Taxes & Economy

The Environment Impact of Natural Gas Drilling

  • Nathan Benefield
  • June 28, 2010

Concerns about the environment impact of natural gas drilling are well-founded, but often overstated. A common misconception is that the hydraulic fracturing process has contaminated many wells and groundwater.

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Regulation

Knee-Jerk Reaction on Liquor Store Privatization

  • Nathan Benefield
  • June 23, 2010

Following yesterday’s post of Rep. Mike Turzai talking about liquor store privatization, I got a couple of replies via Twitter from “Swanny88,” which makes…

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Government Accountability

Corbett Wins, Subpoenas Twitter for Names of His Critics

  • Nathan Benefield
  • May 19, 2010

As part of the Grand Jury investigation, Pennsylvania Attorney General Tom Corbett has filed a subpoena against Twitter to reveal the names of two anonymous Twitter accounts (HT…

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Government Accountability

Live from PA Leadership Conference (#PALC)

  • Nathan Benefield
  • April 16, 2010

For those of you unable to attend the Pennsylvania Leadership Conference this year, most of the sessions will be carried live on PCN TV.  You can also listen…

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Health Care

Who Got Bribed on Health Care Vote?

  • Nathan Benefield
  • March 21, 2010

Eric Telford (Twitter handle JoeTaxpayer) has started to round up Congressmen who change their health care vote after getting big grants for their districts: …

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Taxes & Economy

Who are the Tea Partiers?

  • Nathan Benefield
  • March 4, 2010

The Sam Adams Alliance has a new report out presenting findings from a survey of 50 “tea party movement” leaders. Among the more interesting findings 46.9 percent were uninvolved…

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State Budget

Pennsylvania Budget Address Live Updates

  • February 9, 2010

CF will be offering live comments via Twitter on Governor Rendell’s budget address, beginning at 10:30 am.  Updates will show up below.  You can also follow CF staff here,…

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Government Accountability

Tweet Pennsylvania: Latest Updates from PA Lawmakers

  • Nathan Benefield
  • December 15, 2009

The Commonwealth Foundation has a new project page, where you can follow all the Pennsylvania state lawmakers on Twitter, even if you don’t have a Twitter account yourself. Check…

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Government Accountability

Pennsylvania Governor Candidates Speak at PASociety

  • Nathan Benefield
  • December 12, 2009

If you didn’t make it to the Pennsylvania Manufacturers’ Association event at PA Society this weekend, Matt Brouillette has a good summary of what the candidates for Pennsylvania governor,…

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