Public Union Democracy

When Unions Play Politics

  • David Osborne
  • December 22, 2023

Originally published at Townhall Houston Texans quarterback C.J. Stroud recently observed, “Basketball players want to be football players, and football players want to be basketball players.”…

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Health Care

Medicaid Reforms Needed as Welfare Spending Surpasses Education

  • Elizabeth Stelle
  • March 11, 2011

Under Gov. Corbett’s budget proposal, Pennsylvania would spend more on welfare than education for first time. A large chunk of that welfare spending is in Medicaid, a joint state-federal program…

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Regulation

Violations Carry a Hefty Price in the Marcellus Shale

  • Elizabeth Stelle
  • May 17, 2010

In a recent Citizen Voice article, Scott Perry, the director of Oil and Gas Management at the DEP explains how costly environmental infractions can be for drilling companies. The…

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Taxes & Economy

The Success of Electricity Deregulation in Texas

  • Elizabeth Stelle
  • December 30, 2009

Here are some recent numbers, from our friends at the Texas Public Policy Foundation, illustrating the success of electricity deregulation. Since 2007 Texas’ electricity market has been fully deregulated…

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