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Wolf, lawmakers: Use bonds to battle deficit?

• January 19, 2015

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Taxes & Economy

How to Help the Poor Leave Poverty Behind

• January 19, 2015

Making “the rich” pay higher taxes will miraculously help the poor. This antiquated idea is the conclusion of a recent paper released by the…

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Education

Are Charter Schools Too Popular?

• James Paul
• January 16, 2015

Of the 40 applications for new charter schools in Philadelphia, surely a few should not be approved by the School Reform Commission (SRC). Each individual applicant has…

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Tom Wolf’s agenda: Raise the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour

• January 15, 2015

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Future of Pennsylvania charter schools hangs in balance of York City Schools recovery

• January 15, 2015

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Public Union Democracy

Audio: Mary’s Law Ends Unfair Political Privilege

• Jonathan Reginella
• January 14, 2015

Government unions have the luxury of using taxpayers’ resources—which should never be used for politics—to collect their political dues money and direct campaign contributions. Simultaneously, these unions have been wrongly…

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Public Union Democracy

Union-Backed Political Group Not Accountable

• January 14, 2015

Here’s your daily dose of irony: Pennsylvanians for Accountability, a union-backed political nonprofit, may have to pay a $50,000 fine for its lack of accountability. According to The Center…

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Want to save money, Gov.-elect Wolf? You can start by trimming prison costs: Angus Love and Ann Schwartzman

• January 14, 2015

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Pension casts a ‘cloud’ on district financial outlook

• January 14, 2015

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The right way to fund Pennsylvania schools

• January 13, 2015

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Wolf to keep GOP Corrections chief

• January 13, 2015

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Regulation

Doing Business in Pennsylvania Can Be Taxing

• January 12, 2015

This post was updated to reflect the most recent data available. Tax policy may not be as exciting as discussing Golden Globe winners, but few topics rise to the level…

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Public Union Democracy

Disappointed and Determined

• Matthew Brouillette
• January 12, 2015

Today, I am both disappointed and determined. I am disappointed that it is now a mathematical impossibility for any of the reforms you and countless other Pennsylvanians have demanded to…

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Wallets to be tapped

• January 12, 2015

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Health Care

Obamacare Failing Big Time

• Nathan Benefield
• January 9, 2015

According to John Micek’s reading of a recent Gallup poll on health insurance, Obamacare is “working after all.” In reality, though, Gallup’s findings indicate that the health care overhaul…

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More rational method of funding

• January 9, 2015

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U.S. House moves to modify Obamacare with vote changing ‘ full time’ definition

• January 9, 2015

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Tom Wolf’s multi-million dollar conflict of interest

• January 9, 2015

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Regulation

Liquor Privatization Reduces Operating Cost

• Nathan Benefield
• January 8, 2015

Union leaders, copying from the same talking point memo, have repeated an identical falsehood about liquor store privatization. In two recent letters to the editor, I correct the record of…

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All of above on energy jobs

• January 8, 2015

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Education spending was a key piece of the Wolf campaign; now can he deliver?

• January 7, 2015

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