Education

High Parental Satisfaction With Florida Scholarship Program

• January 7, 2019

Maloni Lewis lives with two disabled parents and three older brothers, who are in and out of jail. Her mom, Renee, wanted a better life for her daughter, so…

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Education

Education Choice Boosts Higher Ed Enrollment

• Marc LeBlond
• March 7, 2018

Recent studies on voucher programs in Milwaukee, Washington, DC, and Florida once again demonstrate education choice benefits families and taxpayers. Milwaukee A longitudinal study—which tracks individual students over long…

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Health Care

Policy Points: After ObamaCare

• Elizabeth Stelle
• March 13, 2017

Obamacare increased the number of people holding insurance cards but failed to increase access to quality and affordable health services. It’s time to put patients, not government bureaucrats, in charge…

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Public Union Democracy

Employees Lose Under PA’s Public Pension Systems

• Gordon Tomb
• September 16, 2014

Most workers are shortchanged by Pennsylvania’s public employee pension programs, according to two recent studies. The Urban Institute gives Pennsylvania’s State Employees’ Retirement System (SERS) an “F”…

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Urban Institute: PA state pension plans get poor rating

• September 6, 2014

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Criminal Justice Reform

Private Prisons Increase Capacity, Save Money, Improve Service

• Nathan Benefield
• October 24, 2007

Good Afternoon, my name is Nathan Benefield, I am the Director of Policy Research with the Commonwealth Foundation, a research and educational organization based in Harrisburg. I would like to…

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Federal income tax data

• Nathan Benefield
• December 21, 2006

In response to the commenter on my last post here are some numbers on federal income tax receipts: for 2000 and 2004 from the Tax Foundation and 2006…

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