Follow Our Lead

  • September 25, 2017

Those seeking a return to fiscal sanity should take heart: Significant reforms are advancing at the state level that could spur a bottom-up course correction across the country—and Pennsylvania is…

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A Visitor’s Guide to Buying Booze in PA

  • September 25, 2017

Planning a dinner? Picking up a hostess gift? Here’s our handy shopping guide to keep things E.A.S.Y.* (*Every Annoying Stop You have to make to get what you need.)…

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A Visitor’s Guide to Buying Booze in PA

  • September 25, 2017

Planning a dinner? Picking up a hostess gift? Here’s our handy shopping guide to keep things E.A.S.Y.* (*Every Annoying Stop You have to make to get what you need.)…

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Note From the Team Aug-Sept 2017

  • September 25, 2017

The editor explains how the state budget impacted printing this summer and why pension reform was such an important victory.

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Note From the Team Aug-Sept 2017

  • September 25, 2017

The editor explains how the state budget impacted printing this summer and why pension reform was such an important victory.

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Taxes & Economy

Three Reasons a Severance Tax Is a Bad Idea

  • Elizabeth Stelle
  • September 25, 2017

The hunt for money to satisfy Harrisburg's overspending problem is in full gear. Lawmakers and special interests want to impose an additional tax on gas extraction in the Marcellus Shale, the…

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Regulation

PLCB Strikes Again!

  • September 22, 2017

As lawmakers continue to debate balancing the state budget, the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board (PLCB) gave Pennsylvanians yet another reason to privatize the antiquated liquor system. The agency unleashed…

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State Budget

“Recurring Revenues” Lead to Recurring Pain

  • Elizabeth Stelle
  • September 21, 2017

The House’s preferred approach to close the state’s $2.2 billion deficit recently came under fire for its reliance on one-time revenue sources rather than recurring revenues, i.e., tax increases. But this…

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Regulation

The Solution to Pa.’s Credit Downgrade

  • Jessica Barnett
  • September 20, 2017

Pennsylvania’s irresponsible spending increases have taken their toll – and credit rating agencies have taken notice. Following a credit downgrade from Standard & Poor’s Wednesday morning, Pennsylvania’s…

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