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Andrew Lewis on ‘This Week in Pennsylvania’
Andrew Lewis, Commonwealth Foundation’s President & CEO, joined Dennis Owens to discuss the education and energy policies that will empower all Pennsylvanians to thrive. Lewis called on Governor Josh…
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Stephen Bloom joins RJ Harris in the Morning to Talk Tax Reform
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New Analysis Reveals Striking Partisanship of Government Union Spending
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Independent Fiscal Office Exposes Shapiro’s Overinflated Revenue Projections
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Doing Business in Pennsylvania Can Be Taxing
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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Disappointed and Determined
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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Obamacare Failing Big Time
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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U.S. House moves to modify Obamacare with vote changing ‘ full time’ definition
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Tom Wolf’s multi-million dollar conflict of interest
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Liquor Privatization Reduces Operating Cost
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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Education spending was a key piece of the Wolf campaign; now can he deliver?
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The future of natural gas: State Republicans may be warming to a severance tax
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With new governor, a battle over personal income taxes to ensue
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One of legislature’s biggest critics set to become Pa. Republican lawmaker
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Corbett camp op-ed criticizes AP’s report on education funding gap
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Let’s take a closer look at the ‘facts’ used to oppose liquor privatization: PennLive letters
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Marcellus Shale Equals Economic Growth
Where there is Marcellus shale drilling there is economic growth. Over the past six years, Pennsylvania counties with Marcellus shale drilling saw the largest gains in economic growth. The most…
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Former Pennsylvanians Voted with their Feet
Residents continued their exodus from Pennsylvania in 2014. The latest Census population estimates, released last month, show that Pennsylvania gained 5,913 in total population between July 2013 and July…
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Politics, Fiscal Issues Frame Pa. School-Aid Debate
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Letter: New natural gas tax is unfair to industry
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No, agriculture isn’t PA’s top industry
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