Education

When Desperation Sets In

• James Paul
• July 9, 2015

This is what desperation looks like. Gov. Tom Wolf recently visited Downingtown Area School District and claimed the no-tax-increase budget he recently vetoed “includes only $8 million…

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Public Union Democracy

Wolf’s ‘My Way or the Highway’ Approach Blocks Progress

• Matthew Brouillette
• July 7, 2015

In his 2015 budget address, Gov. Tom Wolf urged dissenters, “If you don’t agree with my ideas, here is my request: please come with your own ideas. It's not good…

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Government Accountability

Getting the Best Deal from Government

• Matthew Brouillette
• May 27, 2015

If you’ve ever spent hundreds on a smartphone or thousands on a new car, you know what it’s like to hunt for the best deal. Yet when paying for state…

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Government Accountability

Union Contract Agreements Bolster Case for Collective Bargaining Transparency

• May 20, 2015

The Wolf Administration finalized contracts with two government unions yesterday, perfectly encapsulating the failings of the current collective bargaining process. In a terse press release, the Wolf Administration announced…

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Government Accountability

State Senate Passes Financial Transparency Bills

• May 6, 2015

For Immediate Release Commonwealth Foundation Contact:717-671-1901 State Senate Passes Financial Transparency Bills Lets Public in on Secret Government Union Talks Worth Billions of Dollars May 6,…

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Government Accountability

Contract Transparency: An Idea Whose Time Has Come

• Nathan Benefield
• April 7, 2015

State union contracts worth billions of taxpayer dollars would be available for public inspection before being signed by the governor, if proposals unveiled by two state Senators become law. The…

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Critic of pension reform is the one who is ‘striking out’: PennLive letters

• March 23, 2015

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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

Government Should Do Less So We Can Do More

• Nathan Benefield
• February 27, 2015

Prosperity or ruin? In theory, it’s a simple choice with an obvious answer. But in practice, complicating factors make the decision anything but easy.

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