Education

Pennsylvania House Democrats Are Lying About Scholarship Cuts

• June 23, 2026

Gov. Josh Shapiro and Pennsylvania House Democrats have launched an all-out assault on educational choice—and they’re hiding behind a smokescreen of misinformation. This week, House Democrats passed…

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State Budget

Markets Have Already Solved the Minimum Wage Debate

• Joshua Schubert
• May 18, 2026

Originally published by TribLIVE. Raising the minimum wage would have minimal impact on Pennsylvania’s economy. That’s not just my opinion; that’s precisely what the current administration—the…

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Regulation

Minimum Wage 2026

• May 17, 2026

Summary The Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry (L&I) numbers for 2025 show less than one percent of Pennsylvania workers (42,900) earn the minimum wage or…

Fact Sheet

Public Union Democracy

Full Court Press: Pennsylvania Union Political Spending in 2025

• David Osborne
• April 21, 2026

Key Points Political action committees (PACs) affiliated with trade unions and government unions spent $22.4 million in monetary and in-kind political activity in 2025, a year with few legislative elections…

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Education

2025 State of Education Spending in Pennsylvania

• January 22, 2025

Overview The national trends impacting education in Pennsylvania in 2025 include an impending fiscal cliff, under-enrolled schools, and population decline, all of which lead to school closures…

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Taxes & Economy

Commonwealth Foundation Applauds Senate Action to Reduce Corporate Net Income Tax

• June 15, 2022

Harrisburg, Penn. – The Commonwealth Foundation today commended the Pennsylvania Senate’s passage of two bills that would reduce Pennsylvania’s corporate net income (CNI) tax. With the second-highest CNI tax rate in…

Press Release

Regulation

Liquor Privatization Constitutional Amendment

• March 7, 2022

The Constitutional Amendment Process House Bill 2272 proposes an amendment to Article 3, Section F of the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania stating, “The Commonwealth shall not manufacture…

Fact Sheet

State Budget

Supplemental Appropriations

• Tirzah Duren
• March 24, 2021

Supplemental appropriation is another term for overspending. In theory, this practice covers unforeseeable expenses, but it has become a normal part of the state budget process.

Fact Sheet

How to Balance the Budget: Revenue Options

• Andrew Abramczyk
• October 2, 2020

Pennsylvania’s partial-year budget to fund the government through November relied on federal emergency aid to patch a prospective deficit. The state cannot count on such extra resources in the future.

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