State Budget

Charting Pennsylvania’s Budget Future

  • January 11, 2016

Believe it or not, the state is approaching the unofficial start of a new budget cycle. Gov. Wolf plans to roll out his proposal for the 2016-17 budget on February…

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State Budget

Budget Hostages Finally Freed?

  • Nathan Benefield
  • January 11, 2016

While Wolf released the hostages of the past six months, he made sure he could keep using children as “pressure points” by using his line-item veto to cut $3.1 billion…

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Top Blog Posts of 2015

  • January 7, 2016

We wrote 303 blog posts last year, but which were the most popular? We’ve taken the five most-read blogs by our readers and counted them down. 5.) Wolf’s Unfair…

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Education

Governor Wolf’s Budget Hostages

  • Elizabeth Stelle
  • January 6, 2016

Tom Wolf finally admitted he held school children hostage in hopes of higher taxes: “We're now at a point where I don't want to hold the children of Pennsylvania hostage.” But…

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Public Union Democracy

A Governor’s Resolution List for 2016

  • January 5, 2016

Last year, Gov. Tom Wolf promised he would take state government in a “different direction” and grow the middle class. He pledged to do this by making Pennsylvania a magnet for…

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Education

Wolf’s Newest Education Funding Scheme

  • James Paul
  • January 5, 2016

When Gov. Wolf finally agreed to sign the majority of an emergency funding bill, it remained unclear how his administration would distribute the increased education funding approved by the…

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Public Union Democracy

Union Dues Fund New Political Attack Ads

  • Nathan Benefield
  • January 5, 2016

America Works USA launched a new round of political attack ads opposing the latest state budget. These highly misleading ads again talk about “cuts to education.” However, the…

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Regulation

Is Gov. Wolf Ignoring Credit Rating Agencies?

  • Nathan Benefield
  • January 4, 2016

Last week, Gov. Wolf once again resorted to defending his latest budget vetoes citing the fear of credit rating downgrades. Oddly, he seems to miss that pension reform and…

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