Regulation

Mailbag: Would Eliminating Tax Credits Really Lower Taxes?

October 10, 2012

Last month, I testified to the House Finance Committee that targeted tax breaks and corporate welfare subsidies prevent across-the-board tax rate reductions that would benefit all Pennsylvanians. As a follow-up…

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Criminal Justice Reform

Corrections Home Run for Gov. Corbett?

October 10, 2012

Under Gov. Tom Corbett’s leadership, Pennsylvania unanimously passed (Senate Bill 100) part of a landmark corrections reform package last session. SB 100, now Act 122 of 2012, aims to…

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State Budget

Gov. Corbett Earns “A” for Fiscal Firefighting

Nathan Benefield
October 9, 2012

Gov. Tom Corbett was one of only four governors to get an “A” in Cato Institute’s Fiscal Policy Report Card on America’s Governors. Corbett was joined by Govs. Sam…

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Education trigger belongs in Pennsylvania parents’ hands

October 5, 2012

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Health Care

Medicaid Expansion Bad Deal for Patients

Elizabeth Stelle
October 3, 2012

Health care interest groups took to the press in Pittsburgh and Harrisburg to argue for expanding Medicaid in Pennsylvania, but these advocates overlook the program’s flaws and its long-term…

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Education

“Won’t Back Down” Captures Heart of Education

Priya Brannick
October 2, 2012

“Won’t Back Down” is a movie about education that fittingly begins and ends with a close-up of a child reading aloud. Education debates in America frequently whirl…

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Pennsylvania must pull parent trigger to save public education

October 2, 2012

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Education

Parental Choice + Competition = Better Schools

Nathan Benefield
October 1, 2012

A new study of academic performance in Ohio finds that traditional public schools facing competition from charter schools experience greater gains in student learning. In summarizing the findings, the…

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Regulation

PLCB Spills Grapes of Wrath!

October 1, 2012

Wine Shrines, Kiosk Catastrophes and ethics investigations step aside (okay, hold that last one), the Kings of Cabernet have uncorked their latest mayhem of modernization, malfeasance and…

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