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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Regulation

WTF! Why the Failure?

• December 13, 2011

In a move requiring mental gymnastics that would make even Nadia Comaneci pack it in, some Pennsylvania House members are praising an “historic” liquor privatization bill that cleared…

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Education

Charter School Reform

• December 13, 2011

Pennsylvania charter school enrollment grew from 982 students in 1997 to 91,000 in 2010, as more parents exercised choice in their children's education. On average, charter schools receive and spend…

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Education

The Cost of Pennsylvania’s Education Failures

• December 13, 2011

Lawmakers are considering providing school choice to low-income children trapped in violent and failing schools. While some lawmakers are concerned about the cost of school vouchers, the cost of educational…

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