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FEBRUARY 8, 2010 | News Release by COMMONWEALTH FOUNDATION
It's Time for a Taxpayer's Budget
The three principles of a taxpayer's budget are as follows: Reduces taxes...
FEBRUARY 3, 2010 | News Release by COMMONWEALTH FOUNDATION
Penn State Whitewashes Climategate Investigation
Penn State's internal review of Michael Mann's alleged scientific misconduct-and...
JANUARY 21, 2010 | News Release by COMMONWEALTH FOUNDATION
What's In the Bill
Yesterday, Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell told Fox News that voters oppose the...
JANUARY 21, 2010 | Commentary by JOE STERNS
Time for Term Limits Again
Unfortunately, this spirit of civic virtue yielded to self-aggrandizement. Early on, legislators served a few terms in a public office and then returned to private life to live under the laws they created. Today, politicians make a career out of getting re-elected to the same office.
JANUARY 15, 2010 | Commentary by NATHAN BENEFIELD
A Third Stimulus Won’t be the Charm
Some members of Congress are pushing a third economic "stimulus" in as many...
JANUARY 5, 2010 | Policy Brief by ELIZABETH BRYAN, KATRINA ANDERSON
Citizen's Guide to Electric Choice & Competition
In the late 1990s, Pennsylvania's electricity rates were 15% above the national...
JANUARY 12, 2010 | Policy Brief by COMMONWEALTH FOUNDATION
Climategate & Penn State
Just days after news broke about what has been dubbed "Climategate," Penn State...
DECEMBER 16, 2009 | Commentary by KATRINA ANDERSON
Five Threats to Pennsylvania's Prosperity
Pennsylvania has long been one of the most economically stagnant states in the nation. For the period 1991-2008, the Commonwealth ranked 45th in job growth, 46th in personal income growth, and 47th in population growth. Pennsylvania has also faired poorly in indep
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Commonwealth Foundation Proposes Penn State Climate Change Debate
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Growth of Government Unions in Pennsylvania
February 9
Eric Boehm notes the growth of public-sector union members (which now represent a majority of union members nation-wide) and the decline of private union members in Pennsylvania. More than 70 percent of union workers in Pennsylvania held private sector jobs in 1984. Since then, private sector unions ...
