Taxes & Economy

How do you spell relief?

  • Elizabeth Stelle
  • August 15, 2008

Yesterday the Public Utility Commission released electric price estimates comparing current market prices to current capped rates and highlighting six strategies for mitigating the high cost of electricity. In…

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Regulation

Professional licensing and the Italian Stallion

  • Nathan Benefield
  • January 31, 2008

In light of recent news about state licensing boards going after eBay sellers and our discussion of professional licensing boards in Government on a Diet, here are some…

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Government Accountability

Intern at Commonwealth Foundation through Koch Fellows Program

  • Nathan Benefield
  • January 28, 2008

The Charles G. Koch Summer Fellow Program is offering State-Based Policy Internships. Students interested in interning at the Commonwealth Foundation this summer need to apply by Jan…

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Education

(Not) A closer look at Cyber Schools

  • Nathan Benefield
  • January 22, 2008

IssuesPA has a new article on Cyber School Funding. They claim to provide “a closer look at the ongoing debate”, but don’t look any closer than quoting what some…

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Who else has Rendell promised money to?

  • Nathan Benefield
  • January 7, 2008

Pete DeCoursey of Capitolwire.com (subscription) has broken a story about Lionsgate Films lobbying the state. The story began by looking into violations of the state lobbying law when Lionsgate…

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The Politics of Ethanol

  • Nathan Benefield
  • September 19, 2007

NY Times article on The High Costs of Ethanol. If the typically liberal NY Times opposes the political games of ethanol, why does Governor Rendell continue to push…

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Agriculture Number 1?

  • Nathan Benefield
  • August 14, 2007

I’ve seen politicians, from both parties and from all regions of the state, throw around the claim that Agriculture is PA’s number one industry, most recently in the Governor’s…

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Friedman’s Legacy

  • Nathan Benefield
  • July 31, 2007

Thomas Siems in today’s Wall Street Journal on the legacy of Milton Friedman – as today would have been his 95th birthday. Along with the REACH Foundation, we…

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