The Pennsylvania Legislature: Size & effect

• March 26, 2010

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Regulation

Illinois Passes Pension Reductions

• Nathan Benefield
• March 25, 2010

While the Pennsylvania General Assembly is holding hearings to assess our public pension crisis is really bad, or really-really bad, Illinois is acting to reduce state pension benefits…

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Government Accountability

The Case for a Citizen Legislature

• Elizabeth Stelle, Nathan Benefield
• March 11, 2010

The operating cost of the Pennsylvania General Assembly has steadily increased, while Pennsylvania's economy has been stagnant. The Keystone State's burden of state and local taxes is among the heaviest…

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Education

Penn State Whitewashes Climategate Investigation

• February 3, 2010

HARRISBURG, PA – The Commonwealth Foundation today released the following statement in response to Penn State’s internal investigation of alleged scientific misconduct by Michael Mann, a prominent global warming…

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Education

Mann-Made Global Warming?

• Matthew Brouillette
• January 19, 2010

Climategate was born in late November 2009 with the release of more than a thousand emails and other documents from the Climate Research Unit at the University of East Anglia…

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Education

Climategate & Penn State

• January 12, 2010

Just days after news broke about what has been dubbed "Climategate," Penn State University (PSU) announced that it would investigate the conduct of Michael Mann, a professor in PSU's Department…

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Government Accountability

PennsylvaniaVotes.org Year in Review

• January 3, 2010

Below is a handy set of indicators as to how your state legislators performed in 2009, courtesy of PennsylvaniaVotes.org, the Commonwealth’s first and only website that…

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Government Accountability

Pennsylvania Legislative Audit Says Little

• Nathan Benefield
• December 28, 2009

A new audit of the Pennsylvania Legislature’s accounts was released earlier this month, and is available via state Rep. Josh Shapiro. The big news on the audit is that…

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Regulation

PA Homeowners Come Second To Horse Racing Industry

• November 3, 2009

The Pennsylvania Legislature’s willingness to succumb to special interests has been well documented by the Commonwealth Foundation, but the amount of attention given to the horse racing industry is…

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