

Commonwealth Foundation Contact: John Bouder | 717-671-1901 Welfare, not Education, is Wolf’sBiggest Budget Buster Study: Slowing Welfare Spending Growth Will Ease Budget Pressure May 27, 2015, HARRISBURG,…

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Erie shows wrong way to shop for economic growth solutions

• May 26, 2015

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Pensions and Politics Fuel Crisis in Illinois

• May 25, 2015

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Here’s how Pennsylvania school districts would spend extra money promised by Gov. Tom Wolf

• May 22, 2015

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Why are teachers pension plans in trouble?

• May 22, 2015

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Government Accountability

Union Contract Agreements Bolster Case for Collective Bargaining Transparency

• May 20, 2015

The Wolf Administration finalized contracts with two government unions yesterday, perfectly encapsulating the failings of the current collective bargaining process. In a terse press release, the Wolf Administration announced…

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Education

Audio: House Expands State Scholarship Programs

• Jonathan Reginella
• May 20, 2015

Last week, Pennsylvania’s House of Representatives approved a significant expansion of two state scholarship programs, the Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC) and the Opportunity Scholarship Tax Credit…

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Audio: Gov. Wolf’s Stealth Unionization

• Jonathan Reginella
• May 19, 2015

Gov. Wolf’s recent executive order has been unveiled as an illegal attempt to unionize home healthcare workers–but the governor is claiming his order does not pave the way…

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Charter school plea raises question

• May 19, 2015

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Regulation

Audio: Fixing the State’s Broken Pension System

• Jonathan Reginella
• May 18, 2015

Public pensions have created one of the worst financial crises in Pennsylvania’s history—a monstrous, $50 billion debt that Gov. Wolf can no longer ignore. To prevent the crisis from…

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Legislation would save parents from child-care benefits ‘cliff’

• May 16, 2015

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Commonwealth Foundation: 30,000 jobs that won’t pay under Wolf’s budget — some job-seekers better off if Wolf did nothing

• May 15, 2015

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134 Billion Reasons to Embrace Debt Reform

• May 15, 2015

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It’s time state got out of retail liquor business

• May 15, 2015

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