JULY 1, 2011 | News Release by COMMONWEALTH FOUNDATION

The Good, The Bad and The Undone

What you need to know about Pa.'s new state budget

The Commonwealth Foundation praised Gov. Tom Corbett and the General Assembly for closing Pennsylvania's $4.2 billion budget gap without raising taxes on working Pennsylvanians, but a thorough review of the final budget and other policy changes found some good, some bad, and some critical pieces of legislation left undone.

APRIL 29, 2011 | News Release

Voice for School Choice finds New Site

Project educates public, sends Senators message of courage

The Commonwealth Foundation launched today the Stand Strong Senator project in response to the wave of aggressive and special interest lobbying led by the Pennsylvania State Education Association against school choice and Senate Bill 1.

APRIL 12, 2011 | News Release by COMMONWEALTH FOUNDATION

Millions Funneled to Lobbyists by Public Schools

CF uncovers more than $59 million being used against taxpayers' and children's interests

The Commonwealth Foundation announced today preliminary results from extensive Open Records Requests that found more than $59 million dollars of taxpayer money is being funneled through taxpayer-funded public school districts directly to organizations frequently involved in lobbying against the interests of taxpayers and underserved children.

MARCH 8, 2011 | News Release by COMMONWEALTH FOUNDATION

CF grades Corbett Budget Address = B

Plan slows runaway government train, short of A+ improvement

The Commonwealth Foundation graded Gov. Tom Corbett's budget address a solid B today in its call to end the tax-borrow-and-spend approach to budgeting that placed Pennsylvanian in the present fiscal crisis.

FEBRUARY 15, 2011 | News Release by COMMONWEALTH FOUNDATION

Public School Board Members for School Choice

Putting the educational interests of children first

As children continue to be trapped in failing schools, despite massive increases in taxpayer funding, public school board members-past and present-are forming "Public School Board Members for School Choice" to support efforts to throw educational lifelines to more children through expanded school choice.

JANUARY 14, 2011 | News Release by COMMONWEALTH FOUNDATION

Transforming Pennsylvania Policy Summit

Driving fiscal responsibility and education reform for a prosperous Pennsylvania

Nationally renown policy experts, Pennsylvania legislators and more than 200 citizens will join in a policy debate to drive Pennsylvania to prosperity through policy transformation leading to fiscally responsible government to serves the public's interest rather than special interests.

NOVEMBER 15, 2010 | News Release by COMMONWEALTH FOUNDATION

Pension "Reform" Goes to Gov. Rendell

The Commonwealth Foundation expressed disappointment with today's passage of House Bill 2497, which defers significant pension costs on to future generations while failing to adequately reform the state's largest defined benefit pension systems.

NOVEMBER 15, 2010 | News Release by COMMONWEALTH FOUNDATION

How Did Lawmakers Vote on HB 2497?

Today, State House members are expected to vote on the union pension bailout (HB2497) during their lame-duck session. We will post their votes below as soon as they are available.

NOVEMBER 9, 2010 | News Release by COMMONWEALTH FOUNDATION

Poll Shows Pennsylvanians Favor School Choice

Commonwealth Foundation sponsoring forum on education vouchers, state budget and spending cuts in wake of poll results

The Commonwealth Foundation reinforced this message by releasing a poll today that shows that half of Pennsylvanians support education vouchers in their state. The poll, conducted one day before the election, revealed that 50 percent of Pennsylvanians think that education vouchers should be used for those who want to send their children to a private school, rather than paying taxes to a public school that may be underperforming or failing.

NOVEMBER 8, 2010 | News Release by MATTHEW BROUILLETTE

Stop the Midnight Raid on PennVEST for a "Pipeline to Nowhere"

Memo from Matt Brouillette

Just this past Tuesday, Pennsylvania voters rejected Gov. Rendell's overspending ways. With Governor-elect Corbett and the new legislature facing a multi-billion dollar deficit, now is not the time to allow a lame-duck PennVEST Board waste another $12 million on a pipeline to nowhere.