Pennsylvania budget ideas: Matthew Brouillette

May 10, 2011

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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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Thumbs Down on PLAs in PA

Matthew Brouillette
May 6, 2011

The…

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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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Regulation

A Half-Billion Saved is a Half-Billion Earned

Nathan Benefield
May 4, 2011

After April’s General Fund tax collections came in at 9 percent above forecasts, some lawmakers are clamoring to spend any surplus Pennsylvania has at the end of the…

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Regulation

PLCB’s Consumer Ca$htastrophe Continues

May 2, 2011

In another blinding flash of the obvious, the PLCB, Pennsylvania’s purveyors of perestroika, revealed in a Harrisburg Patriot News article today what we already knew: The supermarket wine kiosks…

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