In Pennsylvania, taxpayers on hook for stashed-away debt

• January 10, 2014

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Taxes & Economy

The True Cost of Minimum Wage

• Elizabeth Stelle
• January 9, 2014

If a higher minimum wage benefits workers, why not push it to $20 or $30 or even higher? Because experience shows minimum wage increases actually hurt the very workers they…

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Education

PODCAST: StudentsFirst on Education Reform

• January 8, 2014

Part two of our conversation with Ashley DeMauro, PA state director for StudentsFirst, features an in-depth discussion of seniority reform, teacher evaluations, school transparency, and charter school reform.

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Welfare

War on Poverty: 50 Years of Failing People

• Elizabeth Stelle
• January 8, 2014

On January 8, 1964, Lyndon Johnson launched America’s “War on Poverty.” After 50 years, it’s clear poverty is winning. After five decades and more than $20 trillion in taxpayer…

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Multiple issues confront Pennsylvania’s Republican-controlled General Assembly

• January 7, 2014

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Public Union Democracy

Video: Government Unions’ Political Power Cycle

• Nathan Benefield
• January 7, 2014

How do government union leaders use their unfair political advantage to promote bad policies? Our latest video looks at how government unions have…

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Public Union Democracy

Poll: Healthy Majority Back Paycheck Protection

• January 3, 2014

Pennsylvanians oppose requiring union members to contribute to political causes antithetical to their beliefs, according to Harper Polling’s year end survey conducted last month. The polling firm asked 604…

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State Budget

Budget Burdens Bring Consequences

• January 3, 2014

Know that feeling a month after Christmas when the credit card statement shows you blew your holiday budget? Imagine the pain you’d experience after six consecutive years of spending beyond…

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Taxes & Economy

EPA Regulations Threaten Pennsylvania Jobs

• Gordon Tomb
• January 3, 2014

The prospects for Pennsylvania coal industry have gotten so bad that Tom Crooks has contemplated moving his company from the state to find greener pastures Crooks is vice…

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