Criminal Justice Reform

Criminal Justice Reforms to Reduce Spending & Crime

• February 1, 2012

Change is on the horizon for Pennsylvania’s Department of Corrections – now the third-largest state agency in the General Fund budget – which along with state debt, pensions…

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Regulation

Corporate Welfare Not Needed to Get a Cracker

• Nathan Benefield
• January 31, 2012

The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reports that Pennsylvania lawmakers are pushing a special tax deal to attract a “cracker” plant to the state. The proposed Shell cracker—which breaks down natural gas…

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Education

Not a Joke: Learn from Louisiana

• Charles Mitchell
• January 31, 2012

Here in Pennsylvania, we like to think we’re better than states like Louisiana.  Those folks used to have slaves, but our founder was a Quaker.  They’re poor, but we’re rich. …

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Taxes & Economy

The “Facts” on Food Stamps

• Elizabeth Stelle, Nathan Benefield
• January 31, 2012

City Paper contributor Daniel Denvir tries to diminish the impact of our Philadelphia Inquirer column on food stamps by offering “facts” in rebuttal. Unfortunately, most of these “facts”…

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Pennsylvania needs to curb food stamp abuse

• January 31, 2012

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Taxes & Economy

Debunking Severance Tax Rhetoric

• January 30, 2012

Here’s my letter to the editor in the Public Opinion responding to Matthew Major’s fact-deficient editorial on drilling: Matthew Major’s editorial on corporate welfare and best drilling policies…

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Asset test for food stamps a sound idea for Pennsylvania

• January 29, 2012

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Government Accountability

Does Pennsylvania Need Fewer Legislators?

• Nathan Benefield
• January 26, 2012

A proposal to reduce the Pennsylvania State House from 203 representatives to 153 will be voted on in the coming weeks by the House. The proposal is certainly…

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Education

Bill Cosby Explains How to Really Educate a Child

• Priya Brannick
• January 25, 2012

We're in the middle of National School Choice Week, which means the word “education” is hot on the lips of its advocates across our state and country. Schooling is…

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