Education

Nate Benefield on The Dawn Stensland Show: Common Ground Poll Breakdown

• Nathan Benefield
• April 18, 2024

The juxtaposition between the lack of support for Shapiro’s budget proposal (29%) and the massive support for his unfulfilled campaign promises—like Lifeline Scholarships (77%), lowering the business tax rate (81%),…

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Education

Stefano: Do-nothing Dems in the Pa. House hold bipartisan reforms hostage

• February 6, 2024

Pennsylvania is losing people and industries to other states as a result of the state’s “crippling economic policies,” writes Philadelphia Inquirer columnist and Commonwealth Foundation Executive Vice President Jennifer Stefano in her Monday Inquirer …

Press Release

Education

Gov. Shapiro’s New Hampshire Keynote Undermined by Legislative Failures, Incomplete Budget

• September 29, 2023

Harrisburg, Pa., September 29, 2023 — Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro was recently announced as the keynote speaker at the 2023 New Hampshire Democratic Party Convention. His appearance in Bedford, New Hampshire—one of…

Press Release

State Budget

Takeaways from the Unfinished 2023–24 State Budget

• August 10, 2023

Summary The state budget remains unfinished. While Gov. Josh Shapiro signed off on the general appropriation bill (House Bill 611), authorizing more than $40 billion in state general fund spending,…

Fact Sheet

Education

Commonwealth Foundation Offers Gov. Shapiro Helping Hand to Deliver on Campaign Promises

• May 17, 2023

Harrisburg, Pa., May 17, 2023 – The Commonwealth Foundation today kicked off an advocacy campaign called “Shapiro’s Promises” to generate support for bipartisan initiatives that Gov. Josh Shapiro committed…

Press Release

Taxes & Economy

Stagnant Pennsylvania Economy Requires Real Business-Tax Reform

• Nathan Benefield
• April 18, 2022

Originally published at RealClearPolicy In his final annual budget address, Pennsylvania governor Tom Wolf proposed a major reduction in the state’s corporate income tax. Wolf’s tax-cut plan may come…

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Regulation

Op-Ed: Pennsylvanians can’t afford Biden’s multi-trillion tax-and-spend plan

• Nathan Benefield
• October 30, 2021

With the legislative sausage-making now underway, it’s likely Pennsylvanians would find the menu of specific tax hikes distasteful.

Commentary

Pennsylvania’s “Great” Economy

• July 27, 2020

The variety of businesses in Pennsylvania manage to function despite the state’s business environment, not because of it.

Commentary

Pennsylvania’s “Great” Economy

• Tirzah Duren
• July 27, 2020

The variety of businesses in Pennsylvania manage to function despite the state’s business environment, not because of it.

Commentary