State Budget

Commonwealth Foundation Warns Governor: Don’t Inflate the Budget

• June 22, 2022

June 22, 2022, Harrisburg, Pa. — The Commonwealth Foundation today urged Pennsylvania state legislators to resist Gov. Tom Wolf’s efforts to “inflate the budget” in the face of skyrocketing inflation ravaging Pennsylvanians’…

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State Budget

2022 Pa. Budget Checklist

• June 17, 2022

Limit Spending to Help Pennsylvanians Cope with Inflation Record inflation caused by federal overspending is hitting Pennsylvanians hard. Inflation is up 8.6 percent from last year and…

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Education

Pa. Education Spending Soars to All-Time High

• June 9, 2022

Key Points Pennsylvania school district spending per student increased to $19,900 in 2020–21.State support of public education is up 40 percent over the last decade, reaching an all-time high of…

Backgrounder

New Poll Shows Pennsylvanians Demand a New Path Forward Post-Primary

• June 2, 2022

68% say things in Pennsylvania have “pretty seriously gotten off on the wrong track” More than 8-in-10 respondents support overhauling education, taxes, and employee rights Commonwealth Foundation’s…

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Health Care

Nursing shortage can be fixed by speeding up the licensing process

• Jennifer Stefano
• May 30, 2022

Originally published in The Philadelphia Inquirer Pennsylvania is currently enduring one ofthe worst nurse shortages in the nation. A shocking one in four nursing positions went unfilled…

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Energy

RGGI Update: Pennsylvania Legislature Resists

• Kevin Mooney
• May 11, 2022

Originally published at Capital Research Center While regulatory relief efforts gather steam in Virginia, lawmakers in Pennsylvania are taking notice. Aptly named the Keystone State for the crucial role…

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Regulation

Disconnected politicians lose those who ‘vote their jobs’

• Gordon Tomb
• May 3, 2022

Originally published at Pittsburg Tribune-Review After a protracted battle with lawmakers, Gov. Tom Wolf’s unilateral push to join the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) now moves forward. At risk…

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Taxes & Economy

Stagnant Pennsylvania Economy Requires Real Business-Tax Reform

• Nathan Benefield
• April 18, 2022

Originally published at RealClearPolicy In his final annual budget address, Pennsylvania governor Tom Wolf proposed a major reduction in the state’s corporate income tax. Wolf’s tax-cut plan may come…

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Regulation

MI and PA Lockdowns Show the High Price of Government Overreach

• Elizabeth Stelle
• April 13, 2022

Originally published at RealClearHealth It’s official, COVID-19 is no longer a crisis. According to a recent Axios poll, only nine percent of Americans believe COVID is a serious crisis.

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