Sport Subsidies Strike Out Again

• July 9, 2026

America is deep into a summer of sports. The U.S. Open has wrapped, the World Cup is underway, and the MLB All-Star Game is around the corner. For sports fans,…

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Regulation

Prevailing Wage in Pennsylvania

• October 7, 2024

Summary Prevailing wage law dictates the minimum wage rates paid to workers on public construction projects if the project’s estimated costs exceed a certain threshold. Pennsylvania’s threshold for prevailing wage…

Fact Sheet

Public Union Democracy

Pittsburgh Prevailing Wage Proposal Still on Table

• Nathan Benefield
• January 11, 2010

The Pittsburgh City Council is once again considering imposing a prevailing wage rule on workers in city-subsidized buildings. (HT to Grassroots PA). In contrast to what the article…

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Regulation

Pennsylvania’s Failed Economic Development Spending

• Matthew Brouillette
• September 4, 2009

State and local governments are locked in a constant competition to attract and retain businesses.  Unfortunately, instead of addressing a poor business climate and flawed economic policies, they have increasingly…

Commentary

Education

Achievement and Education Spending

• Nathan Benefield
• July 30, 2009

Jake Haulk of the Allegheny Institute offers some commentary on the much celebrated improvement in Pennsylvania test scores: It is also quite interesting to note the year…

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Public Union Democracy

The Perils of Slavish Devotion to Organized Labor

• Matthew Brouillette
• July 28, 2009

Labor unions maintain a political stranglehold on legislation in Pennsylvania despite representing less than two out of 10 workers.

Commentary

Who is Blogging about the Commonwealth Foundation

• Nathan Benefield
• July 2, 2009

A new, hopefully regular, feature on Policy Blog will be a roundup of Commonwealth Foundation citations in the Pennsylvania blogosphere.  Here are some blog posts from the past week:…

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Taxes & Economy

The Road Less Travelled in Pennsylvania

• Matthew Brouillette
• June 26, 2009

Editor's note: This is the second in a series of occasional commentaries on how Pennsylvania can turn around its economic fortune.  In their first installment, “Reviving Pennsylvania,” Brouillette and…

Commentary

Taxes & Economy

When has an “economic stimulus” ever worked?

• Nathan Benefield
• December 23, 2008

The Club for Growth recently put out a statement opposing a federal “economic stimulus” plan, like that currently being pushed by the incoming administration (and lobbied for by…

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