Regulation

Counting All Pennsylvania State Employees

• Nathan Benefield
• September 2, 2009

A state lawmaker sent along a Patriot New article, in which Gov. Rendell cites the relatively low number of Pennsylvania state employees compared to other states, to find out…

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Energy

Rendell’s Mixed Energy Agenda

• Elizabeth Stelle
• September 1, 2009

Governor Rendell frequently talks about the need to combat rising energy costs. Yet he continues to support policies that will increase Pennsylvanians’ electric bills and endanger thousands of jobs in…

Commentary

Government Accountability

Baby Boomers Dominate in State Legislatures

• Nathan Benefield
• August 28, 2009

Interesting, if trivial analysis from NCSL on the age of state legislators. Only 4% of legislators nationally are under age 34. They also have a tool with demographic…

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Regulation

Keep on Truckin’

• August 26, 2009

With Harrisburg gridlocked by the state budget impasse and Washington battling over national health care, an issue vital to Pennsylvania lurks below the radar.  The debate is over…

Commentary

Regulation

We’re Twice as Smart of the People of Shelbyville

• Elizabeth Stelle
• August 21, 2009

Harley-Davidson continues to tour business friendly states to re-locate its York plant that employs over 2,000 workers – among the four options considered are Shelbyville, Indiana and Shelbyville, Kentucky.

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Health Care

Post-Gazette Combats Health Care “Lies” With Actual Lies

• Nathan Benefield
• August 21, 2009

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette columnist Sally Kalson has a ridiculous piece on health care reform (HT PA Watercooler), in which she admittedly fabricates a number of proposals she “imagines” Republicans would…

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Health Care

Obama’s “Co-operative” Trojan Horse

• August 20, 2009

With the public voicing overwhelming concern over the potential effects Obama’s “public option” could have on America’s healthcare industry, the White House now has its back against the wall. Progressives…

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Health Care

The Prognosis for National Health Insurance: A Pennsylvania Perspective

• August 19, 2009

In 1960, the private sector funded over three quarters of the nation’s health care expenditures.  Individuals paid nearly one-half of the total national health care expenditures through out of pocket…

Report

RIP Rose Friedman

• Nathan Benefield
• August 18, 2009

Here is a statement from our friends at the REACH Foundation on the passing of Rose Friedman yesterday: Rose Director Friedman passed away today, Tuesday, August 18, 2009,…

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