Jessica Fannin

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Jessica Fannin

Marketing Coordinator

Jessica Fannin is the Marketing Coordinator at the Commonwealth Foundation.

She brings to the public affairs team a background in storytelling fueled by strategic audience engagement, videography, and digital media.

A graduate of Messiah University, Jessica earned her bachelor’s degree in broadcasting and journalism. During her time at Messiah, she was a podcast host for the student radio station and an Emmy-nominated student journalist. Additionally, she gained experience through internships at a Christian TV station, a videography company, and a financial-planning firm.

Jessica is passionate about finding creative ways to connect with an audience and deliver messages that resonate. At the core of her work is a love for people and the drive to share stories that matter.

When she is not at work, Jessica enjoys staying active with activities like line dancing, exercising, and exploring new trails.

Taxes & Economy

Reprehensible

Nathan Benefield
July 9, 2015

In the Philadelphia Inquirer earlier this week, Gov. Tom Wolf uses strong rhetoric about his desire for a large severance tax increase. The governor responded by calling it…

Media

Regulation

Audio: Gov. Wolf’s Vetoes Keep the Status Quo Alive

Jonathan Reginella
July 8, 2015

Gov. Wolf promised to be a governor who would eliminate Pennsylvania’s destructive status quo. So how did he respond when state legislators put a budget without tax increases, a bill…

Media

Uber lowers fares in Pittsburgh

July 8, 2015

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Media Hit

Pennsylvania Should Address School Funding Inequities with Urgency

July 8, 2015

Media Hit

Plan to modernize Pennsylvania liquor stores could include higher prices

July 8, 2015

Topics on this page Pennsylvania…

Media Hit

Education

Fixated on Tax Increases

July 8, 2015

At the end of last month, Gov. Wolf vetoed the Republicans’ budget, criticizing it for failing to meet his lofty goals of closing the structural deficit, increasing education funding…

Media

Education

The Illustrated Pennsylvania State Budget

Nathan Benefield
July 8, 2015

There’s a lot of misinformation being thrown around about the Pennsylvania state budget and education spending. While folk are entitled to their own opinions, they aren’t entitled to their own…

Media

Pennsylvania Legislature’s 2005 pay raise remembered

July 7, 2015

Topics on this page Pennsylvania General Assembly…

Media Hit

Public Union Democracy

Wolf’s ‘My Way or the Highway’ Approach Blocks Progress

Matthew Brouillette
July 7, 2015

In his 2015 budget address, Gov. Tom Wolf urged dissenters, “If you don’t agree with my ideas, here is my request: please come with your own ideas. It's not good…

Commentary

Government Accountability

Transparency 10 Years after the Pay Raise

Elizabeth Stelle, James Paul
July 7, 2015

Today marks the 10th anniversary of the midnight pay raise. Although it was ultimately repealed, the pay raise was a dark hour in Pennsylvania political history. Over the…

Media

Education

Ink Running Dry on Wolf?s Veto Pen

James Paul
July 6, 2015

Gov. Tom Wolf’s veto pen may be running out of ink. In the span of one week, Pennsylvania’s “different kind of governor” vetoed a no-tax-hike budget, liquor privatization,…

Media

Lawmakers, stakeholders, react to Wolf’s liquor legislation veto

July 6, 2015

Media Hit

Public Union Democracy

Gov. Wolf Does Understand Economics

Nathan Benefield
July 6, 2015

Last Thursday, Gov. Tom Wolf vetoed legislation passed by the general assembly that would allow private retailers to sell wine and liquor. As my colleague Bob pointed out,…

Media

Poor Excuses Used to Prolong PLCB’s Power

July 6, 2015

Gov. Wolf missed an opportunity to be a different kind of governor. He was positioned to finally end the corrupt and inefficient state-controlled liquor system. He opted…

Media

Regulation

Wolf Vetoes Liquor Independence

July 2, 2015

Wolf Vetoes Liquor Independence Refuses to Separate Booze and State Governor Wolf today vetoed legislation to finally end Pennsylvania’s Prohibition-era, government-run monopoly of wine and spirits. “Governor Wolf…

Press Release

Regulation

Growing Bipartisan Support for Municipal Pension Reform

Nathan Benefield
July 2, 2015

On Tuesday, a task force spearheaded by Auditor General Eugene DePasquale released its recommendation for municipal pension reform. The report recommends, among other things, more transparency and accountability in municipal…

Media

Public Union Democracy

Pivotal Pension Reform Passes to Wolf

Elizabeth Stelle
July 1, 2015

Yesterday, the General Assembly passed landmark legislation to free homeowners from skyrocketing property taxes, make school budgets go further, and protect public employees from politics. SB 1 bill reforms…

Media

Regulation

One Signature Will End PA’s Prohibition

July 1, 2015

The Pennsylvania legislature made history yesterday. For the first time since the creation of the state-controlled liquor system in 1933, both houses of the General Assembly voted to remove government…

Media

Education

Gov. Wolf, Don’t Raises Taxes on Working People

Nathan Benefield
July 1, 2015

My letter to the editor in the Pocono Record tackles some of the myths about educations spending and Gov. Tom Wolf’s proposed tax increase—and why, after the House of Represented rejected…

Media

State Budget

Wolf Plays Politics of the Past with Budget Veto

July 1, 2015

Wolf Plays Politics of the Past with Budget Veto Governor’s Own Plan Grossly out of Step with 49 Other States July 1, 2015, HARRISBURG, Pa.—Within hours of receiving the…

Press Release

Regulation

Pension Reform Promises Fair,Sustainable Retirement for State Workers

July 1, 2015

Pension Reform Promises Fair,Sustainable Retirement for State Workers Protects New Employees’ Retirements from Political Manipulation Last night, the Pennsylvania Legislature sent a monumental public pension reform measure to…

Press Release