More from the Senate Education Committee Hearing

• Nathan Benefield
• October 6, 2020

When schools closed last spring—and with many still not fully open—parents across Pennsylvania have seen their children lose ground while having to pick up the additional costs of at-home education.

Commentary

Education

Nine Irrefutable Facts About Education Savings Accounts

• Marc LeBlond
• May 17, 2018

Children deserve an education that fits their unique needs. It’s time to bring education savings accounts to Pennsylvania and make that dream a reality. How do they work? Is there…

Memo

State Budget

Audio: Wolf’s Tax Increase Dwarfs All Other States

• Jonathan Reginella
• June 30, 2015

Compared to the 49 other states, Gov. Wolf’s budget inflicts a tax increase that dwarfs all others–in fact, it’s 8 times larger than the state with the next highest tax…

Media

Audio: Gov. Wolf’s Stealth Unionization

• Jonathan Reginella
• May 19, 2015

Gov. Wolf’s recent executive order has been unveiled as an illegal attempt to unionize home healthcare workers–but the governor is claiming his order does not pave the way…

Media

Regulation

Audio: Fixing the State’s Broken Pension System

• Jonathan Reginella
• May 18, 2015

Public pensions have created one of the worst financial crises in Pennsylvania’s history—a monstrous, $50 billion debt that Gov. Wolf can no longer ignore. To prevent the crisis from…

Media

State Budget

Benefield on Budget Today

• Nathan Benefield
• March 9, 2011

If you are following the state budget, or just like listening to me talk (that means you, Mom), today is your lucky day. I’ll be on KDKA Radio in…

Media

Regulation

Pennsylvania Liquor Fees to Rise

• Nathan Benefield
• August 25, 2010

As reported at KDKA, the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board (PLCB) will be raising fees on bottles of liquor beginning in January. The fee increase is expected to generate…

Media

Taxes & Economy

Obstructionist PennFuture Rants Again

• April 21, 2010

Yesterday PennFuture demonstrated in Pittsburgh in support of a moratorium on any new drilling on Pennsylvania’s Marcellus Shale natural gas formation, in an effort to “save the…

Media

Taxes & Economy

Is Rendell Nuts?

• February 7, 2008

Pennsylvania governor confuses taxpayers with leprechauns HARRISBURG, PA — In Gov. Ed Rendell’s FY 2008-09 budget address, he called for higher and new taxes that, if passed by the…

Press Release