Nobody to Blame but Himself

• Common Sense Weekly
• July 3, 2025

Welcome to Common Sense Weekly! This is the Commonwealth Foundation’s weekly news roundup of policy issues debated in Harrisburg and across Pennsylvania.Have you seen our recent social media videos?…

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Pennsylvania’s Muddled Leadership Loses to Ohio and West Virginia

• Gordon Tomb
• June 27, 2025

Originally published by TribLIVE. Pennsylvania’s nickname of the Keystone State, as variously reported, originates with the deciding vote for independence by a Pennsylvania member of the Continental Congress or in…

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Budget Details Revealed

• Nathan Benefield
• July 4, 2008

The House Appropriations Committee (both Democrats and Republicans) released the line items in the budget late into the night on Thursday. They will attempt to vote on the legislation today…

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Term Limits Op-Ed

• Nathan Benefield
• May 17, 2007

Rep. Daylin Leach with an editorial on why term limits are a bad idea in the Patriot News. Leach resorts to the standard three part argument – term limits…

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