Regulation

Pennsylvania Needs True Pension Reform

• October 7, 2010

The state pension time bomb is taking front stage again in the waning days of the 2009-2010 legislative session. The Senate is revisiting HB 2497—the $27 billion pension deferral…

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Taxes & Economy

Spending Revolt Tour: Day 1 Update

• Matthew Brouillette
• October 6, 2010

Day one of the Pennsylvania leg of the National Spending Revolt bus tour kicked off this morning in Erie. The weather, appropriately enough, is gloomy and gray—rather fitting, given…

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Education

Auditor General Hits the Wrong Target

• Nathan Benefield
• October 6, 2010

Here is a note I sent to Pennsylvania Auditor General Jack Wagner regarding his call for a moratorium on new charter schools until the funding mechanism is “fixed”:…

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Health Care

ObamaCare will Dramatically Increase Medicaid Costs in PA

• Elizabeth Stelle
• October 6, 2010

A reader asked us what kind of effect ObamaCare would have on Medicaid costs in Pennsylvania. We’ve put together some numbers, and it’s not pretty. First of all, even without…

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Taxes & Economy

Immigration Verification and Welfare Fraud

• Elizabeth Stelle, Nathan Benefield
• October 6, 2010

Thank you for allowing the Commonwealth Foundation for Public Policy Alternatives, a non-partisan educational institute based in Harrisburg, to submit written testimony concerning HB 1359, which would require proof of…

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Charter school moratorium urged over funding in Pennsylvania

• October 5, 2010

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Pa auditor wants moratorium on new charter schools

• October 5, 2010

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Education

Charter Schools Give Children a Choice and a Chance

• October 5, 2010

HARRISBURG, PA – The Commonwealth Foundation provided important perspective today on Pennsylvania’s charter and cyber schools in response to Auditor General Jack Wagner’s recommendations, including a moratorium on expanding public…

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Regulation

Hey Big Spender

• Nathan Benefield
• October 5, 2010

Yesterday, Gov. Rendell held a press conference to make note that Tom Corbett was overstating the amount of Pennsylvania taxpayer money Rendell was wasting on pork-barrel projects. Examples cited…

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