Energy

End Rate Caps to Create Electric Choice and Competition

  • Matthew Brouillette
  • November 9, 2009

Concern about potential price hikes in the midst of a recession may motivate some lawmakers to push for legislation to halt or delay that expiration under the guise of consumer…

Commentary

Read More: End Rate Caps to Create Electric Choice and Competition

Taxes & Economy

Map of State and Local Sales Tax Rates

  • Nathan Benefield
  • October 19, 2009

The Tax Foundation has a new map showing sales tax rates by state – including both the state rate and the average local rate. With the local included, Pennsylvania…

Media

Read More: Map of State and Local Sales Tax Rates

Regulation

Philly Pension “Reform”: A Vote to Raise Taxes Now and in the Future

  • Matthew Brouillette, Richard Dreyfuss
  • September 11, 2009

The state budget impasse hinges on the inability of Governor Rendell and the House Democrat Majority to garner enough votes for state tax increases.  Yet for now it seems enough…

Commentary

Read More: Philly Pension “Reform”: A Vote to Raise Taxes Now and in the Future

Tea Party Express Coming to Pennsylvania

  • Nathan Benefield
  • September 8, 2009

The Tea Party Express will be hitting several cities in Pennsylvania this week, before heading to DC on September 12. The bus tour will be holding events in the…

Media

Read More: Tea Party Express Coming to Pennsylvania

Regulation

CF Analysis of Municipal Pension Bill

  • September 8, 2009

Commonwealth Foundation Senior Fellow Richard C. Dreyfuss – an actuary and former HR executive for Hershey Foods who is one of PA’s leading experts on state and municipal pensions presented…

Press Release

Read More: CF Analysis of Municipal Pension Bill

Public Union Democracy

Tolling I-80 is a Recipe for Disaster

  • September 3, 2009

Once again, state lawmakers, bureaucrats and special interest groups are looking for another way to grab more money from Pennsylvanians.  The latest rendition is tolling Interstate 80 across the northern…

Commentary

Read More: Tolling I-80 is a Recipe for Disaster