Health Care

Not Why I’m Here

• Charles Mitchell
• March 30, 2012

“Why am I here?”  That’s an excellent question to ask yourself if you work in Harrisburg.  This week, as I read a piece by Karen Langley in the Pittsburgh…

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State Budget

Do Government Programs Grow the Economy?

• Nathan Benefield
• March 29, 2012

While decades of increased government spending have resulted in economic stagnation, many advocates of increasing government spending claim that their favored program will “grow the economy.” They argue that…

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Health Care

Change We Can’t Afford

• Matthew Brouillette
• March 28, 2012

This week, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act celebrated its two-year anniversary before the U.S. Supreme Court. The controversial health care law finds itself in front of the highest…

Commentary

Central Pennsylvania residents weigh in on Affordable Care Act: Is it a blessing or curse?

• March 28, 2012

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Union Tactics Killing Teaching Jobs, Raising Taxes

• March 27, 2012

For all you 16th century war buffs, you know a petard was a miniature bomb used to blow breaches in gates or walls.  But because technology wasn’t so hot…

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Mandates on Pennsylvania schools must go

• March 24, 2012

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Proposed Pa. transportation tax comes up empty

• March 23, 2012

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Taxes & Economy

Energy Essential to Economic Growth

• March 23, 2012

The World Economic Forum has a released an updated study on energy and economic growth in the US and guess what sector plays a huge role? That’s…

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Education

No School Tax Referendums in Pennsylvania this Year

• Elizabeth Stelle, Nathan Benefield
• March 21, 2012

Remember the gnashing of teeth over “cuts” in state education subsidies (driven by the end of federal stimulus money)? The education establishment and partisan critics of Gov. Corbett insisted this…

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