Regulation

Regulatory Streamlining in Pennsylvania Would Boost Opportunities for State Residents

• James Broughel
• October 25, 2023

Introduction Good morning, members of the Senate Majority Policy Committee. My name is James Broughel and I am a senior fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute in Washington DC, as…

Testimony

Regulation

Cutting Red Tape in Pennsylvania

• James Broughel
• September 18, 2023

This report presents findings from Mercatus Center’s State RegData database, analyzing regulations in the  Pennsylvania Code as of 2022. The report provides an overview of state regulations, how Pennsylvania’s regulatory…

Executive Summary

Fairness

Pennsylvania Musician Opposed To Funding Lefty Causes Challenges Forced Unionization

• Kevin Mooney
• March 9, 2023

Originally published at The Federalist Instead of plying his trade as a musician during the height of the Covid pandemic, Glen Wilkofsky’s union dues were paying for political activism…

Media Hit

Energy

This nixed natural-gas project shows you just how absurd Biden’s energy policy is

• Jennifer Stefano
• April 7, 2022

Originally published in the New York Post As gas prices rise and Vladimir Putin escalates his war on Ukraine, Democrats’ political fortunes fall. That’s why President Joe Biden announced last week he’ll…

Media Hit

Health Care

Pennsylvania’s Healthcare Should Always be Crisis Ready

• Tirzah Duren
• May 6, 2020

COVID-19 has done its part to highlight the weaknesses of Pennsylvania’s healthcare sector. Primarily, what has been revealed is a lack of flexibility, and regulations that make it difficult to…

Report

Taxes & Economy

Pennsylvania’s Business Climate is a Gamble for Entrepreneurs

• Tirzah Duren
• November 6, 2019

60, 61, 29, 45! While these might sound like Powerball numbers, they are actually state rankings that highlight just how lucky businesses in Pennsylvania aren’t. Across different measurements of the state’s business…

Media

State Budget

News Release: Pa. Spends Nearly One-Third of Year Working to Pay Taxes

• April 20, 2017

April 18 was this year’s tax return filing deadline, but how long do Pennsylvanians work to earn enough to pay their total tax bill? In 2017, that date—dubbed Tax Freedom…

Press Release

One Idea that’s Changing the World

• December 17, 2015

The world has made astounding progress in the last few decades, with world poverty dropping by more than 80 percent in just 36 years. While the dramatic reduction is…

Media

Regulation

10 Reasons to Banish the Booze Bureaucracy

• November 18, 2015

Gov. Wolf is committed to protecting the government's monopoly on the sale of wine and liquor. When talking to reporters this past Monday, the governor’s spokesman said of Wolf…

Media