Education

Spending Crisis Forces Mom to Surrender Child

  • Priya Brannick
  • June 15, 2012

If lawmakers were in any doubt about how dire Pennsylvania’s education crisis has become, they need only look to Harrisburg mother Taisha Bartow and her 5-year-old daughter, Alayaisha.

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Public Union Democracy

Voters: Limit Government Spending!

  • Nathan Benefield
  • June 14, 2012

In a recent poll, Susquehanna Polling and Research asked 700 registered Pennsylvania voters if they would support limiting the growth of state government spending—legislation similar to the…

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Education

Lawmakers & Businesses Can Rescue Students Now

  • Priya Brannick
  • June 14, 2012

If lawmakers were in any doubt about how dire Pennsylvania's education crisis has become, they need only look to Harrisburg mother Taisha Bartow and her 5-year-old daughter, Alayaisha.

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Education

What’s in the Property Tax Elimination Bill?

  • Priya Brannick
  • June 13, 2012

This week, the House Finance Committee tabled HB 1776 until the fall to have further discussion. The bill, sponsored by Rep. Jim Cox, would eliminate school property taxes and…

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Regulation

Top-5 Liquor Liberty Myths Busted!

  • June 12, 2012

Pennsylvanians have come together, transcending party lines, gender, economic means and all geographic regions of the state to call for an end to the state-run monopoly on wine and…

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Criminal Justice Reform

Pennsylvania’s Blueprint for Better Public Safety

  • June 12, 2012

As Pennsylvania confronts another tight budget, Governor Corbett and legislative leaders must address the skyrocketing costs of prisons. Obviously, there are dangerous people who should be locked up to protect…

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Education

Compromise Would Save Kids, Taxpayers

  • Matthew Brouillette
  • June 12, 2012

Politics is the art of compromise, they say. When you have to get at least 102 out of the 203 members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives to agree on…

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Regulation

Money to Spend? See Where Your State Tax Dollars Go

  • Nathan Benefield
  • June 11, 2012

Legislative leaders and Gov. Corbett have been negotiating a state budget and, according to the latest reports, are $233 million apart in terms of General Fund spending.  Why the…

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Criminal Justice Reform

You Can Spend Less, Get More with Real Corrections Reform

  • Matthew Brouillette
  • June 11, 2012

What is it they say about things that are out of sight?  Oh, yes, out of mind.  That might be one of the reasons why our corrections system has become…

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