Energy

Gov., Legislature Should Repeal Costly Renewables Mandates

• December 30, 2010

A lot can be spun from the results of the Nov. 2 elections, but one fact is uncontrovertible: Pennsylvanians are sick of centrally planned, highly regulated, gimmick-driven economic policy. It…

Commentary

Can Pennsylvania Grow Money from Trees?

• July 28, 2010

Harrisburg, PA –  The Commonwealth Foundation (CF) today released Growing Money on Trees: An Analysis of PA’s Climate Change Action Plan, offering a cost-benefit analysis…

Press Release

Taxes & Economy

Growing Money on Trees

• July 28, 2010

In December 2009, the Pennsylvania Climate Change Advisory Committee (PCCAC), in partnership with the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and the Center for Climate Strategies (CCS), released its report,…

Report

State Budget

PA House Democrats Try to Ram Through Tax Hikes

• May 25, 2010

May 25, 2010–Last night, the Pennsylvania House Appropriations Committee — on a straight party line vote, with only Democrat support — amended into a bill (HB 325) related to volunteer…

Press Release

Taxes & Economy

Re: What About Jobs of Other Colors?

• May 11, 2010

Katrina’s post on Friday that highlighted Energy Ventures Analysis’s job destruction realism about Pennsylvania’s proposed alternative energy mandates is buttressed by similar research elsewhere, including …

Media

Taxes & Economy

Pennsylvania’s Unrealistic Climate Plan

• May 4, 2010

A macroeconomic study of Pennsylvania's Climate Action Plan, released earlier this month, promises impressive cost savings and job creation for the state, but the report was produced by a global…

Commentary

Health Care

Five Questions to Ask Your Congressman About Health Care Reform

• Nathan Benefield
• March 18, 2010

The US House of Representatives is preparing to vote on health care legislation, or rather to vote to “deem” that the Senate health care bill, which has not passed the…

Media

Taxes & Economy

Pennsylvania Bottom-of-the Pack in State Competitiveness

• February 24, 2010

A recent report by the Beacon Hill Institute, a free-market think-tank out of Suffolk University in Massachusetts, provided even more dismal news on Pennsylvania’s economic climate. According to the…

Media

Public Union Democracy

Project Labor Agreements

• December 9, 2009

Testimony from the Commonwealth Foundation for Public Policy Alternatives to the Pennsylvania House Republican Policy CommitteeDecember 09, 2009 We would like to thank the members of the House Republican…

Testimony