The 2017-18 Budget Comes to an End: Here’s What You Need to Know

  • Bob Dick, Elizabeth Stelle
  • November 9, 2017

Pennsylvania’s four-month budget battle has come to an end, thanks to an assortment of targeted tax hikes and fee increases along with borrowing and one-time transfers. Unfortunately, lawmakers and the…

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Liquor Store Loan? Don’t Bank on It

  • Nathan Benefield
  • November 9, 2017

Have your trips to the liquor store been leaving your wallet a little lighter? That’s because the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board, the agency behind our state-run liquor system, recently raised…

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Liquor Store Loan? Don’t Bank on It

  • November 9, 2017

Have your trips to the liquor store been leaving your wallet a little lighter? That’s because the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board, the agency behind our state-run liquor system, recently raised…

Commentary

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Changes in the CF Board of Directors

  • November 9, 2017

With deep gratitude, the Commonwealth Foundation bid farewell to longtime Board Member Kirk Liddell and Board Chair Jane Leader Janeczek at its Board of Directors meeting in Philadelphia on September…

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Changes in the CF Board of Directors

  • November 9, 2017

With deep gratitude, the Commonwealth Foundation bid farewell to longtime Board Member Kirk Liddell and Board Chair Jane Leader Janeczek at its Board of Directors meeting in Philadelphia on September…

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Regulation

Progress and Setbacks in the 2017-18 Budget

  • Elizabeth Stelle
  • October 30, 2017

Pennsylvania’s four-month budget battle is just about over, thanks to an assortment of targeted tax hikes and fee increases along with borrowing and one-time transfers. However, lawmakers and the governor…

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Education

Education Savings Accounts Bill Introduced in State Senate

  • October 18, 2017

Today, Senator John DiSanto (R-Dauphin County) introduced Senate Bill 2, which would establish education savings accounts (ESAs) in Pennsylvania. ESAs are an innovative education choice program providing alternatives for…

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Health Care

Obamacare Creates Another Round of Premium Hikes

  • Elizabeth Stelle, Nathan Benefield
  • October 18, 2017

Governor Wolf announced exchange insurance premiums will increase by 30 percent next year thanks to President Trump and Congress. The problem is insurance rates have increased every year under…

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