Education

Who is to Blame for Schools’ Fiscal Woes?

  • Nathan Benefield
  • June 13, 2012

Many advocates of more tax dollars for education blame Gov. Corbett and “cuts” for budgetary woes in Philadelphia and Reading school districts. But these complaints belie the facts.   Over last…

Media

Read More: Who is to Blame for Schools’ Fiscal Woes?

Regulation

Top-5 Liquor Liberty Myths Busted!

  • June 12, 2012

Pennsylvanians have come together, transcending party lines, gender, economic means and all geographic regions of the state to call for an end to the state-run monopoly on wine and…

Media

Read More: Top-5 Liquor Liberty Myths Busted!

Education

Save Our Schools or Save Our Kids?

  • May 23, 2012

Throngs of anti-parental choice supporters have rallied in Philadelphia today, demanding more taxpayer dollars for their cause.  According to Philadelphia Inquirer reporter Kristen Graham via her Twitter feed @newskag,…

Media

Read More: Save Our Schools or Save Our Kids?

Education

Philadelphia School District Faces the Budgetary Music

  • Priya Brannick
  • May 1, 2012

It doesn’t take an advanced degree to figure out that something’s rotten in the school district of Philadelphia—or that school choice is the antidote. More than half of…

Media

Read More: Philadelphia School District Faces the Budgetary Music

Government Accountability

The Left’s Latest Witch Hunt

  • Nathan Benefield
  • April 20, 2012

The Wall Street Journal and Pennsylvania Independent both feature stories about attacks from leftist groups against the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). The free-market association of state lawmakers…

Media

Read More: The Left’s Latest Witch Hunt

Taxes & Economy

PA to Copy Missouri’s Failed Land Banking Policy

  • April 3, 2012

Pennsylvania is close to adopting Missouri’s 40 year old failed land banking policy. House Bill 1682, which has already passed the House and the Senate’s Urban Affairs and…

Media

Read More: PA to Copy Missouri’s Failed Land Banking Policy

Taxes & Economy

Pennsylvania’s Fork in the Road on Transportation Spending

  • Nathan Benefield
  • March 14, 2012

Motorists frustrated with high gas prices should be on the alert—your pain at the pump could get worse, and it has nothing to do with Middle East tensions or gas…

Commentary

Read More: Pennsylvania’s Fork in the Road on Transportation Spending

PLCB Stars in Magnum P.U.!

  • March 5, 2012

While Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board execs have been jet setting around the globe on the taxpayer dime to Paris, Dubai, Barcelona and Argentina, their taxpayer-paid marketing team has been…

Media

Read More: PLCB Stars in Magnum P.U.!

Taxes & Economy

Pennsylvania’s Once-Great Cities

  • Nathan Benefield
  • February 23, 2012

If you missed it, ReasonTV put out a great video on the city of Harrisburg’s fiscal disaster, asking whether Harrisburg’s nightmare is America’s Future. Much of what…

Media

Read More: Pennsylvania’s Once-Great Cities