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Education

Education Spending Poll

• August 26, 2014

Nearly three-quarters of Pennsylvania voters underestimate the amount the state spends on education. And when informed of the facts, support for boosting education funding by hiking taxes dropped significantly.

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Education

Poll: Voters Vastly Underestimate Education Spending, Majority Grade Schools D or F

• August 26, 2014

For Immediate Release Commonwealth Foundation Contact: 717-671-1901 Voters Underestimate Education Spending, Majority Grade Public Schools D or F Appetite for Higher Taxes Drops When Achievement Facts Revealed…

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Taxes & Economy

Podcast: Profiles in Perseverance, Overcoming Poverty

• Elizabeth Stelle
• August 25, 2014

Bobbi was struggling. A single mom of two kids, she had a job but no place to live. Thanks to Opportunity House in Reading, Pennsylvania, Bobbi found a home…

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Free lunch for Highlands, New Ken schools eliminates stigma

• August 25, 2014

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Pa., get out of booze business

• August 25, 2014

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State workers paying less than most for health benefits

• August 25, 2014

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Don’t Blame School Choice for Philly’s School Funding Fiasco

• August 22, 2014

Topics on this pagePhiladelphia…

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Meet the Pennsylvanians falling through Obamacare’s cracks: Elizabeth Stelle and John R. Bouder

• August 22, 2014

Topics on this pageAffordable Care Act…

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Letters to the Editor 8/22/2014

• August 22, 2014

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Affordable Care Act isn’t Affordable at All

• August 22, 2014

Topics on this pageAffordable Care Act…

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Taxes & Economy

Landowners Will Bear Burden of Severance Tax

• Elizabeth Stelle
• August 21, 2014

Randy Walker’s Armstrong County farm has been in the family for three generations. On 72 acres they grow hay, corn, oats, and care for cattle. A few years ago, Randy…

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Education

Pension Costs Forcing Teacher Layoffs

• James Paul
• August 20, 2014

We’ve debunked on this blog the “billion dollar education cut” myth time and time again. Yet another common refrain—even among those who admit state…

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Podcast: Teachers Opt Out of Union Membership

• August 20, 2014

This post first appeared on Commonwealth Foundation’s PolicyBlog. As part of National Employee Freedom Week, we sat down with two western Pennsylvania teachers who successfully left their teachers’…

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Public Union Democracy

Audio: 81% in PA Support Employee Freedom

• August 19, 2014

Should workers be penalized for leaving a union? 81 percent of Pennsylvanians say “no.” So why hasn’t a policy change happened to free workers from having to pay a…

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Education

Podcast: Teachers Opt Out of Union Membership

• August 19, 2014

As part of National Employee Freedom Week, we sat down with two western Pennsylvania teachers who successfully left their teachers’ unions last year. John Cress is a middle school…

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Education

School Reserves Offer Pension Reform Opportunity

• Nathan Benefield
• August 18, 2014

Despite the rhetoric of “billions of dollars” in cuts from education, school districts across Pennsylvania have been able to increase their reserve funds. School districts had a combined reserve fund…

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Regulation

Pennsylvanians Win: Liquor Markup Increase Nixed

• August 18, 2014

Finally some good news for booze consumers: the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board (PLCB) has decided against increasing the markup added to each wine and spirits product, according to PLCB…

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Imagine walking many miles in Philly schools chief’s shoes

• August 18, 2014

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School funding canard: Money isn’t the answer

• August 18, 2014

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Building projects lead to financial hole for Butler County schools

• August 18, 2014

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Pennsylvania’s public school staffing at 10-year low

• August 15, 2014

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