Taxes & Economy

A Tax by Any Name Should Still Smell Defeat

• Elizabeth Stelle
• February 7, 2011

State Senator Gene Yaw is pitching a new natural gas tax. The idea is to allow local communities to include the value of natural gas in property tax assessments,…

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Regulation

With Government Booze, Consumers Lose

• February 4, 2011

It’s funny how we keep hearing union mouthpiece Wendell Young proclaim how much an asset full government control over the liquor sales business is to Pennsylvania consumers, yet consumers still…

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Health Care

More Bad News for ObamaCare

• Elizabeth Stelle
• February 2, 2011

After Judge Roger Vinson declared that the entire healthcare overhaul is unconstitutional, Heritage analyst Conn Carroll explained how the decision effectively stops implementation in states (including Pennsylvania) that…

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Prisons are busting Pennsylvania’s budget

• February 2, 2011

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Education

Union Dues for More Lobbyists

• Nathan Benefield
• February 1, 2011

Last month, the Pennsylvania State Education Association (PSEA) announced it was raising mandatory dues on teachers and school employees by 11%. Where is that money going? You’d better believe…

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Education

School Choice & Competition Improve ALL Schools

• January 31, 2011

On Friday, Andrew Lefevre blogged about a woman who was sentenced to jail for lying about her zip code in hopes of sending her daughters to a better school.

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Criminal Justice Reform

Criminal Justice Reform Needed

• January 31, 2011

Auditor General Wagner has warned the Governor and state legislators to begin using alternative-sentencing instead of long-term prison sentences for non-violent offenders, in order to control the ballooning prison…

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Taxes & Economy

Counties Lobby for Marcellus Tax (Fee)

• Elizabeth Stelle
• January 28, 2011

This week, county officials repeatedly asked the Senate Majority Policy Committee for more revenue, principally from a “fee” on natural gas extraction. Of the 12 testifiers speaking on local…

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Education

Friendly Mis-Fire on School Choice

• Nathan Benefield
• January 28, 2011

In a column, Chris Freind attacked Senate Bill 1, the Piccola-Williams “Opportunity Scholarship Act.” Having obviously neglected to tune into our webcast on SB 1 with Sen. Piccola,…

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