Education

Teacher Strike Capitol of America

April 23, 2018

Pennsylvania is the teacher strike capital of America. Since 1999, Pennsylvania families have suffered through 131 strikes, affecting 300,000 students and causing 1,383 missed school days. This research, including county,…

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Health Care

Welfare Reform is Sweeping the Nation

Elizabeth Stelle
April 20, 2018

“Right now, America combines near-record-low unemployment with near-record-high welfare dependency — the result of state-level eligibility exemptions, federal loopholes and policies that put work on the back burner.” Those are…

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Education

Answering Questions About ESAs

April 20, 2018

Education Savings Accounts (ESA) allow parents to customize and personalize their child's education. With an ESA, parents withdraw their child from the local public school and instead receive money from…

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Taxes & Economy

The Dignity of Work in Rural Pennsylvania

Elizabeth Stelle
April 19, 2018

The Brockway Center for Arts and Technology (BCAT) is only five years old, but it has helped over 100 unemployed and underemployed Pennsylvanians find fulfilling and family-sustaining healthcare careers.

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Regulation

Solving Pa.’s Corporate Welfare Problem is Key to Tax Reform

April 19, 2018

Gov. Wolf’s budget proposal projects a small reduction in corporate welfare spending. When compared to the current budget, spending would decline by more than $26 million. However,…

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Public Union Democracy

Pa. Leads the Nation in Teacher Strikes

April 18, 2018

This report compares Pennsylvania's strike laws to other states, and highlights the impact on teachers and students.

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Taxes & Economy

House Passes Work-Promoting Medicaid Reform

April 17, 2018

Today, the state House passed legislation, HB 2138, promoting independence among healthy, adult Medicaid recipients by requiring them to find part-time work or engage in job training to continue receiving…

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Public Union Democracy

4 Facts on Pennsylvania Teacher Strikes

Priya Brannick
April 13, 2018

Between the nearly averted strike in Pittsburgh and statewide strikes in West Virginia and Oklahoma, the validity of teacher strikes is once again up for debate. Here are four facts…

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Regulation

Pull the Reins on Horse Racing Subsidies

April 13, 2018

A horse is a horse, of course, of course, unless it's a Pennsylvania racehorse—then it's the symbol of government waste and an industry in decline. (Is that how this…

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