Regulation

Historic Vote Huge Step to Liquor Liberty

• March 21, 2013

Members of the House of Representatives made a historic vote today by passing HB 790, a vote to end the state government’s Prohibition-era liquor system in Pennsylvania. Commonwealth Foundation…

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Regulation

Leader Launches Liquor Liberty Legislation

• Nathan Benefield
• February 21, 2013

House Majority Leader Mike Turzai put forth a cosponsorship memo announcing legislation to end the government-run liquor store monopoly.  The legislation will be officially introduced on March 4 as…

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Taxes & Economy

PA to Copy Missouri’s Failed Land Banking Policy

• April 3, 2012

Pennsylvania is close to adopting Missouri’s 40 year old failed land banking policy. House Bill 1682, which has already passed the House and the Senate’s Urban Affairs and…

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Public Union Democracy

Big Bucks for Government Union Bosses

• Priya Brannick
• March 8, 2012

Union bosses frequently criticize corporate CEOs and government leaders for supposedly taking home hefty pay at workers’ expense. Just this week, protesters picketed House Majority Whip Stan Saylor’s office…

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Of Mice, Barbie and Prevailing Wage

• March 8, 2012

In March of 1961, the Soviet Union shot a dog, some mice and a guinea pig into space.  Meanwhile, back in the U.S., nine black students from Mississippi…

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Taxes & Economy

Impact Fee: Compromise on Details, not Principles

• January 18, 2012

Capitolwire reports (subscription required) on the negotiations between the House and Senate Marcellus Shale impact fee bills — HB 1950 and SB 1100. Here’s a recap: The fee…

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Education

Dear Reluctant Rural Republican…

• Charles Mitchell
• December 6, 2011

A friend just forwarded me some objections offered by a Republican member of the House of Representatives from a rural area who’s reluctant to support a comprehensive school choice bill…

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Education

Pennsylvania’s School Choice Movement Must Address the ‘Bottom 5%’

• December 1, 2011

Pennsylvania has a simple choice to make.  We can embrace change and welcome educational reform or we can choose to satisfy ourselves with the tired old policies of the past that,…

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Education

Rockin’ Rally to Rescue Kids in Crime-Ridden Schools

• Matthew Brouillette
• November 15, 2011

I’m surprised the Capitol Dome stayed on its foundation this afternoon.  Hundreds of children filled the steps and balconies in the Capitol rotunda to call on the House of…

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