Taxes & Economy

The Property Tax Relief Scholarship Act

• April 13, 2006

It is “like throwing gasoline on a fire,” said G. Terry Madonna, a political science professor at Franklin & Marshall College in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Reivew. The idea is “definitely…

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Public Union Democracy

Rendell caught trying to help union buddies

• April 10, 2006

The Rendell Administration recently made a rules change that he changed again. Gov. Rendell’s Department of Labor and Industry had advised state and municipal governments that they would have to…

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Regulation

Think tank sees trouble for Pa. pension funds

• February 24, 2006

From the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette……

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Regulation

If only your retirement could be this good

• February 12, 2006

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette columnist Brian O’Neill writes about Rep. Jeff Habay’s prison sentence for stealing from the taxpayers to run his campaign, but points out the bigger scandal: the state…

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Mid-Term Grades

• Nathan Benefield
• February 3, 2006

Liberty Index coverage in the Post-Gazette suggests some lawmakers may need to stay “after class”.

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Government Accountability

Republican group seeks disclosure by lobbyists, trim in size of state Legislature

• December 4, 2005

From the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette… “Proposals that would force lobbyists to disclose their spending, reduce the number of legislators and require more openness in passing bills aren’t new. What is new…

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