Education

America Works (On Misleading the Public)

  • Nathan Benefield
  • July 13, 2015

America Works USA, an affiliate of the union-funded Democratic Governors Association, recently launched an ad campaign in support of Gov. Wolf’s effort to raise taxes on middle-…

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Gov. Wolf’s False Facts on Facebook

  • Matthew Brouillette
  • July 10, 2015

Governor Tom Wolf made it clear that he didn’t like anything in the budget that the General Assembly put on his desk on June 30—even though it mirrored about…

Media

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Regulation

Pension Reform Veto Costs Pennsylvanians Dearly

  • July 9, 2015

Pension Reform Veto Costs Pennsylvanians Dearly Public Employees & Middle Class Bear Consequences of Pension Inaction Good afternoon, Today, Governor Tom Wolf confirmed that he will veto historic pension…

Press Release

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Taxes & Economy

Reprehensible

  • Nathan Benefield
  • July 9, 2015

In the Philadelphia Inquirer earlier this week, Gov. Tom Wolf uses strong rhetoric about his desire for a large severance tax increase. The governor responded by calling it…

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Regulation

Audio: Gov. Wolf’s Vetoes Keep the Status Quo Alive

  • Jonathan Reginella
  • July 8, 2015

Gov. Wolf promised to be a governor who would eliminate Pennsylvania’s destructive status quo. So how did he respond when state legislators put a budget without tax increases, a bill…

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Education

Fixated on Tax Increases

  • July 8, 2015

At the end of last month, Gov. Wolf vetoed the Republicans’ budget, criticizing it for failing to meet his lofty goals of closing the structural deficit, increasing education funding…

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Education

The Illustrated Pennsylvania State Budget

  • Nathan Benefield
  • July 8, 2015

There’s a lot of misinformation being thrown around about the Pennsylvania state budget and education spending. While folk are entitled to their own opinions, they aren’t entitled to their own…

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Public Union Democracy

Wolf’s ‘My Way or the Highway’ Approach Blocks Progress

  • Matthew Brouillette
  • July 7, 2015

In his 2015 budget address, Gov. Tom Wolf urged dissenters, “If you don’t agree with my ideas, here is my request: please come with your own ideas. It's not good…

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