Education

Governor Shapiro’s 2025 Budget Proposal: An Extreme Spending Binge

• Nathan Benefield
• February 4, 2025

Overview Gov. Josh Shapiro’s radical overspending exacerbates what is already a massive budget deficit. His plan imposes new taxes this year and will force extreme tax hikes on working families…

Fact Sheet

Public Union Democracy

If Elected, Harris Will Carry Biden’s Torch as ‘Most Pro-Union President’

• David Osborne
• September 23, 2024

Originally published at Daily Signal Remember when then-candidate Joe Biden promised to be “the most pro-union president you’ve ever seen”? It’s been a go-to…

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Public Union Democracy

With Unions, the Numbers Tell the Story

• David Osborne
• February 2, 2024

Originally published at Townhall Newly released data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) shows union membership rates fell nationwide last year, continuing a yearslong trend. BLS’s union…

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Taxes & Economy

Minimum Wage

• March 23, 2023

Summary One percent of Pennsylvania workers earn the minimum wage, an all-time low.Gov. Josh Shapiro proposed raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour. Recent analysis by Pennsylvania’s Independent Fiscal…

Fact Sheet

Public Union Democracy

Wisconsin’s union law worked. Now it’s Pennsylvania’s turn.

• Charles Mitchell
• May 20, 2022

Originally published at The Philadelphia Inquirer Talk about unions is heating up. Just look at Amazon and Starbucks. Bernie Sanders says that Democrats need to encourage…

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Downsides of the Minimum Wage

• Elizabeth Stelle
• March 11, 2021

Thank you Chairman Roae, Chairman Galloway, and members of the House Commerce Committee for inviting the Commonwealth Foundation to testify on this persistent issue. I am Elizabeth Stelle, the Director…

Testimony

Wolf Proposes Band Aid for Small Business? Broken Leg

• Michael Torres
• September 11, 2020

Sept. 10, 2020, Harrisburg, Pa. — Governor Tom Wolf called on the legislature to provide more taxpayer funding to bail …

Press Release

Education

Op-Ed: With classes canceled for weeks, schools must embrace innovation

• Jennifer Stefano
• April 9, 2020

Now is the time for the Philadelphia School District to embrace innovation, creativity, and critical thinking.

Commentary

Regulation

Corporate Welfare Is the Gift That Just Keeps Taking

• Tirzah Duren
• August 6, 2019

Less than a year ago Pennsylvania’s state government offered Amazon billions in tax incentives to bring its HQ-2 location here. Amazon said no. But, when the commerce giant decided to open…

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