Education

Government Takeover: The Student Loan Industry

• Elizabeth Stelle
• September 22, 2009

Last week the US House voted to prohibit private lenders from issuing government backed loans. The bill amounts to a government takeover of the student loan industry complete with…

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Regulation

Smoking Ban Puts Damper on PA Taverns

• September 15, 2009

A recent article in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette highlights the burden the statewide smoking ban has on Pennsylvania bars and taverns. According to the Pennsylvania Tavern Association, there were…

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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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RIP Rose Friedman

• Nathan Benefield
• August 18, 2009

Here is a statement from our friends at the REACH Foundation on the passing of Rose Friedman yesterday: Rose Director Friedman passed away today, Tuesday, August 18, 2009,…

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Energy

Electricity Restructuring and Rate Caps

• July 30, 2009

With electricity rate caps expiring, state lawmakers are concerned that Pennsylvanians will see steep increases in their utility bills. What will happen as the electricity deregulation, which is more accurately…

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Taxes & Economy

Why Pennsylvania Should Not Build High-Speed Rail

• July 23, 2009

Last week, Gov. Rendell  submitted an application to the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) for a share of the $8 billion of stimulus money Congress allocated for high-speed rail. This raises…

Commentary

Taxes & Economy

Cap and Trade is a Rip-off

• June 29, 2009

The science is beyond dispute and the facts are clearâ€?, said President Obama, speaking definitively on the issue of climate change, as he usually does with other issues he wants…

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Regulation

Will Tourism Collapse Without Taxpayer Subsidies?

• Nathan Benefield
• May 29, 2009

Letter sent from the Commonwealth Foundation to Pennsylvania Deputy Secretary of Tourism Mickey Rowley   Dear Mr. Rowley: I am writing to respond to the Pennsylvania Tourism Office's recent…

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Debating Drug Decriminalization

• Nathan Benefield
• April 28, 2009

A recent Cato Study and a related article in Time look at the effect of drug decriminalization in Portugal, finding that, Those data…

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