Government Accountability

Paycheck Protection Benefits Teachers

• Jessica Barnett
• March 27, 2017

Providing one more reason Pennsylvania needs paycheck protection, the Pennsylvania State Education Association (PSEA) uses members’ dues to mislead teachers.   In the March 2017 publication of PSEA’s dues-funded…

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State Budget

Should Pennsylvania Strive to Become #51?

• March 27, 2017

Political realities forced Gov. Wolf to scale back his record tax-and-spend proposals from the past two years. Still, he didn’t completely abandon his government-centric approach, opting to include $1…

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Government Accountability

Redistricting Reform Memo

• March 24, 2017

Redistricting reform, Fair Districts PA and CF Priorities  …

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Government Accountability

Memo on Redistricting Reform

• March 24, 2017

Commonwealth Foundation supports redistricting reform as a good government practice.

Memo

Committee Votes to Spend Smarter

• March 24, 2017

Earlier this week, the House State Government Committee voted to tackle Pennsylvania’s spending problem. The committee advanced two pieces of legislation—HB 110 and HB 410. Both bills are…

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Public Union Democracy

Op-Ed: Time to End Special-Interest Loophole

• Jessica Barnett
• March 24, 2017

Subverting public resources for political gain will not be tolerated. Except when it is. Pennsylvania government regularly collects and distributes tens of millions of dollars earmarked for politics on behalf of…

Commentary

Health Care

7 Ways to Fix Health Care on the 7th Anniversary of Obamacare

• Elizabeth Stelle
• March 23, 2017

Seven years ago, Obamacare became the law of the land. Later today, the US House is scheduled to vote on a controversial repeal and replace bill. While the outcome in Washington…

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Regulation

Senate Prepares New Pension Reform Bill

• Elizabeth Stelle
• March 16, 2017

The state Senate is preparing to introduce a pension reform bill nearly identical to the compromise bill that fell three House votes short last fall.  Senator Pat Browne and Majority…

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Education

Teachers’ Unions Dwarf School Choice Spending

• Jessica Barnett
• March 15, 2017

When it comes to education, government union leaders are Pennsylvania’s top political spender. No contest. We recently highlighted how government unions, outspoken proponents of a severance tax, far outspend…

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