Teachers on Union Exploitation, Podcast Part 1

October 24, 2013

Julie Raab and Keith Williams are speaking out about how union influence affects their teaching jobs. Keith teaches high school English in Conewago Valley School District in Adams…

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Education

Podcast: Teachers on Union Exploitation – Part 1

Priya Brannick
October 14, 2013

Julie Raab and Keith Williams are speaking out about how union influence affects their teaching jobs. They, and many teachers across the state, are fed up with Pennsylvania's unfair…

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Regulation

Tired of D.C. Partisanship? Here’s an Issue that Unites Most Americans

Matthew Brouillette
October 14, 2013

The political divide in Washington, D.C., may be wider than ever, but a recent alliance between a progressive news site and a free-market think tank in Pennsylvania shows Americans of…

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Health Care

Young and Old Will Face Premium Spikes Next Year

Elizabeth Stelle
September 25, 2013

With only six days to go before the Obamacare health exchanges are scheduled to open, the federal government finally released some price data for the federal exchanges. Even though…

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Taxes & Economy

Fracking Helps Poor More than Government Programs

Gordon Tomb
September 10, 2013

The natural gas boom spawned by free enterprise and new technology is doing more to help the poor than LIHEAP, a decades-old welfare program, according to the Wall…

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Public Union Democracy

Is Paying Only $2.50 for Health Care Unreasonable?

Priya Brannick
September 10, 2013

If you’ve been watching back-to-school news, you’ve probably heard that teachers unions in three Pennsylvania school districts—Shaler Area, Wyoming Area and Old Forge—have gone on strike. Like…

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Education

Five Facts on the Philadelphia Schools Crisis

Priya Brannick
August 22, 2013

Things have reached a fever pitch in Philadelphia as the city’s school district—the eighth-largest in America—is scrambling to close its $300 million deficit and open schools on time. As protestors…

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Criminal Justice Reform

Obama Learns from Pa. on Corrections Reform

Nathan Benefield
August 13, 2013

Criminal justice policy that offers less spending, lower crime and improved outcomes for offenders—too good to be true? Actually, that is the result of recent corrections reforms in…

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Taxes & Economy

Gasland Part II: New Name, Same Propaganda

July 12, 2013

Remember the frackaphobic film Gasland (2010) directed by Pennsylvania native Josh Fox? Although a documentary in name, we proved the film to be largely fictional. Despite critical acclaim and…

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