Education

PA House Passes Expansion of Scholarship Tax Credit

  • Nathan Benefield
  • May 10, 2011

The Pennsylvania House today passed, on a 190-7 vote, HB 1330, which would expand the amount of tax credits available through Pennsylvania’s Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC), and increase income…

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Education

Bad Economists and Good Budget Cuts

  • Charles Mitchell
  • May 10, 2011

Yesterday in the Patriot-News, yet another Penn State administrator campaigned against Gov. Tom Corbett’s proposed cuts to the generous subsidies our public universities receive from taxpayers (many of which…

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Regulation

Should States Stop Regulating Telephones?

  • Elizabeth Stelle
  • May 9, 2011

Land line use in the United States continues to decline as more households are going “wireless” and relying exclusively on their cell phones. About 17 percent of Pennsylvania households…

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Should Government be Required to Advertise in Newspapers?

  • Nathan Benefield
  • May 9, 2011

We were recently asked to sign onto a letter opposing HB 633, legislation which would allow local governments to post public notices online, rather than buy advertisements in local…

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Energy

Economic Pitfalls of Taxing Marcellus Shale

  • May 9, 2011

The facts are that in Pennsylvania, Marcellus drillers contributed more than $15 billion in capital investment and have paid in excess of $5 billion in royalties to landowners not including…

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Education

On School Spending “Cuts”

  • Nathan Benefield
  • May 6, 2011

A reader writes in, noting that a school board member is pushing the “stop the billion dollar cut” campaign, and asking for some info. Here are some quick facts.

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Energy

Natural Gas Taxes and Fees

  • May 5, 2011

The Marcellus Shale is a large and difficult-to-drill geological formation roughly a mile or more underground throughout more than two-thirds of Pennsylvania that contains natural gas.

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