Soundbites

• May 10, 2017

Charter schools, “are public schools that are operate outside of the school district infrastructure…They’re given a degree of autonomy and freedom in exchange for accountability."…

Commentary

Regulation

Film Tax Credit Draws Bad Reviews

• James Paul
• January 30, 2017

Be it Tom Cruise in Jack Reacher, Denzel Washington in Fences, or Gerard Butler in Law Abiding Citizen—everyone loves to see their favorite movie stars come to the neighborhood. This, combined…

Media

State Budget

Demographics Destined to Hold Pennsylvania Back?

• January 25, 2016

Last year, Pennsylvania lost one person to another state every 12.5 minutes. In total, the state’s net domestic migration rate was negative: 41,607 more people moved out of Pennsylvania than…

Media

Taxes & Economy

Pennsylvania’s Shrinking Population Problem

• October 6, 2015

In The Office finale, Jim and Pam decide to pack up their family and move from Scranton, Pennsylvania to Austin, Texas. While Jim and Pam aren't real, their fictional trek to Texas…

Media

Health Care

Pennsylvania Medicaid Spending and the Affordable Care Act

• Elizabeth Stelle
• September 17, 2012

Current Medicaid spending trends are unsustainable.  Medicaid spending (Medical Assistance and Long Term Care) consumes about 30 percent of Pennsylvania's total state operating budget.  In the past decade, Medicaid spending…

Memo

Health Care

State Officials Have the Power to Stop Federal Health Care

• Elizabeth Stelle
• July 3, 2012

The Supreme Court health care ruling last week gave Pennsylvania two opportunities to undermine the Affordable Care Act. States can decline to set up a state exchange and choose not…

Media

Criminal Justice Reform

Pennsylvania’s Blueprint for Better Public Safety

• June 12, 2012

As Pennsylvania confronts another tight budget, Governor Corbett and legislative leaders must address the skyrocketing costs of prisons. Obviously, there are dangerous people who should be locked up to protect…

Commentary

Government Accountability

Government Transparency in Pennsylvania Becomes a Reality

• Priya Brannick
• July 13, 2011

The last few months saw immense partisan animosity and demeaning comments during numerous spats under the Capitol Dome.  But amid the fiscal fist fights over school choice, a natural gas…

Commentary

Health Care

Pennsylvania Welfare Spending & Medicaid

• May 20, 2011

Gov. Tom Corbett's proposed FY 2011-12 budget would represent the first time General Fund spending on the Department of Public Welfare would exceed that for the Department of Education.

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