Shapiro Still Not Getting Stuff Done

• Common Sense Weekly
• June 6, 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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Energy

Preventing Pennsylvania from Powering Down: Analysis of Governor Shapiro’s PACER and PRESS Proposals

• Isaac Orr, Mitch Rolling
• May 27, 2025

Key Findings The Price Tag: Governor Shapiro’s Pennsylvania Climate Emissions Reduction Act (PACER) and Pennsylvania Reliable Energy Sustainability Standard (PRESS) proposals would impose $157.2 billion in new electricity costs on…

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Energy

Pennsylvania Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments on RGGI

• May 12, 2025

Harrisburg, Pa., May 12, 2025 – The Pennsylvania Supreme Court will hear oral arguments tomorrow in Harrisburg on the constitutionality of the controversial Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI). Pennsylvania entered RGGI…

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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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Taxes & Economy

Deficit Watch: April 2025

• April 4, 2025

Improving Pennsylvania’s economy will help close the deficit. Background Pennsylvania faces serious fiscal challenges. The enacted 2024–25 General Fund budget created a $3.6 billion structural deficit.

Deficit Watch

Taxpayer-Funded TikToks?

• Common Sense Weekly
• March 12, 2025

Welcome to Common Sense Weekly! This is the Commonwealth Foundation’s weekly news roundup of policy issues debated in Harrisburg and across Pennsylvania.Be sure to follow us on social media to…

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Energy

Gov. Shapiro’s Energy Policies Will Cost Pennsylvanians

• André Béliveau
• March 7, 2025

Originally published by Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Gov. Josh Shapiro wants you to believe that he is saving you money. “From childcare to health care to energy, we’ve been focused…

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Energy

Pennsylvania’s Governor Puts ‘Green’ Messaging Ahead of Realistic Solutions

• Andrew Lewis
• February 17, 2025

Originally published in National Review. Leading Democrats still haven’t learned the lesson of their defeat to Donald Trump. Their party is stuck in the political wilderness because they spent four…

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State Budget

Commonwealth Foundation’s Nathan Benefield Releases Analysis of the Governor’s 2025 Budget Proposal

• February 5, 2025

Harrisburg, PA, February 4, 2025 – Massive spending increases proposed by Gov. Josh Shapiro in his recently released 2025 budget proposal “will force extreme tax hikes on working families in the coming…

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