Work Empowers All Pennsylvanians

• July 8, 2019

I have found nothing more rewarding than my life’s work: empowering others. Over four decades, I’ve been a social worker, counselor, college professor, administrator, director, and mother. In all those…

Commentary

As a Former Legislator, I Know How Transformative the Taxpayer Protection Act Will Be

• July 8, 2019

Those who watch the inner-workings of Pennsylvania’s politics and policies understand how difficult—and how rewarding—fiscal responsibility in state government can be. Steve Bloom, former four-term state representative from Cumberland County…

Commentary

As a Former Legislator, I Know How Transformative the Taxpayer Protection Act Will Be

• July 8, 2019

Those who watch the inner-workings of Pennsylvania’s politics and policies understand how difficult—and how rewarding—fiscal responsibility in state government can be. Steve Bloom, former four-term state representative from Cumberland County…

Commentary

Raise the Limits on Tax Credit Scholarships

• July 8, 2019

It was the middle of Wednesday, and I had 30 minutes—30 minutes and a choice. I could either eat my lunch in peace after a hectic morning of work, or…

Commentary

Raise the Limits on Tax Credit Scholarships

• July 8, 2019

It was the middle of Wednesday, and I had 30 minutes—30 minutes and a choice. I could either eat my lunch in peace after a hectic morning of work, or…

Commentary

Education

Getting Real About Education Spending

• Colleen Hroncich
• July 8, 2019

Another budget season has come and gone in Harrisburg.  As usual, education spending was one of the hottest topics. Constant demands for “more money” by teachers’ unions and their…

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Taxes & Economy

Those are Drilling Rigs, Not Money Trees

• Gordon Tomb
• July 5, 2019

“Money doesn’t grow on trees,” my mother regularly declaimed in her impromptu lessons on financial literacy. Too bad she’s not with us to explain this to Governor Wolf: neither the Marcellus…

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Education

Kids Claim Victory in Pa. Budget

• Marc LeBlond
• July 2, 2019

Thanks to school choice heroes like Speaker Mike Turzai and Senator Mike Regan, Pennsylvania students will benefit from a $30 million increase in tax credit scholarships. The agreed upon…

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Criminal Justice Reform

Does Justice Reinvestment Work?

• Jessica Barnett
• July 1, 2019

One of the foremost, data-driven efforts in the nation to make criminal justice truly fair and effective is under consideration in the Pennsylvania House after a unanimous vote in the…

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