Government Accountability

How Restoring Workers’ Rights Brings Fairness to All Pennsylvanians

• January 4, 2019

For decades, public sector union leaders have used their unfair political advantages to block public policies that will help our state and citizens flourish. Restoring workers’ rights is critical for a fair…

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Health Care

Federal Food Stamp Fix Good Fit for Pa.

• Elizabeth Stelle
• January 3, 2019

Jobs and money form the foundation of many a New Year’s resolution. Now, due to proposed federal SNAP (food stamp) changes, hundreds of thousands of Pennsylvanians could experience a brighter…

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Taxes & Economy

Facts Refute Gov. Wolf’s Climate Change Concern

• Gordon Tomb
• December 17, 2018

Editor's Note: A version of this blog was also published in the Daily Caller and appeared at NaturalGasNow.org. When Gov. Wolf uses the past…

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Health Care

Welfare Program Restarts with No Proof of Poverty Alleviation & No Budget

• Elizabeth Stelle
• December 3, 2018

After a six-year hiatus, Pennsylvania's General Assistance program is back in operation…without a budget. The Wolf administration's unilateral decision to resurrect a program, without identifying a funding source, is symbolic…

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State Budget

2017-18 State Budget & Spending Trends

• Elizabeth Stelle
• November 26, 2018

Over the next month, CF will recount what happened on major issues in the 2017-18 legislative session and what policies lawmakers need to prioritize in the 2019-20 session to make…

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Education

Fact Sheet: School Funding and Student Outcomes

• November 9, 2018

Conversations about improving education often devolve into who will spend more. This enables some policymakers to offer a one-dimensional solution—funding—to a multi-dimensional issue—education. Key questions are ignored when the only…

Fact Sheet

Pennsylvania’s Report Card: 2018 PSSA and Keystone Exams

• Marc LeBlond
• October 25, 2018

On Tuesday, the Pennsylvania Department of Education released the 2018 Pennsylvania System of School Assessment (PSSA) and Keystone Exam results. Both sets of exams are used to ensure Pennsylvania’s education system is meeting …

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Education

Will School Choice Reach the Supreme Court Next Year?

• October 24, 2018

Annie Jackson, a waitress at Roxy’s Café in downtown Harrisburg, knows firsthand why families need school choice. Annie waitressed eight months into her pregnancy to pay private school tuition for…

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Education

Pennsylvania’s Opportunity Gap

• Marc LeBlond
• October 22, 2018

As highlighted in a recent CF report, 50 percent of student tax credit scholarship applications since 2012 have been denied due to program limits. “In 2016-17 alone, almost…

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