Education

Principled, Punchy Pols Are Popular Pols

Charles Mitchell
March 15, 2012

I’ve written previously in this space about Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, who has garnered enormous popularity while governing courageously. Today, with a new Quinnipiac poll about Gov.

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Education

Not a Joke: Learn from Louisiana

Charles Mitchell
January 31, 2012

Here in Pennsylvania, we like to think we’re better than states like Louisiana. Those folks used to have slaves, but our founder was a Quaker. They’re poor, but we’re rich. …

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Education

Year of School Choice…and Beyond

Nathan Benefield
January 27, 2012

The Alliance for School Choice released its latest School Choice Yearbook highlighting the developments in school choice in 2011, as well as each of the programs in the United…

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Taxes & Economy

Marcellus Shale Impact Fee

October 28, 2011

Companies should pay for the cost of government they use. Many advocates of a new tax simply want more money for Harrisburg politicians to dole out.

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Education

Want a 70% Approval Rating?

Charles Mitchell
October 24, 2011

Let’s be real. One of the things that often gets CF into trouble is that from the outside, it seems like we never need to worry about whether the free-market…

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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…

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Health Care

Pennsylvania Welfare Spending & Medicaid

May 20, 2011

Gov. Tom Corbett's proposed FY 2011-12 budget would represent the first time General Fund spending on the Department of Public Welfare would exceed that for the Department of Education.

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Taxes & Economy

About a Streamlining Commission

March 16, 2011

Yesterday, CF released its new publication, Streamlining State Government, bringing attention to the more than 340 state regulatory and advisory agencies, demonstrating the need to trim the size…

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Public Union Democracy

Streamlining State Government

March 15, 2011

Pennsylvania businesses must navigate a complex web of regulations from more than 340 independent state agencies, offices, state departments, boards, commissions, and committees stemming from the executive branch. Several other…

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