Education

President Obama Is Right

• Charles Mitchell
• July 6, 2011

Savor that headline, because you won’t see it on this blog too often.  But it’s true.  As our friend Lindsey Burke at the Heritage Foundation points out, today at…

Media

PLCB: Oops, We’re Not MOST Un-American!

• July 5, 2011

MOSCOW HARRISBURG (July 5) — In a troublesome twist by the problematic potables policemen, a PLCB spokesperson contacted CF directly this afternoon to notify us that the mysterious disappearance of an agency…

Media

Regulation

CF Blasts Big Brother Booze Brag

• July 5, 2011

Commonwealth Foundation denounced a Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board press release today for its failure to disclose all the fiscal facts and for boasting about a government-run monopoly on liquor…

Press Release

Taxes & Economy

Nine of 11 Fastest Growing Jobs Drilling Related

• Elizabeth Stelle
• June 22, 2011

Nationwide workforce data shows oil and gas extraction jobs growing at rates far above any other sector of the American economy. According to EMSI’s latest quarterly employment data,…

Media

Taxes & Economy

WITF Marcellus Forum Viewers Guide

• Nathan Benefield
• May 31, 2011

Tonight at 8 p.m., WITF TV will air an hour-long “Marcellus Shale Forum”. While the discussion should be informative for most viewers wanting to learn about the Marcellus Shale…

Media

Taxes & Economy

Pennsylvania Not Among Best States for Business

• Nathan Benefield
• May 17, 2011

Chief Executive Group released its annual Best/Worst States for Business report, bestowing another undesirable state ranking on Pennsylvania. The commonwealth ranked 39th out of the 50 states, dropping seven…

Media

Education

Corbett’s Case for School Choice

• May 10, 2011

Gov. Tom Corbett delivered the following speech at the American Federation for Children conference at the Washington Marriott in Washington D.C. on Monday, May 9, 2011. What isn’t working about public…

Media

Regulation

Should States Stop Regulating Telephones?

• Elizabeth Stelle
• May 9, 2011

Land line use in the United States continues to decline as more households are going “wireless” and relying exclusively on their cell phones. About 17 percent of Pennsylvania households…

Media

Energy

Economic Pitfalls of Taxing Marcellus Shale

• May 9, 2011

The facts are that in Pennsylvania, Marcellus drillers contributed more than $15 billion in capital investment and have paid in excess of $5 billion in royalties to landowners not including…

Commentary