Regulation

On Amazon and Unilaterally Disarming Corporate Welfare

Nathan Benefield
November 13, 2018

Amazon just announced that instead of one “HQ 2”, they will chose two new facilities—neither of which will be in Pennsylvania, instead choosing New York and Virginia. This shouldn’t…

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Education

Fact Sheet: School Funding and Student Outcomes

November 9, 2018

Conversations about improving education often devolve into who will spend more. This enables some policymakers to offer a one-dimensional solution—funding—to a multi-dimensional issue—education. Key questions are ignored when the only…

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Government Accountability

Pennsylvania’s #1 Special Interest Problem

Jessica Barnett
October 31, 2018

A solution that makes the problem worse is no solution at all. Yet, recent calls for campaign finance reform and a natural gas severance tax would do just that—selectively…

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Pennsylvania’s Report Card: 2018 PSSA and Keystone Exams

Marc LeBlond
October 25, 2018

On Tuesday, the Pennsylvania Department of Education released the 2018 Pennsylvania System of School Assessment (PSSA) and Keystone Exam results. Both sets of exams are used to ensure Pennsylvania’s education system is meeting …

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Education

Pennsylvania’s Opportunity Gap

Marc LeBlond
October 22, 2018

As highlighted in a recent CF report, 50 percent of student tax credit scholarship applications since 2012 have been denied due to program limits. “In 2016-17 alone, almost…

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Regulation

Corporate Welfare: A Bad Deal for Pennsylvanians

October 17, 2018

Hanover company WNS closed its doors for good at the end of September, putting 107 men and women out of work. This news comes just two years after Governor…

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Regulation

Corporate Welfare’s Record of Failure

October 16, 2018

In a free market economy, entrepreneurs succeed or fail based on their ability to meet their customers’ needs. Yet all too often, government disrupts this process by conferring tax credits,…

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Education

Applying to a Philly Charter School Just Got Easier

Colleen Hroncich
October 10, 2018

For many families, navigating a mystifying and meandering path through rows and rows of corn stalks has become a favorite fall tradition. Often—especially for the more adventurous kids—getting lost in…

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Education

Back-to-School Disappointment for Thousands

Colleen Hroncich
October 1, 2018

Thousands of kids across Pennsylvania are finishing up their first month of school. For many of them, the beginning of the school year is an exciting chance to catch up with…

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