Regulation

Understanding the Proposed Gallonage Tax

• Nathan Benefield
• August 16, 2011

Rep. Mike Turzai’s proposal to get state government out of the business of selling liquor (HB 11) would replace current alcohol taxes and fees with a “gallonage tax.” This…

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Education

This is Educational Accountability?

• Nathan Benefield
• August 16, 2011

At a recent Pennsylvania House Education Committee hearing, lawmakers questioned whether a proposed voucher program would provide “accountability”.  Indeed, they want to be sure that these schools have the…

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Taxes & Economy

Pennsylvania’s Cost of Government Day

• Priya Brannick
• August 15, 2011

By the calculation of Americans for Tax Reform, Pennsylvania just reached its Cost of Government Day. That is, it took the average Keystone worker until Aug. 15, or 227…

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Regulation

Conti Continues Canard Campaign

• Nathan Benefield
• August 12, 2011

Roxbury News has posted a video of Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board CEO Joe Conti calling for “civility” from critics of the PLCB. Mr. Conti claims that without the…

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Regulation

PLCB Kiosk Catastrophe Contains Cover Up

• August 11, 2011

The Commonwealth Foundation strongly condemned the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board today for failing to listen to advisors and covering up interagency memos recommending against a failed wine kiosk program…

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Taxes & Economy

Who’s Nutty Now?

• Charles Mitchell
• August 8, 2011

There’s a ton of chatter out there right now about how nutty the Tea Party is, most recently with 29 percent of voters saying Tea Party members are “economic…

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Education

Yes, Vouchers DO Improve Student Learning

• Nathan Benefield
• August 8, 2011

The Philadelphia Inquirer today reports on a “study”—from a group dedicated to protecting the educational status quo and led by a partisan staffer—that claims that school vouchers have…

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Pennsylvania’s film tax credit panned, praised

• August 8, 2011

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Big Government’s New Bogeyman…and those Other Guys

• Elizabeth Stelle, Nathan Benefield
• August 5, 2011

Media outlets in Pennsylvania have picked up some stories of attack groups “exposing” the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) at their annual meeting in New Orleans this week.

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