State Budget

Reality-Based Budgeting

  • Matthew Brouillette
  • March 7, 2011

Pennsylvania state government will tax and spend more than $65 billion this fiscal year. With the loss of federal stimulus money and the exhaustion of all one-time expenditures, the legislature…

Fact Sheet

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Taxes & Economy

EPA: Regulation without Representation

  • March 4, 2011

Yesterday, I presented comments to the EPA’s advisory committee on the revision of the air standard for ozone, regulated under the Clean Air Act. The proposed standard…

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Education

More Evidence that School Choice Saves Tax Dollars

  • Elizabeth Stelle
  • March 4, 2011

Reason’s 2010 Annual Privatization Report in Education highlights the savings states have enjoyed thanks to school choice. Since school vouchers and education tax credits are typically much lower than…

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Taxes & Economy

Marcellus Drillers Invest Billions in Pennsylvania

  • March 3, 2011

During Monday’s Pennsylvania Press Club meeting, Pennsylvania Budget Secretary Charles Zogby remarked on the economic benefits the Marcellus Shale industry is bringing to Pennsylvania. Secretary Zogby commented that the Marcellus…

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Health Care

Medicaid Reforms Start with the States

  • Elizabeth Stelle
  • March 2, 2011

Medicaid spending threatens to consume the entire Pennsylvania state budget, and we aren’t alone. Without greater flexibility, states will be forced to cut services, raise taxes or drop out…

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Spending Transparency Coming to Pennsylvania?

  • Elizabeth Stelle
  • March 2, 2011

PennWATCH (House Bill 15), sponsored by Rep. Jim Christiana, would create a user-friendly database with searchable information on all state government spending. The bill passed the Pennsylvania House unanimously on…

Commentary

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Regulation

PLCB Wants to Imitate Private Retailer

  • March 1, 2011

After CF’s Nathan Benefield testified last week to the Pennsylvania House Democratic Policy Committee on the benefits of liquor store privatization, special interest groups testified that allowing the…

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