Education

Lawmakers must cure loan agency’s identity crisis

• May 7, 2006

My PHEAA commentary in the Harrisburg Patriot-News.

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Regulation

Pension caps would benefit taxpayers

• April 24, 2006

Commonwealth Foundation Senior Fellow Rick Dreyfuss in today’s Patriot-News.

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Taxes & Economy

The Property Tax Relief Scholarship Act

• April 13, 2006

It is “like throwing gasoline on a fire,” said G. Terry Madonna, a political science professor at Franklin & Marshall College in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Reivew. The idea is “definitely…

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Education

PHEAA says receipts would reveal secrets

• Nathan Benefield
• April 5, 2006

PHEAA refuses to disclose what they are spending their money on, the Patriot News reports, citing “trade secrets.” Far be it from me to suggest that taxpayers and…

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Education

PSBA takes issue with my referendum commentary

• March 26, 2006

Equal time was given to Tim Allwein of the PA School Boards Association to offer a rebutal to my commentary in last Sunday’s Patriot-News. Fair game. It should…

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Taxes & Economy

Abuse of Eminent Domain

• Nathan Benefield
• March 23, 2006

Harrisburg Airport continues its quest to use eminent domain to take over a nearby competitor, according to the Patriot News. The Susquehanna Area Regional Airport Authority (SARAA) is trying…

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Ticking Time Bomb

• March 21, 2006

Patriot-News editorial on the coming pension crisis.

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Taxes & Economy

Artificial costs

• March 3, 2006

Prevailing wage issue in the Patriot-News.

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Government Accountability

How a Bill Becomes a Law … PA style

• Nathan Benefield
• February 8, 2006

In an effort to settle a dispute between some shareholders of Philly-based Sovereign Bank, as reported by the Patriot News, some “ghost voting” ocurred in the Senate. The bill,…

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