Criminal Justice Reform

School Choice on Behalf of Pa.’s Poorest Should Be a Bipartisan Issue

• Colleen Hroncich
• July 14, 2019

In Pennsylvania, Washington, D.C., and throughout the country, Republicans and Democrats have come together to pass smart criminal justice reforms that help people achieve independence and prosperity…

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Welfare Checks for Millionaires

• July 8, 2019

This year, I’ll turn 70—a born and raised Pennsylvanian from the Norristown area, I’ve lived in the state most of my life. I’ve been a small business owner in Lancaster…

Commentary

Welfare Checks for Millionaires

• July 8, 2019

This year, I’ll turn 70—a born and raised Pennsylvanian from the Norristown area, I’ve lived in the state most of my life. I’ve been a small business owner in Lancaster…

Commentary

Education

Getting Real About Education Spending

• Colleen Hroncich
• July 8, 2019

Another budget season has come and gone in Harrisburg.  As usual, education spending was one of the hottest topics. Constant demands for “more money” by teachers’ unions and their…

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Taxes & Economy

Those are Drilling Rigs, Not Money Trees

• Gordon Tomb
• July 5, 2019

“Money doesn’t grow on trees,” my mother regularly declaimed in her impromptu lessons on financial literacy. Too bad she’s not with us to explain this to Governor Wolf: neither the Marcellus…

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State Budget

This Year’s Budget Continues Past Trends

• Tirzah Duren
• June 28, 2019

The 2019-2020 budget spending bill is on the governor’s desk and lawmakers are claiming it represents an increase of only 1.8 percent over last year. If this were true, it would…

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State Budget

Budget Spares Taxpayers, Boosts School Choice, but Leaves Much Undone

• June 28, 2019

June 28, 2019, Harrisburg, Pa.—Today, lawmakers put the finishing touches on a state budget that spares Pennsylvanians from tax hikes, grows the state’s beleaguered Rainy Day Fund, and boosts school…

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Education

Students Need Scholarships, Not Vetoes

• Charles Mitchell
• June 27, 2019

While the governor has repeatedly voiced support for freeing students from zip code-assigned schools that aren’t meeting their needs, he vetoed a sorely needed expansion of Pennsylvania’s scholarship…

Commentary

Education

Common EITC and OSTC Misconceptions

• Colleen Hroncich
• June 26, 2019

“A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is still putting on its shoes.” This saying is even more true in the internet age. Case in point: recent falsehoods…

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