State Budget

100 Days Without a Budget and We’re Still Alive!

  • Elizabeth Stelle, Nathan Benefield
  • October 8, 2009

The budget impasse has been analogized and analyzed to death in the past couple months. It’s rich fodder for politico pundits and reporters. Some have compared it to a…

Media

Read More: 100 Days Without a Budget and We’re Still Alive!

State Budget

PA Budget Deal Means Pledge-Breaking

  • Elizabeth Stelle
  • October 8, 2009

Today GrassrootsPA features the five Pennsylvania lawmakers who signed, then violated, Americans For Tax Reform’s pledge to “oppose and vote against any and all efforts to raise taxes“.

Media

Read More: PA Budget Deal Means Pledge-Breaking

Government Accountability

Shrink or Grow the Size of Legislature

  • Nathan Benefield
  • October 8, 2009

NCSL’s blog, The Thicket, has a post up about debating reducing or growing the size of the legislature. Pennsylvania serves on the shrinking size, as that is an oft-cited…

Media

Read More: Shrink or Grow the Size of Legislature

Who’s Blogging About Us

  • Nathan Benefield
  • October 7, 2009

Here are some recent blogs mentions Commonwealth Foundation work: Open Market, The Truth about PLAs, and The Truth About EFCA all comment on the…

Media

Read More: Who’s Blogging About Us

State Budget

House Democrats Help Identify More WAMs

  • Nathan Benefield
  • October 6, 2009

PA House Democrat leader Todd Eachus and Appropriations Chair Dwight Evans sent a letter to Gov. Rendell decrying the inclusion of $12 million in WAMs in the latest Senate…

Media

Read More: House Democrats Help Identify More WAMs

State Budget

Realities of Severance Tax

  • October 6, 2009

On Friday, the Pennsylvania House passed a tax bill with numerous tax hikes (and a few cuts).

Media

Read More: Realities of Severance Tax

State Budget

PA House Approves More Debt for Pork

  • Nathan Benefield
  • October 5, 2009

Lost in the shuffle over the Pennsylvania state (operating) budget was a vote over the weekend over the state capital budget, which was approved by the Pennsylvania House. The…

Media

Read More: PA House Approves More Debt for Pork

State Budget

“Big Helicopter” and Big Hollywood

  • Nathan Benefield
  • October 3, 2009

While debating their myriad of tax increases (which was eventually approved by the chamber), Pennsylvania House Democrats continued to demonize “Big…

Media

Read More: “Big Helicopter” and Big Hollywood