State Budget

Shapiro Failed to Protect PA from Budget Stalemates

  • Megan Martin
  • October 7, 2025

Originally published by RealClearPennsylvania. The people of Pennsylvania are now enduring a “double whammy”—a state budget that is more than three months past due, plus a…

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Regulation

Installing Broadband is Expensive—and L&I Isn’t Helping

  • Elizabeth Stelle
  • September 24, 2025

Originally published by RealClearPennsylvania. Pennsylvania needs more broadband. Connecting underserved communities to affordable, high-speed internet will help rural communities prosper. Unfortunately, one misguided Pennsylvania policy makes the process needlessly expensive…

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State Budget

Pennsylvania Has a Budget Deficit. So Why Are Taxpayers Funding Lobbyists?

  • Megan Martin
  • September 17, 2025

Originally published by RealClearPennsylvania. Should Pennsylvania taxpayers fund political lobbying efforts for taxpayer-funded organizations lobbying for more taxpayer funds? Not only is this practice misguided, but it’s also fundamentally wrong, blurring…

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Education

Cyber Students: Undeserving Targets of Teacher Unions

  • Guy Ciarrocchi
  • June 18, 2025

Originally published by RealClearPennsylvania. With all that’s wrong in public education today, what if I told you some good news? There are more than 69,000 students in Pennsylvania who have…

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Energy

Energy Costs and Regulations Threaten PA’s Tech Boom

  • Elizabeth Stelle
  • June 11, 2025

Originally published by RealClearPennsylvania. Pennsylvania is on the short list of destinations for cloud computing and artificial intelligence (AI). However, the commonwealth—thanks to ill-advised policies pushed by…

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Education

PA Families Need Two School Choice Victories

  • Kevin Kane
  • May 22, 2025

Originally published by RealClearPennsylvania. The following month could determine whether tens of thousands of Pennsylvania students get ahead—or continue to fall behind. That’s the reality as both Congress and…

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Regulation

How To Make Pennsylvania Manufacturing Boom

  • Elizabeth Stelle
  • April 29, 2025

Originally published by RealClearPennsylvania. President Donald Trump and Gov. Josh Shapiro can agree on one thing: Pennsylvania needs a manufacturing boom. Political talk and regulatory action, however, are two different…

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Education

Andrew Lewis on ‘This Week in Pennsylvania’

  • Andrew Lewis
  • April 22, 2025

Andrew Lewis, Commonwealth Foundation’s President & CEO, joined Dennis Owens to discuss the education and energy policies that will empower all Pennsylvanians to thrive. Lewis called on Governor Josh…

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State Budget

Pennsylvanians Are in Dire Need of Tax Reform

  • Stephen Bloom
  • April 15, 2025

Originally published by RealClearPennsylvania. Today is Tax Day. Each year, April 15th reminds us of the costliness of government spending – and why lawmakers must reduce this financial burden on…

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