State Budget

Corporate Welfare in Governor Shapiro’s Fiscal Year 2025–26 Budget Proposal

• September 8, 2025

Summary Pennsylvania’s economy lags behind other states, hindered by high taxes and burdensome regulations. As a result, the state suffers from continued outmigration, with residents leaving for better opportunities in…

Fact Sheet

Energy

One Step Closer to More Nuclear Energy

• August 5, 2025

Progress toward reopening the once-shuttered Three Mile Island (TMI) continues to make headway, paving the way for more reliable energy in Pennsylvania. Last week, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)…

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Education

Governor Shapiro’s 2025 Budget Proposal: An Extreme Spending Binge

• Nathan Benefield
• February 4, 2025

Overview Gov. Josh Shapiro’s radical overspending exacerbates what is already a massive budget deficit. His plan imposes new taxes this year and will force extreme tax hikes on working families…

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Education

Op-Ed: With classes canceled for weeks, schools must embrace innovation

• Jennifer Stefano
• April 9, 2020

Now is the time for the Philadelphia School District to embrace innovation, creativity, and critical thinking.

Commentary

Education

Parent to Parent: 3 Keys to Stay Sane and Healthy During COVID-19

• Colleen Hroncich, Marc LeBlond
• March 19, 2020

If you haven’t been living under a rock, you know all Pennsylvania public schools have been closed. What do parents and educators need to know?…

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Education

Duty, honor, country: Educational freedom for families who serve

• Marc LeBlond
• October 3, 2019

Ask any military family with kids and they’ll tell you that one of the most stressful parts of getting orders to a new duty station is figuring out where their…

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Privacy Policy

• May 24, 2018

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Public Union Democracy

Sherlock Investigates: Politics on the Public Dime

• July 18, 2014

On Tuesday, former House Speakers Bill DeWeese and John Perzel were issued public demerits in the form of gold plaques hung beneath their Capitol portraits. That same day, a…

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Union Quietly Admits to Using Teachers’ Dues for Politics

• June 2, 2014

This post first appeared on Commonwealth Foundation’s PolicyBlog. Whenever we talk about how teacher and other government unions spend their members’ dues on politics, the most common reaction we…

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