Agriculture Number 1?

  • Nathan Benefield
  • August 14, 2007

I’ve seen politicians, from both parties and from all regions of the state, throw around the claim that Agriculture is PA’s number one industry, most recently in the Governor’s…

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Running for Governor

  • Nathan Benefield
  • August 10, 2007

Grassroots PA has been busy tracking who may run for PA Governor in 2010. Their recent additions, including two today, include Tom Knox; Catherine Baker Knoll; Don…

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Bridge Tragedy: Searching Congress for Structural Flaws

  • Nathan Benefield
  • August 10, 2007

Sen. Tom Coburn on the pork barrel transportation spending that takes money away from structurally deficient roads and bridges. Coburn calls out former PA Congressman Bud Shuster and the…

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Taxes & Economy

For Our Safety: Repeal Act 44

  • August 6, 2007

Commonwealth Foundation urges Governor and General Assembly to fully fund PA’s transportation infrastructure, protect commuters and taxpayers HARRISBURG, PA — Today, the Commonwealth Foundation…

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Enough money for roads and bridges?

  • Nathan Benefield
  • August 6, 2007

Brett Lieberman in the Patriot News examines PA’s infrastructure needs. But unlike most coverage, Lieberman deserves credit for looking at how money is being spent, before conceding we need…

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Government Accountability

Pat Toomey Joins Board of Directors of the Commonwealth Foundation

  • August 6, 2007

HARRISBURG, PA — The Commonwealth Foundation—Pennsylvania’s free-market public policy think tank—announced the election of former Pennsylvania Congressman Pat Toomey to its Board of Directors. “We are honored to add…

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How to Keep Our Bridges Safe

  • Nathan Benefield
  • August 4, 2007

Stephen Malanga in todays’s Wall Street Journal on how to address the need for new transportation infrastructure: It’s unlikely that public funds alone will supply what’s needed.

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The Politics of Disaster

  • Nathan Benefield
  • August 3, 2007

Geoff Segal on the Reason Blog on the Minnesota bridge collapse and fixing transportation infrastructure. Here is what he had to say about our own Governor: Even Pennsylvania…

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