Transforming Labor: A Comprehensive Review of the States
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
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
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
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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Three Ways Government Unions Marginalize Members
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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Energy Markets Need Reform, Not Subsidies
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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The PLCB’s Relentlessly Unimpressive Business Model
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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A Budget of Contradictions
On Tuesday, Gov. Wolf did not deliver the budget address Pennsylvanians needed to hear. Instead, he offered more of the same: a dramatic increase in the size and…
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Disco Governor Wants Money, Money, Money
Money, money, money/Always sunny/In a rich man’s world. Sung by ABBA in 1976. A governing mantra of Tom Wolf in 2018. More tax dollars seem to be Gov. Wolf's answer…
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