Union Party vs. Taxpayer Party: PA’s Political Paradigm

• Matthew Brouillette
• December 20, 2011

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Regulation

Time to End Borrowing for Corporate Welfare

• Nathan Benefield
• December 19, 2011

The Pa. House is expected to vote this week on SB 1054, legislation to authorize $1.66 billion in state borrowing for the “capital budget.” The annual cost of this…

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Education

The Growing Lobbying Might of the PSEA

• Priya Brannick
• December 19, 2011

The Pennsylvania State Education Association, the state’s largest government union with 192,000 members, spent an astonishing $2.6 million in 2009-10 on “political activities and lobbying.” If that seems like a…

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Welfare

Protecting Medicaid for the Poor

• Elizabeth Stelle
• December 19, 2011

The Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare has trimmed Pennsylvania’s Medicaid rolls by 150,000 people since August. Welfare spending advocates and organizations receiving welfare dollars…

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Pennsylvania counties are set to raise property-tax-levies

• December 19, 2011

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Pa. Liquor Control Board must end its mission conflict

• December 18, 2011

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Public Union Democracy

County Data Shows Prevailing Wage Hikes Costs

• Priya Brannick
• December 16, 2011

We have documented the racist origins of Pennsylvania’s prevailing wage law, how it artificially raises the costs of taxpayer-funded construction projects by 20 percent (or approximately $1 billion…

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PA lawmakers push hybrid plan for liquor privatization

• December 13, 2011

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Regulation

Pennsylvania Pols Pass Potent Potables Perestroika

• Nathan Benefield
• December 13, 2011

Today, the Pennsylvania House amended HB 11 and then sent it on to the full house for consideration. The first amendment guts any privatization of the Pennsylvania Liquor Control…

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