Grand jury to probe Pa. bonuses
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reports that there will be a grand jury investigating whether bonuses to legislative staffers were illegally tied to campaign work.
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Gov. Blames Lawmakers For Property Tax Troubles
Governor Rendell is blaming lawmakers for the lack of any property tax relief, in a WGAL Story (though his is losing the WGAL blame poll badly) . Rendell isn’t…
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Ending Teacher Strikes
Bucks County Courier Times on the difference between Sen. Mellow’s binding arbitration bill and Simon Campbell’s proposals (both designed to end teacher strikes). Rep. Steil has converted to Campbell’s…
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Prospering In Pennsylvania
Are Pennsylvania’s workers worse off than they were three decades ago? A report prepared by the labor union-backed Keystone Research Center claims they are. Their data indicate that average real…
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PA GOP education plan
PA House GOP leader Sam Smith, along with a number of state representatives unveiled an alternate planto Governor Rendell’s education budget proposals – get the Patriot News story here…
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More Turnpike News
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review on the draw of investors to a Turnpike lease. They also heavily quote Turnpike Commission vice chairman Tim Carson (who they also identify as a bond lawyer,…
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PA Tax Burden Up Again
The Tax Foundation’s latest data on state and local tax burdens was released today I have been citing their data (to the consternation of the pro-government spending advocates) in…
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Former Lt. Governor Bill Scranton Joins Commonwealth Foundation Board of Directors
HARRISBURG—Today, the Commonwealth Foundation—Pennsylvania’s free-market public policy think tank—announced the election of former Pennsylvania Lieutenant Governor Bill Scranton to its Board of Directors. “We asked Bill Scranton to join our…
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Later Tax Freedom Day
The Tax Foundation released their annual Tax Freedom Day® Report yesterday. The bad news: it will take Pennsylvanians 117 days to pay off their taxes, making our Tax Freedom…
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