Shapiro Speech Rings Hollow

• Common Sense Weekly
• October 4, 2025

Here’s the Commonwealth Foundation’s weekly news roundup of policy issues debated in Harrisburg and across Pennsylvania.  Gov. Shapiro’s Call For Civility Rings Hollow Amid His Own Partisan Attacks Last week,…

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Everything but Governing​​​​

• Common Sense Weekly
• September 27, 2025

Here’s the Commonwealth Foundation’s weekly news roundup of policy issues debated in Harrisburg and across Pennsylvania.We hope you have a great weekend! Governor Shapiro is Doing Everything but Governing​​​​ Pennsylvania…

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Education

School Districts Claim to be “Underfunded” During Budget Impasse, Despite Massive Reserve Funds

• September 26, 2025

Winston Churchill famously said, “Never let a good crisis go to waste.” Pennsylvania school districts have adopted this approach, using the current state budget impasse as a pretext to raise…

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Tom Smith: A Patriot and Friend

• Charles Mitchell
• October 17, 2015

Tom Smith’s tenacity, courage, and leadership have encouraged our entire team to keep at it on the days when we are tempted to give up. Tom put countless miles on his cowboy…

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Taxes & Economy

How Low Can Frackaphobes Go?

• July 30, 2012

Winston Churchill once quipped that, “A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.” If so, then natural gas drilling myths…

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Taxes & Economy

Protecting the Taxpayers

• Matthew Brouillette
• May 31, 2007

Thank you Senator Corman, Senator Folmer, and members of the Senate Majority Policy Committee for the opportunity to testify on the proposed Taxpayer Protection Act (SB 7) and Taxpayer Protection…

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