Education

School Choice Battles Wage On

  • Nathan Benefield
  • March 18, 2009

Mary Katherine Ham has an excellent article on the battle over the DC Scholarship Program.The Philadelphia Bulletin also has a recent article, noting an Obama spokesman has said…

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Regulation

Gaming Control Board Under Fire

  • Nathan Benefield
  • March 18, 2009

Sen. Jane Orie, Rep. Mike Vereb, and a few other Republican lawmakers teed off on the Pennsylvania Gaming Control board, for their travel habits during a travel ban. …

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Taxes & Economy

Who’s Really “Nuts” on Economic Policy?

  • Nathan Benefield
  • March 18, 2009

We posted yesterday on the Turzai-Quigley proposal to cut state spending and tax rates.  Today Governor Rendell called Turzai “nuts” and his plan “ludicrous“.  Rendell has previously lambasted…

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Government Accountability

Term Limits Needed in Pennsylvania

  • Nathan Benefield
  • March 17, 2009

John Baer writes that the recent Vince Fumo conviction – the latest in a long history of corruption by long-time Pennsylvania lawmakers – is another reason why Pennsylvania…

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Health Care

Free Markets: An Unknown Ideal

  • Nathan Benefield
  • March 17, 2009

President Obama, Governor Rendell, and many in the media have been echoing a similar refrain recently, "Conservatives had their chance.  We tried free markets, and they failed."  When exactly they…

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Regulation

Representatives Propose Putting State Government on a Diet

  • Nathan Benefield
  • March 17, 2009

State Representatives Mike Turzai and Tom Quigley unveiled a plan to cut about $170 million wasteful spending from the Pennsylvania state budget ($130 million relative to Gov. Rendell’s proposed…

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Public Union Democracy

AFL-CIO Pledges Votes for Specter in Quid Pro Quo

  • Nathan Benefield
  • March 17, 2009

Our good friend Bill George, head of the Pennsylvania AFL-CIO, has promised to help out Sen. Arlen Specter, if and only if he votes for “card check”, the…

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Education

Pennsylvania’s Charter School Law

  • Nathan Benefield
  • March 16, 2009

Testimony of Nathan A. Benefield to the Pennsylvania Senate Education Committee, March 12, 2009 Good afternoon.  I am Nathan Benefield, Director of Policy Research for the Commonwealth Foundation.  We…

Testimony

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Regulation

State Employees Take Taxpayer-Funded Trips

  • Nathan Benefield
  • March 13, 2009

Team 4 has an amazing exposé of taxpayer-funded travel by Pennsylvania state employees, in particular the gaming control board–after a travel ban was implement.  Here are some of the…

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