On Top with THE BOX

  • May 16, 2007

Commonwealth Foundation radio program rated No. 1 in Harrisburg Metro HARRISBURG — Today, the Commonwealth Foundation announced that its radio program, THE BOX: Inside • Outside • On with Matt…

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SCHIP Crowds out Private Insurance

  • Nathan Benefield
  • May 14, 2007

A new CBO report on SCHIP (government-run health insurance for kids, recently expanded in PA under Governor Rendell’s “Cover All Kids”) remarks that government health insurance creates dramatic “crowd…

Media

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School Tax Referendums

  • Nathan Benefield
  • May 14, 2007

The Philadelphia Inquirer is the first PA newspaper that I have seen to endorse a “Yes” vote on the Act 1 tax shift (I have seen several endorsing a…

Media

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Cost and Size of General Assembly debated

  • Nathan Benefield
  • May 10, 2007

Brad Bumsted on the Speaker’s Reform Commission hearing on reducing the size of the legislature. While an NCSL analyst testified to the fact that Pennsylvania has the 2nd…

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Expanding School Choice in PA

  • Nathan Benefield
  • May 10, 2007

Rep. Civera proposes increasing the cap on Educational Improvement Tax Credits to $109 million. This announcment nearly coincides with a report finding that the EITC saved taxpayers nearly…

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Strike possible as talks break off

  • Nathan Benefield
  • May 9, 2007

Patriot-News on a looming teacher strike in the Annville-Cleona district. Visit Stop Teachers Strikes, Inc for salary info on Annville-Cleono salary, and how we can end teacher strikes…

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Education

School Choice Saves Money

  • May 9, 2007

New report identifies $144 M in savings from Educational Improvement Tax Credit HARRISBURG, PA — Giving parents and children school choices saves taxpayers’ money. This is the finding of a…

Press Release

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State Budget

We Need a People’s Budget

  • May 9, 2007

Good morning. Let me begin by thanking Chairman Turzai and the members of this committee for the invitation to be with you this morning. We are here today because Governor…

Testimony

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Taxes & Economy

Act 1 Property-to-Income Tax Shift

  • May 8, 2007

On May 15, 2007, voters across the Commonwealth will be asked to vote on a property-to-income tax shift to pay for public education expenditures. The Property Tax Relief Act of…

Fact Sheet

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