Regulation

Dispelling the Myths About Alcohol Privatization

  • March 22, 2013

The friends of government-run liquor stores have to resort to such tactics as they have neither public opinion nor facts on their side. Here are just a few of the…

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Public Union Democracy

Temper Tantrums Taint Liquor Debate

  • March 15, 2013

My four-year old niece likes to get her own way. When things going south—she has to take a nap, or worse, Dora the Explorer is over—no matter how much you…

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Regulation

Mow the Lawn…TODAY!

  • Matthew Brouillette
  • March 12, 2013

When it comes to privatizing the Pennsylvania’s government-run monopoly of wine and spirits, many politicians say they are in favor of it—including House Liquor Committee Chairman John Taylor (R-Philadelphia). But…

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Criminal Justice Reform

Pennsylvania Passes Proven Prison Reform

  • June 29, 2012

Pennsylvania's inmate population and rate of recidivism have reached crisis levels in recent years. Since 1980, Pennsylvania's inmate population increased over 500% between 1980 and 2009. …

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Regulation

Will Union Contracts Stop Liquor Store Privatization?

  • June 6, 2012

Desperate to protect the monopoly that provides his cushy $287,000 salary and benefits package, liquor store union boss Wendell Young IV has launched yet another dishonest attack. Mr. Young is…

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Pennsylvania Legislative Candidate Survey 2012

  • April 9, 2012

This year, Pennsylvania voters will go to the polls to elect 203 men and women to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives and 25 members to the Pennsylvania Senate. To help…

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Education

Rep.: Pa. Ed Needs 1st Class Not Third-World Results

  • October 25, 2011

One of the most controversial and emotional issues facing our Commonwealth involves the future of the education system. The media's attempt to reduce nearly every major complicated issue…

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