Regulation

Mailbag: Booze Q’s

• Matthew Brouillette, Nathan Benefield
• March 20, 2013

As legislation to get government out of the booze business is debated in the state House, CF‘s mailbox is overflowing with questions about liquor liberty! You asked, we answered: Q:…

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Criminal Justice Reform

Pennsylvania Passes Landmark Corrections Reform

• June 28, 2012

On Monday, Pennsylvania passed landmark legislation to replace decades of ineffective and expensive corrections policies with reforms that make our communities safer and save taxpayers money.   Commonwealth Foundation thanks…

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Mayor of Merlot ‘Misspoke’

• August 15, 2011

The Mayor of Merlot, monopolies, mediocrity and mismanagement “misspoke,” said a PLCB spokesperson of a critical portion of Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board CEO Joe Conti’s testimony to a House Liquor…

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Education

Friendly Mis-Fire on School Choice

• Nathan Benefield
• January 28, 2011

In a column, Chris Freind attacked Senate Bill 1, the Piccola-Williams “Opportunity Scholarship Act.” Having obviously neglected to tune into our webcast on SB 1 with Sen. Piccola,…

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Regulation

Sony Site: Merely Renting Jobs with Corporate Welfare

• Nathan Benefield
• January 20, 2011

Last week, the state gave $10 million to rehabilitate the former site of a Sony plant—marking the fourth time taxpayer funding has been used to “create jobs” at the exact…

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State Budget

Bad Budget for Business

• Nathan Benefield
• September 15, 2009

Lowman Henry calls out the PA Senate GOP for its budget deal, from many of the same reasons we did – it…

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Government Accountability

Legislative Staff and Term Limits

• Nathan Benefield
• September 10, 2009

Following up on our blog post and Brad Bumsted’s article about Pennsylvania having the most legislative staff, I took another look at the…

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Government Accountability

Pennsylvania Has Most Legislative Staff

• Nathan Benefield
• September 8, 2009

Brad Bumsted had an article over the weekend on Pennsylvania’s largest in the nation legislative staff and, of course, the high cost of keeping that staff.  The number of…

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State Budget

Obituary for the Pennsylvania Income Tax Hike

• Nathan Benefield
• July 10, 2009

Rendell’s personal income tax hike plan is dead, declared PA House Republicans yesterday.  Brad Bumsted has the obituary in the Pittsburgh Tribune Review. Despite not having…

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