Health Care

Welfare Reform is Sweeping the Nation

Elizabeth Stelle
April 20, 2018

“Right now, America combines near-record-low unemployment with near-record-high welfare dependency — the result of state-level eligibility exemptions, federal loopholes and policies that put work on the back burner.” Those are…

Media

Public Union Democracy

4 Facts on Pennsylvania Teacher Strikes

Priya Brannick
April 13, 2018

Between the nearly averted strike in Pittsburgh and statewide strikes in West Virginia and Oklahoma, the validity of teacher strikes is once again up for debate. Here are four facts…

Media

State Budget

People Everywhere Just Want to Be Free (Of Taxes)

April 12, 2018

Pennsylvanians work nearly four months a year just to pay the taxes imposed at the various levels of government. This is just one of the many findings in the Tax…

Media

Janus v. AFSCME Resources

April 11, 2018

Media Clips Greg Hartnett, Fairness Center client and lead plaintiff, Hartnett v. PSEA: Court should free teachers from forced unionism Despite the trust given to me during my 19 years…

Commentary

Education

The Reality of PA School Spending

Marc LeBlond
March 9, 2018

The debate over education funding has found its way into the courts. Several school districts and residents are suing the state to fix an allegedly “unfair, inadequate and unconstitutional” school…

Media

Public Union Democracy

Pa. Teachers Support Worker Freedom Case Before Supreme

February 26, 2018

This morning, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument in a historic case, Janus v. AFSCME, that could free thousands of Pennsylvania teachers and other government workers from workplace coercion.

Press Release

Public Union Democracy

Ending the Government Union Skimming Scam

Priya Brannick
February 16, 2018

Imagine being disabled or sick and requiring help to bathe, eat, and even move from room to room within your own home. Medicaid, a taxpayer-funded health insurance program helps pay…

Media

Criminal Justice Reform

Pennsylvania’s Overspending Problem Still Proving Costly

February 16, 2018

To balance last year’s budget, Gov. Wolf and lawmakers agreed to dedicate a portion of Tobacco Settlement Fund payments to cover a $1.5 billion bond issuance. This decision to…

Media

The Great Risk Taker

February 14, 2018

The Reinhard family story is one of hard work, risk-taking, success, and a deep love of community. Claude Reinhard and his wife had five children. Two of his sons—Don and…

Commentary