Pennsylvania’s RGGI Odyssey

• Joshua Schubert
• May 4, 2026

Six Years of Lost Investment Underline Danger of New State Energy Taxes  Summary From 2019 to 2025, the looming implementation of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) chilled investment in Pennsylvania’s electric grid. For six…

Backgrounder

Health Care is Too Expensive. Governor Shapiro Can Do Something About It.

• February 23, 2026

Declining enrollment in Pennie, Pennsylvania’s “answer” to the Affordable Care Act (ACA), is proof that health insurance is still too expensive. The enhanced COVID-19 subsidies temporarily hid the cost for…

Blog

State Budget

Has Governor Shapiro Actually Cut Taxes?

• February 12, 2026

Gov. Josh Shapiro desperately wants Pennsylvanians to believe he isn’t a run-of-the-mill tax-and-spend Democrat. “The Governor has cut taxes seven times,” claims one of his latest…

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Democrat Governors Ignore Global Realities, Cling to ‘Green’ Policies

• Gordon Tomb
• January 27, 2026

Originally published by The Daily Signal. As global corporations and governments increasingly shed ideologically driven policies that raise energy prices and undermine supply, governors in the…

Media Hit

State Budget

Shapiro Talks Affordability, but Pennsylvanians Pay the Price

• Nathan Benefield
• January 23, 2026

Originally published by The Pottstown-Mercury. Gov. Josh Shapiro has made a habit of criticizing President Donald Trump over rising prices and “affordability.” Yet under Shapiro’s leadership,…

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The Truth About Court-Ordered Education Funding

• Common Sense Weekly
• December 13, 2025

Here’s the Commonwealth Foundation’s weekly news roundup of policy issues debated in Harrisburg and across Pennsylvania. We hope you have a great weekend! Pennsylvania Courts Never Ordered More Funding for…

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Shapiro’s Taxpayer-Funded Upgrades

• Common Sense Weekly
• December 6, 2025

Here’s the Commonwealth Foundation’s weekly news roundup of policy issues debated in Harrisburg and across Pennsylvania.We hope you have a great weekend! New records reveal details on the $1M in…

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Public Union Democracy

Unions Spend Big on Politics—Often at the Expense of Their Members

• David Osborne
• November 13, 2025

Originally published by Broad + Liberty. Pennsylvania’s judicial-retention election was the biggest in the commonwealth’s history. This seemingly innocuous off-year election drew at least …

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Education

Josh Shapiro: Least Productive Pennsylvania Governor in at Least 50 Years 

• November 10, 2025

Summary Nearly three years in office, a Commonwealth Foundation analysis finds Gov. Josh Shapiro’s first term is the least productive of any Pennsylvania gubernatorial term in at least 50 years.

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