Education

What You Need to Know About Pennsylvania’s 2025-26 State Budget

  • Nathan Benefield
  • November 12, 2025

Summary Four months late, Gov. Josh Shapiro and state lawmakers agreed on a state budget deal. The agreement spends $1.4 billion less than Shapiro’s reckless, extreme proposal, and uses excessive…

Backgrounder

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State Budget

Shapiro’s “Spooky” Spending Spree

  • October 31, 2025

It is trick-or-treat time—but Gov. Josh Shapiro is hoarding the treats for himself while he tricks Pennsylvanians. As everyday Pennsylvanians struggle to afford the ever-increasing cost of living in the…

Blog

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State Budget

Pennsylvania Senate Passes Budget Plan, RGGI Abrogation, Regulatory Reform

  • October 22, 2025

Harrisburg, Pa., October 22, 2025 — This week, the Pennsylvania Senate advanced legislation, including a spending bill (Senate Bill 160), that protects taxpayers and fosters economic growth. The commonwealth remains the…

Press Release

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State Budget

An Important Lesson From Past Budget Impasses

  • September 8, 2025

In February, Gov. Josh Shapiro proposed an unserious $51.5 billion budget. Based on the latest revenue estimate from the Independent Fiscal Office of a net $45.6…

Blog

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Taxes & Economy

Minimum Wage 

  • August 5, 2025

Summary Findings by the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry (L&I) show that less than one percent of Pennsylvania workers (47,200) earn the minimum wage or…

Fact Sheet

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Health Care

How Welfare Reforms in the OBBB Protect Pennsylvanians

  • June 24, 2025

Summary Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), commonly known as Food Stamps, were intended to help provide health insurance and food for low-income seniors,…

Fact Sheet

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Energy

Pennsylvania Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments on RGGI

  • May 12, 2025

Harrisburg, Pa., May 12, 2025 – The Pennsylvania Supreme Court will hear oral arguments tomorrow in Harrisburg on the constitutionality of the controversial Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI).   Pennsylvania entered RGGI…

Press Release

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Energy

PA Supreme Court Must Strike Down Shapiro’s Energy Tax

  • André Béliveau
  • May 12, 2025

Originally published by RealClearPennsylvania. Tomorrow, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court will begin oral arguments about an energy tax looming over utility bills in the commonwealth: the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI).

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