Education

Education: America’s New Civil Right

  • February 26, 2013

Education can and should be America's newest civil rights issue.   Today, too many schools are failing too many children. The system is broken, and access to a quality…

Commentary

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Regulation

Fact Check: Liquor Privatization Polling & “Profits”

  • February 25, 2013

A strong majority of Pennsylvanians want legislators to end the state’s Prohibition-era liquor system, just as Governor Corbett has proposed. But as today’s Senate Appropriations Committee hearing for the…

Media

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Regulation

Public Opinion of Liquor Privatization

  • February 25, 2013

A strong majority of Pennsylvanians favor ending the government sale of wine and spirits according to a comprehensive poll conducted by nationally-renown pollster Fairbank, Maslin, Maullin, Metz & Associates (FM3).

Fact Sheet

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Health Care

Medicaid Harms States, Poor & Taxpayers

  • Nathan Benefield
  • February 25, 2013

A new report and commentary from the Galen Institute details the reasons why the “free money” promised by the federal government for expanding Medicaid is a bad deal…

Media

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Regulation

Liquor Privatization Myths & Facts

  • February 21, 2013

More than 60 percent of Pennsylvania residents support getting government out of the booze business.  This is broad-based, bi­partisan support that finds even the majority of union house­holds want Liquor…

Fact Sheet

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Regulation

Last Call for PLCB’s In-House Brands?

  • February 20, 2013

In an interview with the Tribune-Review, Chairman of the PLCB Joseph “Skip” Brion said it’s no secret he favors ending the PLCB’s in-house wine brands. Yep, in case you…

Media

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Regulation

Taxpayers Lose without Lottery Deal

  • Nathan Benefield
  • February 14, 2013

Attorney General Kathleen Kane announced today she would not sign off on a contract with a private manager for the Pennsylvania lottery. The real losers from this decision are…

Media

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