Just for Fun

• June 26, 2024

The Eagles barely edge out the Steelers as the more favorable team. (2023 Q3) While the Philadelphia Phillies are significantly more popular than the Pittsburgh Pirates. (2024 Q1)…

Taxes & Economy

Minimum Wage

• March 23, 2023

Summary One percent of Pennsylvania workers earn the minimum wage, an all-time low.Gov. Josh Shapiro proposed raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour. Recent analysis by Pennsylvania’s Independent Fiscal…

Fact Sheet

Health Care

Liquor Licensing: Too Hot for PLCB to Handle

• Tirzah Duren
• May 12, 2020

For restaurant owners in Pennsylvania, the new release Too Hot To Handle is more than pure entertainment, the winnings are almost enough for them to purchase an elusive liquor license. …

Commentary

Regulation

Shocking Sheetz Statement Shames Senator

• June 7, 2013

Fellow Pennsylvanians, we’ve all been there: road-weary on a long drive home, hungry and low on gas, and there it is…a big, red beacon of hope and MTOs…you have made…

Media

Regulation

This Is What a Boom Looks Like

• Charles Mitchell
• August 16, 2011

About half an hour ago, I was in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania. (For my fellow natives of the Philadelphia area, Canonsburg is southwest of Pittsburgh, where they say “younse” instead of “youse”…

Media

State Budget

Tax Everyone But the Guy Behind the Tree

• Nathan Benefield
• June 24, 2009

Gov. Rendell’s hypocrisy on tax policy is on full display this budget season. While Rendell is demanding higher taxes on individuals and most businesses, he is also working to preserve…

Commentary