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State Budget

A Way Out of Budget Gridlock

• Matthew Brouillette
• August 10, 2015

With budget traffic at a standstill, how do we press through the roadblock to a resolution that benefits all Pennsylvanians?…

Commentary

State Budget

Listen: Telephone Townhall on PA Budget and More

• Jonathan Reginella
• August 10, 2015

Matt Brouillette and Rich Zeoli of Talk Radio 1210 WPHT answer questions about the Pennsylvania budget during a telephone town hall. Matt explains how Gov. Wolf's tax plan that would smack…

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Letters: Fattah charges political revenge

• August 7, 2015

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Truth lacking on Tom Wolf’s ‘Schools That Teach’ tour (letter)

• August 7, 2015

Topics on this page Tom Wolf…

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State Budget

Silly Talk with Gov. Wolf

• Nathan Benefield
• August 6, 2015

Gov. Tom Wolf appeared on Radio Smart Talk yesterday morning. He mostly danced around host Scott LaMar's questions—claiming “You don't know what I’ve been supporting” on pension reform, and…

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Regulation

Could Coal’s Savior be PA’s Legislature?

• Elizabeth Stelle, Gordon Tomb
• August 5, 2015

180 workers in CONSOL Energy’s coal division recently lost their jobs. Now, Pennsylvania’s legislature may be the only thing standing between the Obama administration and complete destruction of the…

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Education

Discouraging Signs in York City

• James Paul
• August 5, 2015

The consequences of Gov. Tom Wolf’s lock-step fealty to public sector union interests are being felt across the state and particularly in York City—where one of Wolf’s…

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Education

Union Politicking Shows Need for Mary’s Law

• Gina Diorio
• August 4, 2015

Political mailers supporting candidates are par for the course during elections—unless those mailers are sent by government unions and funded with members’ dues. Then, they’re illegal. But that didn’t stop…

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Public Union Democracy

The Elephant in Gov. Wolf’s Reception Room

• Nathan Benefield
• August 4, 2015

A few recent articles and editorials have directed attention to political contributions by gas drillers, while ignoring a far larger and more powerful interest group—government unions. The fact is, political spending…

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Gov. Wolf’s Agenda is Hurting PA Families

• August 3, 2015

Abby and Micah Dunn are raising their three young boys in central Pennsylvania. Families like the Dunns will see a $1,400 tax increase if Gov. Wolf gets the tax…

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Education

Truth Lacking on ‘Schools That Teach’ Tour

• Nathan Benefield
• August 3, 2015

Gov. Wolf’s 'Schools That Teach' public relations tour and statewide ad campaigns supporting him aren’t telling voters the truth about the budget impasse or the governor's tax proposal.

Commentary

Regulation

Pittsburgh Mayor Peduto Warns Wolf on Pension Bonds

• Jonathan Reginella
• July 30, 2015

This week, Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto criticized Gov. Wolf’s plan to sell $3 billion in pension obligation bonds. In a meeting with editors and reporters from the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review,…

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State Budget

Which States Have the Biggest Tax Increases?

• Nathan Benefield
• July 30, 2015

Previously, we blogged on how Gov. Wolf’s tax proposal raises more revenue than the tax proposals in the 49 other states combined. To put this another way, Wolf’s $4.6 billion tax increase is nearly $4 billion more…

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State Budget

Pay No Attention to Those Tax Increases!

• Nathan Benefield
• July 29, 2015

The liberal Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center—an arm of the union-funded Keystone Research Center—has a new claim that Gov. Wolf's “property tax relief” is similiar to that in a bill passed…

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State Budget

When Will Gov. Wolf Compromise?

• Nathan Benefield
• July 28, 2015

My letter to the editor in the Times Leader today takes Gov. Wolf to task for claiming to compromise, while still insisting on his sales and income tax increases—the largest tax…

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Principles for Liquor Privatization 2015

• July 25, 2015

Key Points: Government should permanently get out of the business of selling alcohol and end the system in which state-run liquor stores compete against private business. Modernization fails to move…

Fact Sheet

Rand Paul’s ‘Economic Freedom Zone’ a fix for western PA?

• July 24, 2015

Topics on this page Pennsylvania…

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Taxes & Economy

Wolf Truth Squad: The Dirty Dozen

• Nathan Benefield
• July 23, 2015

Gov. Tom Wolf is touring the state, touting an energy tax for education—while omitting several important facts.  He’s not mentioning that a severance tax will hurt real people with…

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Letter to the Editor: Commonwealth Foundation donors have a right to stay secret

• July 23, 2015

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Gov. Wolf misleading public

• July 23, 2015

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Education

Strange Arguments Against Seniority Reform

• James Paul
• July 22, 2015

An amusing opinion article in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette takes aim at pending legislation that would protect high-performing teachers and change incentives in persistently failing schools. Authors Adam…

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