Education

Education Savings Accounts Bill Introduced in State Senate

  • October 18, 2017

Today, Senator John DiSanto (R-Dauphin County) introduced Senate Bill 2, which would establish education savings accounts (ESAs) in Pennsylvania. ESAs are an innovative education choice program providing alternatives for…

Press Release

Read More: Education Savings Accounts Bill Introduced in State Senate

Education

News Release: State Senate to Introduce Education Savings Accounts

  • August 8, 2017

In a step toward dramatically increasing educational opportunity for students in Pennsylvania’s lowest-performing schools, today Senator John DiSanto unveiled his plan to introduce legislation establishing Education Savings Accounts (ESAs) in…

Press Release

Read More: News Release: State Senate to Introduce Education Savings Accounts

Education

Policy Memo: Education Savings Accounts: Myths and Facts

  • James Paul
  • July 12, 2017

Education Savings Accounts help children grow, satisfy parents, and can improve the quality of education in Pennsylvania. This memo addresses falsehoods raised by opponents of parental choice in education.

Memo

Read More: Policy Memo: Education Savings Accounts: Myths and Facts

Taxes & Economy

One of the Worst Run States in America?

  • December 15, 2016

Pennsylvania is in a slump. The latest grades from 24/7 Wall St. have the Keystone State ranked 42nd in terms of The Best Run State in America. This is…

Media

Read More: One of the Worst Run States in America?

Regulation

EPA Rule Would Increase PA Energy Bills by $1,000

  • Gordon Tomb
  • November 26, 2014

The war on coal will be a catastrophe for consumers, according to a new analysis of energy prices under new U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations. According to…

Media

Read More: EPA Rule Would Increase PA Energy Bills by $1,000

Education

5 Facts on the Parent Trigger in Pennsylvania

  • September 27, 2012

Pennsylvania lawmakers are considering legislation to reform the state charter school law.  This legislation may include a "parent trigger" to convert failing schools into charter schools.  …

Fact Sheet

Read More: 5 Facts on the Parent Trigger in Pennsylvania

Health Care

Pennsylvania Medicaid Spending and the Affordable Care Act

  • Elizabeth Stelle
  • September 17, 2012

Current Medicaid spending trends are unsustainable.  Medicaid spending (Medical Assistance and Long Term Care) consumes about 30 percent of Pennsylvania's total state operating budget.  In the past decade, Medicaid spending…

Memo

Read More: Pennsylvania Medicaid Spending and the Affordable Care Act

Of Mice, Barbie and Prevailing Wage

  • March 8, 2012

In March of 1961, the Soviet Union shot a dog, some mice and a guinea pig into space.  Meanwhile, back in the U.S., nine black students from Mississippi…

Media

Read More: Of Mice, Barbie and Prevailing Wage