State Budget
Where does your legislator stand on raising taxes?
This email was just sent to your state Senators and Representatives… Stay tuned!_______ June 30, 2009 Dear Senator/Representative: President Barack Obama said, “In an economy…
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CF Launches “Yes, We Can!” and “We Agree!”
Harrisburg, PA — The Commonwealth Foundation today launched the “Yes, We Can!” and “We Agree!” education effort to inform citizens about where their state legislators stand in the current budget…
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Citizens to Lawmakers: Please, No More Taxes!
M e m o r a n d u m______________________________________________________________ Date: June 30, 2009To: Gov. Rendell and Members of the Pennsylvania General AssemblyFrom: The UndersignedRE: Please,…
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More Dollars is Not Producing More Scholars
A new report from the Math Science Partnership of Greater Philadelphia on Pennsylvania school performance (specifically the 11th grade PSSAs) across school districts finds that: Demographic factors (residents with…
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Will Pennsylvania Budget Lead to Dogs and Cats Living Together?
After weeks of new releases, press conferences, and taxpayer-funded bus tours about the horrors that will ensue if the Pennsylvania state budget is $27.3 billion instead of…
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The Road Less Travelled in Pennsylvania
Editor's note: This is the second in a series of occasional commentaries on how Pennsylvania can turn around its economic fortune. In their first installment, “Reviving Pennsylvania,” Brouillette and…
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Cap and Trade Will Squeeze State Budgets, Raise Energy Prices, and Cost Jobs
The Heritage Foundation has a number of new facts on the impact of Cap and Trade, which the US House is supposed to vote on today. Under Cap and…
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Time for Open Government is Now
“Pennsylvanians need greater transparency in how state government is spending their hard-earned money. An online database of state spending would allow every citizen to become a government watchdog. Particularly in…
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More Mandates=More Expensive Electricity
On Wednesday the Housed passed a bill to reestablish the State Energy Office, terminated in 1995. HB 287 would resurrect the office to preform vague duties like: Promote…
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