Public Union Democracy

Government Unions Spent $33 Million in Recent Pennsylvania Elections

• April 22, 2025

When it comes to politics, government unions are big spenders—and they overwhelmingly favor one side of the political spectrum. In Pennsylvania, unions representing public sector workers spent millions of membership…

Blog

Government Accountability

Election Reform in Pennsylvania

• November 25, 2024

Summary Ahead of the 2020 election, Pennsylvania allowed no-excuse mail-in voting for the first time. Officials overwhelmed with millions of ballot requests, last-minute state guidance, and litigation resulted in delayed…

Fact Sheet

Op-Ed: All or Nothing at All

• Charles F. McElwee
• April 15, 2021

Russell Shorto explores his family roots, the small-town mafia, and a unique period in postwar America.

Commentary

Government Accountability

Budget Earmarks: Sneaky and Unconstitutional

• Andrew Abramczyk, Jessica Barnett
• July 12, 2019

A wise buyer should always read the fine print, but it isn’t easy. Documents like cell phone contracts and software user agreements can be hard to read, often by design. The dense language…

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Regulation

Consumers not Bureaucrats Should Determine the Number of Liquor Licenses

• June 21, 2019

The return of expired liquor licenses—miraculous resurrection or terrifying zombification? Well, depends on who you ask. Since 2016, when Act 39 allowed expired liquor licenses to return to the…

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Criminal Justice Reform

Milestone Corrections Reform Offers Taxpayer Savings

• January 9, 2013

On the heels of Pennsylvania’s historic decline in prison population—the largest one-year decline in four decades—the Department of Corrections announced today the imminent closure of two older prisons.

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