Education

Opportunity Scholarships for Pennsylvania

June 21, 2012

A new proposal (HB 2468) would expand the existing EITC program while adding an additional category of scholarship organizations. Under HB 2468, the EITC limit would increase from $75 million…

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Education

Attack on Charter Schools Shoddy and Misguided

Priya Brannick
June 21, 2012

School districts across Pennsylvania are in a budget crunch, due to a combination of overspending, ballooning pension costs and a loss of $1 billion in federal stimulus…

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Regulation

Who Will Help CF Save You Money?

June 20, 2012

Organizations that love to lobby for your tax dollars and special handouts for their special interests are posturing against Gov. Tom Corbett’s corporate welfare package to lure Shell’s new…

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State Budget

State Budget: Fireproofing the Economy or Throwing Gas on the Fire?

Nathan Benefield
June 18, 2012

Let’s pretend you’ve been financially struggling recently, have spent your savings and pushed off paying some of your bills. But here’s some good news: You have $500 in your checking…

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Regulation

Happy Hour or Last Call? What’s the Scoop on HB 11

June 18, 2012

Ready to toast to an end of the state-run monopoly on wine and spirits? Nearly seven out of 10 Pennsylvanians would raise their glasses with you. Government-sold booze is…

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Could the Pennsylvania lottery be privatized?

June 16, 2012

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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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