Public Union Democracy

Shades of Orie Melvin in State Supreme Court Race

• October 27, 2015

Shades of Orie Melvin in State Supreme Court Race Public Resources Used for Campaign Politics October 27, 2015, HARRISBURG, Pa.—Government union leaders are free to back their…

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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

Taxes & Economy

Penn State’s Mann Under More Scrutiny

• January 6, 2011

Also today Pennsylvania Independent reports that the American Tradition Institute, where I am executive director, has filed a Freedom of Information…

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Public Union Democracy

Todd Palin is Bankrolling Efforts to Defeat His Wife

• Nathan Benefield
• September 4, 2008

If you saw this blog title and thought there was something out whack, as I did, well you are right, but not because Todd Palin is deliberating undermining his wife.

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JoePa makes more than me.

• Nathan Benefield
• November 29, 2007

Penn State is ruined! At least that is what their lawyers claimed would happen if they had to reveal Joe Paterno’s salary. But the state Supreme Court ruled that the…

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Leave commenting on PA Politics to me, Sandra Day O’Connor

• Nathan Benefield
• November 15, 2007

Sandra Day O’Connor disses Russ Diamond in today’s Wall Street Journal, along with calling for appointing judges and government-run campaigns: These three reforms [I’ll discuss below] will help,…

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Picking how to pick judges

• Nathan Benefield
• November 9, 2007

Brett Lieberman on the state party chairs now calling for “merit selection” of judges. Several points of irony: “Just a few years ago, Rooney, a former state representative from…

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Stealth Lawmaking Lives

• July 2, 2007

From Democracy Rising….Stealth Lawmaking Lives: House Suspends Rules, Commits $1.65 BillionThis week the PA House proved why changing the rules doesn’t…

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State judge pay system worse than legislative bonuses.

• Nathan Benefield
• February 5, 2007

From Capitolwire.com (subscription): Ditzen also wrote: “For all the controversy surrounding Act 44, I have not heard anyone argue that the salary linkage for state judges to the federal…

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