Synopsis of Stimulus 7: Serious Spending

  • Nathan Benefield
  • September 9, 2011

Obama laid out his “jobs speech” Thursday night, outlining the plot of Stimulus 7. Since few people paid attention to this, on account of flooding in Pennsylvania…

Media

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Government Accountability

Government Transparency in Pennsylvania Becomes a Reality

  • Priya Brannick
  • July 13, 2011

The last few months saw immense partisan animosity and demeaning comments during numerous spats under the Capitol Dome.  But amid the fiscal fist fights over school choice, a natural gas…

Commentary

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Education

President Obama Is Right

  • Charles Mitchell
  • July 6, 2011

Savor that headline, because you won’t see it on this blog too often.  But it’s true.  As our friend Lindsey Burke at the Heritage Foundation points out, today at…

Media

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Taxes & Economy

Pennsylvania Job Growth Continues to Drag

  • June 24, 2011

Today, President Obama will visit Carnegie Mellon University to talk about technology and manufacturing jobs. A important topic, considering Pennsylvania continues to fall behind other states when it comes…

Media

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Taxes & Economy

Biofuel Failure becomes Natural Gas Success

  • Elizabeth Stelle
  • June 10, 2011

Pat Copple owns a biodiesel plant in Monaca, or at least he did until May when he started to convert his operation into a Marcellus wastewater treating facility. Copple says the…

Media

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Health Care

Pennsylvania Welfare Spending & Medicaid

  • May 20, 2011

Gov. Tom Corbett's proposed FY 2011-12 budget would represent the first time General Fund spending on the Department of Public Welfare would exceed that for the Department of Education.

Fact Sheet

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Education

On Higher Ed, Will Legislators Choose the ObamaCare Approach?

  • Charles Mitchell
  • April 21, 2011

This week in the Wall Street Journal, columnist William McGurn had an excellent piece on higher education (subscription required). He wrote mostly about federal policy—and on that point…

Media

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Regulation

On Pennsylvania’s Job Growth

  • Nathan Benefield
  • March 31, 2011

Former Gov. Ed Rendell emerged from his semi-retirement to toot his own horn, saying his spending is why Pennsylvania’s economy is so great. Rendell cites statistics that Pennsylvania ranks…

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Health Care

Still Learning “What’s in the Bill”

  • Nathan Benefield
  • March 22, 2011

My brother sent me the following text message while at his local pharmacy: Just realized that OTC [over-the-counter] drugs are no longer covered by HSA thanks to Obama. I…

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