Government Accountability

PA House GOP Unveils Policy Agenda

• Nathan Benefield
• July 19, 2010

Earlier this month, the PA House GOP put out a Policy Agenda for Pennsylvania. Not everything gets Commonwealth Foundation Approval – e.g., the “jobs package”, praise for…

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Taxes & Economy

Win PennFuture Junk!

• July 16, 2010

Over on the home page Commonwealth Foundation has responded to PennFuture’s allegations of “serious errors” in our report, “PennFuture’s Lobbying: Hypocritical, Unethical and Possibly Illegal.”…

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Taxes & Economy

New Drilling Study Highlights Regulation Reform

• Elizabeth Stelle
• July 16, 2010

Recently, the Pennsylvania Environmental Council released a study on Marcellus Shale drilling focusing on what Pennsylvania needs to do to ensure responsible development of this newly tapped resources. As…

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Taxes & Economy

EOG Resources Mans Up After Drilling Accident

• July 15, 2010

On Tuesday, DEP released the results of an investigation into the June 3 Clearfield County gas well incident. The well, as you might recall, shot gas and flow-back water…

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Corbett, Onorato Both Wishy-Washy on UC

• Nathan Benefield
• July 15, 2010

Tom Corbett, Pennsylvania Attorney General and gubernatorial candidate, continues to take flak for comments he made regarding the unemployed and Unemployment Compensation (UC) benefits. After Corbett made comments that…

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Taxes & Economy

Combined Reporting Has Consequences

• July 14, 2010

Lancaster Online recently produced a number of articles concerning Mandatory Unitary Combined Reporting, one of many tax revenue increases offered by Governor Rendell. Combined Reporting did not make it…

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Regulation

Pension Reform Is Good for Teachers

• July 13, 2010

Recently, the New York Daily News published an article by public school teacher Emmanuel George. He has taught in both traditional public schools and in a charter school.

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Government Accountability

BP-Funded PennFuture Attacks the Messenger

• Nathan Benefield
• July 13, 2010

PennFuture’s Jan Jarrett launches a tirade against the Commonwealth Foundation’s exposé of PennFuture’s lobbying. For starters, she repeatedly labels it a “smear campaign” (and even includes…

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Government Accountability

Pennsylvania’s Million Dollar Taxpayer-Funded Lobbying Failure

• July 13, 2010

From 1998-2002, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania spent no money on lobbying the federal government (although independent agencies – the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission and the Higher Education Assistance Agency –…

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