Taxes & Economy

Talking Transportation Funding

• Nathan Benefield
• May 10, 2010

PA Independent’s Eric Boehm talks with State Rep. Rick Geist about Pennsylvania transportation funding in their latest podcast. For more info on transportation funding, check out our…

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Pa. Tax Collections In ’09 Topped ‘Boom’ Years Of 2005, 2006

• May 8, 2010

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Taxes & Economy

What about Jobs of Other Colors?

• May 7, 2010

A report by Energy Ventures Analysis set straight erroneous claims made by Black and Veatch’s assessment of HB 80 and its sister bill in the PA Senate, SB92.

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Government Accountability

CF In the Blogs

• Nathan Benefield
• May 7, 2010

Here’s who’s blogging about the Commonwealth Foundation in the past week: Page 13 News, Capitol Ideas, GrassrootsPA, and Capitol Punmanship all make…

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Taxes & Economy

An Arizona-like Immigration Law for PA?

• Nathan Benefield
• May 6, 2010

Following Arizona’s recent enactment of a law intended to enforce federal illegal immigration laws, Pennsylvania State Representative Daryl Metcalfe has introduced similar legislation. The law would force employers…

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Poll shows voters know what Pennsylvania needs

• May 6, 2010

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State Budget

Help Stop a Tax Increase in Pennsylvania

• Nathan Benefield
• May 6, 2010

Citizens Against Government Waste has a new action alert about proposed tax hikes in Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania already has the highest Corporate Net Income Tax rate in the world,…

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Health Care

PA Senate Passes High Risk Pool Legislation

• Nathan Benefield
• May 6, 2010

The Pennsylvania Senate on Monday passed Sen. Mike Folmer’s high risk pool legislation.  The bill, SB 507, would create a pool for insurance companies to provide coverage to…

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Education

Celebrating School Choice

• Nathan Benefield
• May 5, 2010

Yesterday the REACH Alliance held the 9th annual birthday party for Pennsylvania’s Educational Improvement Tax Credit – see story here – in which hundreds of students and parents showed…

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