Brace yourself, Pennsylvania families

• January 27, 2013

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Education

New Bills Constitute Attack on Cyber Schools

• Priya Brannick
• January 25, 2013

Pennsylvania House Majority Leader Mike Turzai (R-Allegheny) and a trio of legislators today unveiled a package of bills aimed at reducing cyber school growth and limiting the popular schools’…

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Your View: Unions Protect Teachers Against Administrators

• January 24, 2013

I am tired of people bashing unions. People assume that the principals and evaluators are/would be fair, honest, and unbiased and will/would remain that way for merit pay. People…

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Pension bomb to hit Pennsylvania families

• January 24, 2013

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Regulation

Pension Bomb to Hit Pennsylvania Families

• Nathan Benefield
• January 18, 2013

Are you ready to pay an additional $1,000 in state and local taxes alone?  Prepared to see your child's teacher laid off? Thanks to bad promises politicians made to good…

Commentary

Private group to advocate for privatizing Pennsylvania liquor stores

• January 18, 2013

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Taxes & Economy

How Do Pa. Gas Taxes Stack Up?

• Nathan Benefield
• January 17, 2013

In the wake of reports Gov. Corbett will unveil a transportation funding plan that includes increasing the cap on the Oil Company Franchise Tax, the Tax Foundation has put…

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Public Union Democracy

Union Politics Hinder Prosperity

• Priya Brannick
• January 16, 2013

Businessman Jerry Shenk argues in today’s Harrisburg Patriot-News that tough economic realities forced lawmakers to reexamine union privileges in their traditional strongholds of Michigan, Wisconsin and Indiana—and that Pennsylvania…

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Health Care

Federal Funds Create Perverse Incentives

• Elizabeth Stelle
• January 15, 2013

There’s no such thing as a free lunch, just like there’s no such thing as free money from the federal government. But you wouldn’t know that by reading a recent…

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