Education

Growing Chorus says “Last-in, First-out” Must Go

• May 12, 2016

Growing Chorus Says “Last-in, First-Out” Must Go To Protect Teachers, Wolf Must Sign Seniority Reform Bill May 12, 2016, HARRISBURG, Pa.—Thousands of Pennsylvania teachers put in extra hours, study…

Press Release

State Budget

Is Pa. Budget Groundhog Day Ahead?

• Matthew Brouillette
• February 2, 2016

Instead of changing course entering the new budget season, Wolf appears poised to continue governing by attack ad. No wonder the latest polling shows Wolf’s approval is lower now than…

Commentary

State Budget

Wolf’s $1,000 Per Second Spending Plan

• March 10, 2015

Gov. Tom Wolf has proposed a budget with a spending rate clocking in at a blistering $1,000 per second. That means in the time it takes you to read this…

Commentary

Education

Pennsylvanians Deserve True Fairness

• December 11, 2014

Everyone deserves an equal opportunity to pursue success in our state. While Gov.-elect Wolf's intentions echo this noble sentiment, many of his proposals fall far short of his vision.

Commentary

Public Union Democracy

Consensus Growing on Paycheck Protection

• January 31, 2014

Earlier this week, we spotlighted editorials from the Wall Street Journal and Investor’s Business Daily urging Pennsylvania to pass paycheck protection legislation. While national attention raises awareness of this…

Media

Taxes & Economy

The True Cost of Minimum Wage

• Elizabeth Stelle
• January 9, 2014

If a higher minimum wage benefits workers, why not push it to $20 or $30 or even higher? Because experience shows minimum wage increases actually hurt the very workers they…

Commentary

Cost control is true tax reform

• Nathan Benefield
• May 22, 2007

A very strong Press Enterprise editorial on real school tax reform – i.e. controlling costs: Enact a Taxpayer Protection Act that would limit increases in state spending to…

Media

State Budget

Pennsylvania growing a gut, We need fiscal corset

• Nathan Benefield
• September 22, 2006

Editorial from the Press Enterprise on the need for fiscal restraint in Pennsylvania.

Media