Public Union Democracy

Plagiarism: Union Style

  • Matthew Brouillette
  • February 19, 2014

Several letters to the editor opposing paycheck protection—ostensibly written by different teachers—have appeared in newspapers around the state. Their suspicious similarity provides a valuable lesson in a practice typically frowned…

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Government Accountability

Union Spokesmen Still Lying About Paycheck Protection

  • Nathan Benefield
  • February 19, 2014

Yesterday, I pointed out that union leaders would use every bogeyman and slogan in their playbook rather than explain why taxpayers should collect their political money. As if on…

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Public Union Democracy

Survey: Union Members Overwhelmingly SUPPORT Paycheck Protection!

  • February 18, 2014

For Immediate Release Commonwealth Foundation Contact: 717-671-1901 Survey: Union Members Overwhelmingly SUPPORT Paycheck Protection! Large majority want unions, not government, to collect their dues and…

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Public Union Democracy

A War on Truth

  • February 14, 2014

Should you be forced to subsidize government union politics? That’s the question asked by a reform gaining steam in Harrisburg called paycheck protection. But you wouldn’t know it by listening…

Commentary

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Health Care

Liberal Group Screams “Murder” over Medicaid Expansion

  • Elizabeth Stelle
  • February 14, 2014

This week, John Micek called out Keystone Progress on his Pennlive.com blog for what he termed a “disgusting” email that “has no place in our discourse.” What provoked this…

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Taxes & Economy

Warning to PA: Alternative Energy Subsidies Damage Europe

  • Gordon Tomb
  • February 12, 2014

State legislators who advocate for an expansion of government incentives for alternative energy sources need to pay attention to the events happening across the pond where the European Commission is…

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Education

7 Little-Known Facts on Pennsylvania Public School Spending

  • Priya Brannick
  • February 11, 2014

For years, teachers unions in Pennsylvania have claimed the governor cut $1 billion from schools. But the real story is more complicated. A huge influx of federal stimulus funding expired,…

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Public Union Democracy

Local Governments Push for Paycheck Protection

  • February 10, 2014

We’ve already highlighted the national attention paycheck protection received from the Wall Street Journal and Investor’s Business Daily. Now local governments in Pennsylvania are pushing for an end to…

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