Budget Deal Reached: What You Need to Know

  • Common Sense Weekly
  • November 15, 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! Despite Shapiro’s Failed Leadership, 2025-26 Budget Secures Key…

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Gov. Josh Shapiro Still Ain’t “Getting Sh*t Done”

  • November 10, 2025

In The New York Times, columnist Binyamin Appelbaum thinks Gov. Josh Shapiro is the future of the Democratic Party. But Appelbaum’s puff piece ironically concluded that the Pennsylvania governor…

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Fiscal Fallout in PA

  • Common Sense Weekly
  • November 8, 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! Fiscal Fallout: Pennsylvania Funding Has Spiked 64 Percent…

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Spooky Spending Spree

  • Common Sense Weekly
  • November 1, 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! Shapiro’s Spooky Spending Spree As everyday Pennsylvanians struggle…

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Shapiro’s “Spooky” Spending Spree

  • October 31, 2025

It is trick-or-treat time—but Gov. Josh Shapiro is hoarding the treats for himself while he tricks Pennsylvanians. As everyday Pennsylvanians struggle to afford the ever-increasing cost of living in the…

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Education

Low-Achieving and Violent Public Schools in Pennsylvania

  • October 30, 2025

Overview Students attending low-achieving public schools experience violence at nearly twice the rate of students attending higher-achieving schools and are more likely to experience violence involving a weapon.

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Energy

Commonwealth Foundation Testifies on Energy Affordability

  • October 30, 2025

On October 28, lawmakers and policy experts from across the Mid-Atlantic region convened in Harrisburg to address rising energy costs and discuss potential solutions. Elizabeth Stelle, vice president of…

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