No Reason to Worry

  • Common Sense Weekly
  • April 2, 2025

Welcome to Common Sense Weekly! This is the Commonwealth Foundation’s weekly news roundup of policy issues debated in Harrisburg and across Pennsylvania.We have a new X handle! Follow @MyCommonwealth…

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Government Accountability

Top Five PolicyBlog Posts of 2010

  • Nathan Benefield
  • December 30, 2010

Based on reader visits, here are our five most popular PolicyBlog posts over the past year: #5: 2010 SAT Scores by State The College Board has released the results of…

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Taxes & Economy

Gasland Debunked

  • Elizabeth Stelle
  • June 21, 2010

Tonight, HBO premiered the documentary Gasland – a film about the impacts of natural gas drilling across the United States. Director/producer and Pennsylvania native Josh Fox has been touring the…

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Education

How Colleges are Cutting Costs

  • Elizabeth Stelle
  • June 23, 2009

Two recent articles in the New York Times prove universities can cut costs without decreasing the quality of education. Susquehanna University saved almost $3,000 as students…

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