CF in the News

• October 15, 2016

Education funding is the job of the legislature, not the courts. Per-student spending is already at an all-time high in Pennsylvania, more than $3,000 above the national average.

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Regulation

State Government is Killing My Business

• August 22, 2016

In 2013, I opened my first business. I’d overcome many challenges and assumed some gut-wrenching risks to get there, but I did it—and I was proud. But less than three…

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State Budget

Harrisburg Should Curb Waste, Not Fund It

• Elizabeth Stelle
• June 21, 2016

What do waking up, driving to work, and stopping at Starbucks have in common? Each of these seemingly mundane activities is impacted by state taxes. It’s time to break this…

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Regulation

Corporate Welfare: The New Budget Hostage

• June 10, 2016

Gov. Wolf is withholding approval of corporate welfare projects until lawmakers agree to advance his legislative agenda. According to a Pittsburgh Tribune-Review story, administration aides told Senate Republicans no…

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Government Accountability

Campaign for Contract Transparency Continues

• May 20, 2016

CF has written at length about the lack of collective bargaining transparency in Pennsylvania’s school districts. Generally, school boards refuse to reveal the details of a…

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State Subsidies for International Billionaire

• May 17, 2016

Last year the state financed a $1 million purse (prize money) for a multi-billionaire whose horse won the Pennsylvania Derby. Seriously. The billionaire also happens to be the vice…

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Taxes & Economy

The $20 Billion Energy Tax

• Elizabeth Stelle
• May 13, 2016

More than ten years after its passage, Pennsylvania's Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards continue to stunt our economy. The standards cost the state $4 billion annually, according to a study…

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Regulation

Time to End Corporate Welfare Handouts

• Nathan Benefield
• April 27, 2016

Conservatives loathe government handouts. Liberals denounce special favors to corporations. One thing can unify these two sides: ending Pennsylvania’s budget-busting corporate welfare handouts.

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State Budget

The Lone-Wolf Doctrine

• Matthew Brouillette
• April 13, 2016

The good news at the end of longest state budget impasse in 60 years is Pennsylvanians’ wallets were spared. The bad news? The governor developed and implemented a Lone-Wolf Doctrine…

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