Government Accountability

Pennsylvania Supreme Court Delivers Unanimous Win for Private Property Rights

• July 24, 2026

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court recently issued a landmark unanimous 7–0 decision that fundamentally reshapes how far the Fourth Amendment’s protections extend across the commonwealth—and the Commonwealth Foundation helped shape that…

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Government Accountability

Pa. Supreme Court Protects Private Property in New Ruling 

• July 22, 2026

Harrisburg, Pa., July 22, 2026 — In a 7–0 unanimous decision, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, in Punxsutawney Hunting Club v. Pennsylvania Game Commission, sided with Pennsylvania landowners and ruled against warrantless searches on open fields.  Under previous case law, the open…

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Vets: Drilling = Zero Impact on Hunting

• November 28, 2011

It’s Buck Monday, so the Patriot News asked hunters how much environmental impact has natural gas drilling had on hunting?  Zero, says long-time hunter and tour guide Ed Fisher,…

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State Budget

Disingenuous Jan Jarrett

• November 18, 2010

The PennFuture president yesterday continued her lamentation over a lame duck legislature’s failure to expand government, raise taxes and kill jobs: “Every day that passes without…

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State Budget

Severance Tax Wish List

• Elizabeth Stelle
• June 11, 2010

Legislators are justifying the enactment of a natural gas severance tax by claiming the revenue will go towards environmental impacts. In reality, the environment is just one of a host…

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Regulation

Still Not Easy Being Green for PA Taxpayers

• March 29, 2010

In 2005, CF advised against passing Gov. Rendell’s Growing Greener II initiative because far better alternatives than increasing Pennsylvania’s debt load could have been used to save farmlands and…

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