Public Union Democracy

2017 Labor Reform Roundup

• Jessica Barnett
• December 28, 2017

Is Pennsylvania a worker-friendly state? According to our updated, comprehensive report grading each state’s public sector labor laws’, the answer is no. Pennsylvania ranks a measly “D” compared to others…

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Education

Education Savings Accounts Across the Country

• James Paul
• February 17, 2017

The movement to provide children with better education is building momentum in 2017 as education savings accounts (ESA) advance in nearly a dozen states. Legislation has been filed in…

Media

Educational Choice in a Grandparent’s Words

• James Paul
• January 23, 2017

National School Choice Week, beginning today, is a celebration of opportunity. Each of the educational options in Pennsylvania—private scholarship programs, charter schools, online education, and the ability to homeschool—empower…

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Health Care

“Healthy PA:” What’s It All Mean?

• Elizabeth Stelle
• December 13, 2013

Last Friday, Gov. Corbett released full details of his Healthy PA initiative, which seeks to expand government-funded health insurance under Obamacare (using Medicaid expansion funds to pay private insurance…

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Taxes & Economy

Promise Land Panned: Mike’s Story

• January 7, 2013

In the movie Promised Land, Matt Damon plays a smooth talking land man who is sent to rural Pennsylvania to secure the rights to drill for natural gas on locals'…

Commentary

State Budget

Gov. Corbett Earns “A” for Fiscal Firefighting

• Nathan Benefield
• October 9, 2012

Gov. Tom Corbett was one of only four governors to get an “A” in Cato Institute’s Fiscal Policy Report Card on America’s Governors. Corbett was joined by Govs. Sam…

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Education

Teacher Strikes

• August 26, 2011

Good afternoon, my name is Pearre Dean and I am Deputy Director of Public Affairs at the Commonwealth Foundation, Pennsylvania’s free-market think tank that crafts free-market policies, convinces Pennsylvanians of…

Testimony

Taxes & Economy

Pennsylvania Not Among Best States for Business

• Nathan Benefield
• May 17, 2011

Chief Executive Group released its annual Best/Worst States for Business report, bestowing another undesirable state ranking on Pennsylvania. The commonwealth ranked 39th out of the 50 states, dropping seven…

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Regulation

Retaining the Film Tax Credit: Two Thumbs Down for Taxpayers

• March 17, 2011

Behind the lens of Gov. Tom Corbett's budget the focus is largely on putting taxpayers first and fostering economic growth. But at a time when the director should be yelling,…

Commentary