Time for Education Equality in Erie

  • February 14, 2018

“Topping the list” is usually good thing. Who doesn’t want to be #1?  Unfortunately, Erie tops a list that should inspire not celebration but soul searching.   Financial news website 24/7 Wall St.

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Time for Education Equality in Erie

  • Lenny McAllister
  • February 14, 2018

“Topping the list” is usually good thing. Who doesn’t want to be #1?  Unfortunately, Erie tops a list that should inspire not celebration but soul searching.   Financial news website 24/7 Wall St.

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Transforming Labor: A Comprehensive Review of the States

  • February 14, 2018

Is Pennsylvania a worker-friendly state? To answer this question, CF published a report, Transforming Labor, which examines and grades all 50 states according to the impact of their public sector…

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Transforming Labor: A Comprehensive Review of the States

  • Jessica Barnett
  • February 14, 2018

Is Pennsylvania a worker-friendly state? To answer this question, CF published a report, Transforming Labor, which examines and grades all 50 states according to the impact of their public sector…

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From the Team

  • February 14, 2018

Commonwealth Foundation welcomed two new teammates to start the year—Emily Jae, director of entrepreneur engagement in southeastern Pennsylvania, and Liz Vincent, director of entrepreneur engagement in central Pennsylvania. We are…

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From the Team

  • February 14, 2018

Commonwealth Foundation welcomed two new teammates to start the year—Emily Jae, director of entrepreneur engagement in southeastern Pennsylvania, and Liz Vincent, director of entrepreneur engagement in central Pennsylvania. We are…

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Government Accountability

Three Ways Government Unions Marginalize Members

  • Jessica Barnett
  • February 13, 2018

Unionization doesn’t guarantee representation. Penn State graduate assistants may soon learn this lesson. Shortly after the Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board ruled the graduate assistants can unionize, the Pittsburgh Federation…

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Regulation

Energy Markets Need Reform, Not Subsidies

  • Gordon Tomb
  • February 12, 2018

How many industries can withstand a more than threefold increase in regulatory costs in a decade? Few, if any. Yet that's the reality for nuclear power plants. An…

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Regulation

The PLCB’s Relentlessly Unimpressive Business Model

  • February 7, 2018

If you enjoyed a glass of wine or shot of liquor during Sunday’s thrilling Super Bowl, chances are your beverage of choice passed through the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board (PLCB).

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