Health Care

6 Reasons Not to Celebrate Obamacare’s 6th Anniversary

  • March 21, 2016

6 Reasons Not to Celebrate Obamacare’s 6th Anniversary Problems Persist as Health Care System Flounders March 21, 2016, HARRISBURG, Pa.—Lower costs? Improved access? Promises made—and broken—in the…

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Regulation

PA Faces Another Costly EPA Mandate

  • Elizabeth Stelle
  • March 21, 2016

President Obama’s energy tax—also known as the Clean Power Plan—is just one of many EPA mandates stifling Pennsylvania’s economy. One mandate in particular imposes enormous costs on Pennsylvania farmers and…

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State Budget

Wolf Threatens to Shut Schools with Budget Veto

  • March 16, 2016

Wolf Threatens to Shut Schools with Budget Veto Balanced, No-Tax-Hike Budget with Record School Spending Nearing Wolf’s Desk March 16 2016, HARRISBURG, Pa.—With school districts across…

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Government Accountability

Wolf on Transparency: Do As I Say, Not As I do

  • March 16, 2016

Note: Gov. Wolf's press conference referred to below was cancelled. Wolf on Transparency: Do As I Say, Not As I Do Gov. Calls for Openness, Negotiates $3.6…

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Regulation

Taxpayers on the Hook for Wolf’s Spending Binge

  • Nathan Benefield
  • March 15, 2016

Despite the lack of a completed state budget, and no support for his unpopular tax hike proposals, Gov. Wolf continues to rack up additional costs for taxpayers: Wolf's…

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Education

Wolf’s “Plague” on Public Education

  • James Paul
  • March 11, 2016

Schools across Pennsylvania are feeling the squeeze from Gov. Tom Wolf’s $3 billion education funding cut. In Red Lion, Carbondale, Plum, and Erie—to name just…

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Regulation

Breaking Promises to Fund Broken Programs

  • March 11, 2016

During his gubernatorial campaign, Tom Wolf promised to reduce taxes on working people. As a matter of fact, his campaign attacked Gov. Corbett for raising taxes. An October 2014 campaign blog…

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Regulation

$56 Billion & Counting: PA’s Pension Liability

  • James Paul
  • March 10, 2016

The state pension boards testified before the General Assembly this week and reported a combined unfunded liability of more than $56 billion. Contrary to claims that “we should let…

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Government Accountability

The Price of Secret Negotiations

  • March 9, 2016

The cost of compensating the state's workforce is nearly $93,000 per public employee. This illustrates why Pennsylvania’s collective bargaining process, which permits the politically powerful to operate in secret, must be reformed to…

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