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Public Schools Increased Spending to $23,000 Per Student, Ballooned Reserves While Enrollment Declined
Harrisburg, Pa., May 15, 2025 — Pennsylvania school districts increased overall revenue collected in 2023–24 to $23,000 per student, while expanding general fund reserves to $7.4 billion, according to new…
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Pennsylvania Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments on RGGI
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Senate Education Committee Approves Bipartisan PASS Scholarships, Offering Lifeline to Students in Need
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New Report: Gig-Workers Prefer Flexibility of Portable Benefits
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Union-Backed Political Group Not Accountable
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
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Pension casts a ‘cloud’ on district financial outlook
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The right way to fund Pennsylvania schools
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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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