Energy

Review of Regulation Constitutional Amendment

• January 26, 2023

What is the Constitutional Amendment on Legislative Review of Regulations? This amendment would allow the legislature to reject a proposed regulation by passing a concurrent resolution with a simple majority…

Backgrounder

Energy

Assessing Gov. Tom Wolf’s Tenure

• Nathan Benefield
• January 12, 2023

Key Points During Gov. Tom Wolf’s eight years in office, Pennsylvania ranked below the national average in income growth, job growth, and population growth.State government spending increased significantly under Wolf,…

Backgrounder

Education

PSEA Spokesman Wins the Pinocchio Award

• Nathan Benefield
• July 29, 2014

Readers of PolicyBlog already know that Pennsylvania education spending is at a record high, that state funding to school districts for…

Media

Government Accountability

Bring PA Toward the Mainstream in Limiting Lawsuit Abuse

• April 13, 2011

Having defeated a slew of trial-lawyer amendments, Pennsylvania's House of Representatives approved the Fair Share Act for the third time on Monday. The legislation, which has passed both chambers of the…

Commentary

Tort Reform Key to Reducing Health Care Costs

• October 28, 2009

As Washington continues debating how to curb health care costs, one area  largely ignored is medical malpractice reform.  Ample evidence from states indicates tort reform is central to overhauling the…

Commentary

State Budget

Breaking Pennsylvania’s Budget Tradition

• April 17, 2006

Traditionally in Pennsylvania’s “budget season,” the governor has submitted his spending plan for the coming fiscal year, and the General Assembly has accepted it as the starting point for the…

Commentary

Education

Do Our Schools Really Need More Money?

• March 14, 2002

If your wallet starts feeling a lot lighter, you can thank the administrators of Pennsylvania’s public school system. On March 12, over 50 superintendents and board members descended on the…

Commentary