Regulation

Washington Post Highlights Pension Crisis

Nathan Benefield
October 12, 2009

The Washington Post ran an article Sunday on how market losses have put state and local government pension plans seriously in the red. The article makes mention of the…

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What’s next after budget? Here’s a must-do list for Pennsylvania lawmakers

October 11, 2009

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State Budget

This is the Budget We Waited For?

October 9, 2009

Plan taxes too much, spends too much, and fails to put Pennsylvania on a path to prosperity Harrisburg, PA – With state budget impasse finally over, Commonwealth Foundation President Matthew…

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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…

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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“.

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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).

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