Education

Fiscal Forgetfulness

• Andrew Abramczyk
• June 12, 2019

Next year the governor wants to spend $1.4 billion more than he requested for this year, according to his recent budget proposal. Separately he’ll need as much as $750 million…

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Education

Momentous School Choice Expansion Lands on Gov. Wolf’s Desk

• June 11, 2019

June 11, 2019, Harrisburg, Pa.—Today, the Pennsylvania Senate passed HB 800, which would expand a hugely popular K-12 scholarship program, giving Governor Wolf the chance to provide a lifeline to…

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Criminal Justice Reform

Corrections Reform for Safer Communities

• Jessica Barnett
• June 11, 2019

Nowadays, Republicans and Democrats struggle to find common ground. In the rare moments when they do, you can be sure you’ve got a winning policy. Last week, the Pennsylvania Senate…

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Education

Is School Choice the Black Choice?

• Marc LeBlond
• June 11, 2019

Do you know that 49 percent of the kids who applied for tax credit scholarships in Pennsylvania were denied? Lenny McAllister Parents, educators, and education reformers…

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Taxes & Economy

The Truth About Wages

• Elizabeth Stelle
• June 7, 2019

There is one undoubted truth in debates about wages: everyone wants them to go up. Unfortunately, lawmakers can’t force everyone’s wage to increase, unless they are willing to destroy tens…

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Education

Thousands of Scholarship Applications Denied, Again

• Marc LeBlond
• June 6, 2019

Pennsylvania's tax credit scholarship programs, EITC (Education Improvement Tax Credit) and OSTC (Opportunity Scholarship Tax Credit), have transformed the lives of hundreds of thousands of students with a private education that…

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Government Accountability

The Shadow Budget Comes to Light

• Elizabeth Stelle, Tirzah Duren
• June 6, 2019

The shadow budget is coming into the light in an unlikely way this…

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Pa. Senate Passes Momentous Criminal Justice Reform Package

• June 5, 2019

June 5, 2019, Harrisburg, Pa.—Today, in a unanimous vote, the Pennsylvania Senate continued the state’s national leadership on criminal justice reform by passing a three-bill reform package. These critical reforms…

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Senate Committees Pass State Spending Limits & School Choice Bills

• June 5, 2019

June 5, 2019, Harrisburg, Pa.—Today, the state Senate advanced two transformative bills: SB 116, known as the Taxpayer Protection Act, limits state spending growth to a rate Pennsylvanians can…

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