Election News Roundup
Patriot News on Judicial Retentions and on Supreme Court Elections Inquirer on races in the Southeast and on the less competitive Philadelphia Mayor’s race. Post-Gazette on…
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Public Pension Reform Introduced
Commonwealth Foundation applauds legislation to enroll new public employees in more predictable, affordable “Defined-Contribution” pension plan HARRISBURG, PA — The Commonwealth Foundation joined Rep. Scott Boyd (R-Lampeter), Sen. Pat Browne…
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Medical Competition Works for Patients
John Stossel’s latest commentary on health care reform. Stossel will be the keynote speaker at our Speaker Franklin Awards Dinner, honoring Richard Scaife, Nov. 14, in Pittsburgh. I…
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Audit Rips PHEAA For Hersheypark Day, Huge Bonuses
WTAE Pittsburgh’s Jim Parsons on PHEAA. Pennsylvania’s student loan agency, PHEAA, has paid hundreds of employees more than $7.5 million in bonuses over the last three years, according…
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Cyber School Students Deserve Adequate Funding
Thank you, Chairman Roebuck and members of this committee for inviting us to speak today. My name is Nathan Benefield, I am the Director of Policy Research with the…
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Choosing to Pay Interest, Rather Than Earn It
Is it financially better to earn interest or to pay interest? Seems like a rhetorical question. It should be. However, Governor Rendell and the General Assembly chose to make…
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Questions raised about union official’s pension
Story on the former Pittsburgh Port Authority union leader’s “special retirement package” in today’s Post-Gazette. And we wonder why Pittsburgh’s mass transit system is always on the verge…
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Economics of Sports Stadiums
Brief assessment of the merits of taxpayer subsidies of stadiums, with some link,. from the The Tax Foundation Blog. In other words, the Pittsburgh Penguins arena deal won’t…
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Let Wisconsin Experiment with Socialized Medicine
John Stossel supports Wisconsin’s $15 billion socialized medicine plan. He thinks by screwing up health care badly enough – apparently we didn’t learn that lesson the Soviet Union, not…
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