Criminal Justice Reform

Prisoners Cost Less in Michigan than in Pennsylvania

• March 28, 2011

Last week, Gov. Tom Corbett announced that more than 2,000 inmates previously housed in Michigan and Virginia are returning to Pennsylvania prisons. The problem is that it’s cheaper…

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Education

Students’ Ire Is Misplaced

• Charles Mitchell
• March 28, 2011

As I write this, there are Pennsylvania college students walking past our State Capitol holding signs reading, “Save Our System.” It’s understandable: Since Gov. Corbett outlined his budget, these students…

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Education

Pennsylvanians Support School Choice

• March 24, 2011

Muhlenberg College polled more than 470 Pennsylvanians for the Morning Call. Several questions focused on expanding school choice in Pennsylvania; here’s what the poll found: Muhlenberg College Poll Question…

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Education

The Bubble Bursts at Penn State

• Charles Mitchell
• March 24, 2011

The story is told that when someone asked John D. Rockefeller how much money is enough, he responded, "Just one dollar more." Penn State's President, Graham Spanier, like most college…

Commentary

Regulation

PLCB’s Real Agenda

• March 23, 2011

Last month, we exposed the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board’s alternative to liquor store privatization scheme, which is making headlines today after the Senate Appropriations Committee hearing on Tuesday.

Media

Happy Anniversary?

• Elizabeth Stelle
• March 23, 2011

One year after ObamaCare was signed into law, a majority of Americans want it repealed. Here are some of the reasons why Pennsylvanians are dissatisfied with the law, even before…

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Education

Education Spending and Results

• March 23, 2011

As education spending and school choice, via Senate Bill 1, continues to be debated in Pennsylvania, state lawmakers should consider the recent testiomy of Andrew Coulson of the…

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Public Union Democracy

Prevailing Wage in Pennsylvania

• Matthew Brouillette
• March 22, 2011

Thank you, Chairman Miller and members of the committee for the opportunity to testify. I’m Matt Brouillette, President and CEO of the Commonwealth Foundation for Public Policy Alternatives, a nonprofit…

Testimony

Education

Parents Mustn’t Fall for Penn State Claims

• Charles Mitchell
• March 21, 2011

In an op-ed in Sunday’s Harrisburg Patriot-News, Penn State President Graham Spanier repeated his now-familiar claims that his institution must receive more from taxpayers than the $165 million…

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