Regulation

Pennsylvania workers cannot afford to lose U.S. Steel

  • Nathan Benefield
  • September 25, 2024

Originally published at The Patriot-News For 123 years, U.S. Steel (USS) has operated in Pennsylvania and has been synonymous with the Keystone State. Pittsburgh, aptly named the “Steel…

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Education

Education Tax Credits work.

  • Guy Ciarrocchi
  • September 25, 2024

Originally published at Broad + Liberty Students are learning. Parents are grateful. Donors are seeing the benefits. And Pennsylvania taxpayers are saving money today — and tomorrow. (Over $1…

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Education

Lowering the Cost of Living Key To Winning Keystone State

  • Andrew Lewis
  • September 23, 2024

Originally published at Newsweek What will it take for Donald Trump or Kamala Harris to win Pennsylvania—arguably the most important state in the 2024 election? The answer is simple. They must…

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Education

A Tale of Two Philadelphia Schools

  • Rachel Langan
  • September 23, 2024

Originally published at Delaware Valley Journal A seven-minute walk separates Kensington High School and Liguori Academy, two high schools serving the East Kensington neighborhood of northeast Philadelphia. Kensington and…

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Health Care

Instead of a ‘Public Option’, We Need a ‘Personal Option’

  • Elizabeth Stelle
  • September 23, 2024

Originally published at RealClearHealth Health care is a mess—and our political leaders aren’t helping. Presidential candidates only offer vague ideas to address our health care problems. From former President…

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Energy

Regulations subvert ‘environmental justice’

  • Gordon Tomb
  • September 21, 2024

Originally published at the Williamsport Sun-Gazette Thirty years ago, more than 800 waste coal piles marred the Pennsylvania landscape, poisoning streams and emitting gaseous odors, including the rotten-egg smell…

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Regulation

How the Shapiro Administration Doubled the Cost of Broadband

  • David Osborne
  • September 10, 2024

Originally published at RealClearPennsylvania The digital divide – the gap between communities with and without access to high-speed internet – is a prominent issue in Pennsylvania. More than …

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Taxes & Economy

The Basic Economic Mistake Both Candidates Make

  • Nathan Benefield
  • September 10, 2024

Originally published in Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Poll after poll reveals what’s on voters’ minds: It’s the economy, stupid, as it was in 1992 when Bill Clin­ton’s cam­paign ad­vi­sor James Car­ville…

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Energy

An ‘All-of-the-Above’ Energy Plan Is No Plan At All

  • André Béliveau
  • September 4, 2024

Originally published at National Review When it comes to energy policy, our political zeitgeist is rather, shall we say, energized. During the Democratic National Convention, Pennsylvania governor Josh Shapiro —…

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Public Union Democracy

Government Unions are Down — But Not Out

  • Andrew Holman, David Osborne
  • September 2, 2024

Originally published at The American Spectator In 2018, the U.S. Supreme Court humbled public sector union officials accustomed to taking advantage of the public employees they were supposed to…

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Energy

Troubling times are ahead for American energy

  • André Béliveau
  • August 26, 2024

Originally published at The Patriot-News If you thought your energy bills were ridiculous this summer, a recent power market auction indicates things will only worsen. Every year,…

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Regulation

Harris’s Price Controls Ignore Basic Economics

  • Stephen Bloom
  • August 22, 2024

Originally published at Delaware Valley Journal Vice President Kamala Harris wants to make groceries cheaper. However, her vague proposal to ban “price gouging” will have the opposite effect. Economists,…

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Energy

André Béliveau Discusses LNG Energy Policy on Fox and Friends

  • André Béliveau
  • August 19, 2024

Sr. Manager of Energy Policy André Béliveau joined Fox and Friends’ Brian Kilmeade on Monday, August 19, 2024, to discuss energy policy, LNG exports, and Vice President Harris’ flip flop…

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Education

Shapiro Lost the Veepstakes–and He Only Has Himself to Blame

  • Nathan Benefield
  • August 13, 2024

Originally published at RealClearPennsylvania Earlier this month, all signs pointed to Gov. Josh Shapiro joining Vice President Kamala Harris on the Democratic presidential ticket. After all, Shapiro sits atop…

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Education

Josh Shapiro can now focus on leading Pennsylvania

  • Charles Mitchell
  • August 11, 2024

Originally published at The Patriot-News Being passed over for vice president may be the best thing that ever happened to Josh Shapiro. That’s probably not what our…

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Energy

The DEP won’t use the people who can solve the problem

  • Elizabeth Stelle
  • August 9, 2024

Originally published at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Government red tape has long been a problem in Pennsylvania, hindering economic growth and making the commonwealth unattractive for businesses. To address this…

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Energy

High gas prices threaten Pennsylvania’s economy

  • Hanna Bechtel
  • August 6, 2024

Originally published at Broad + Liberty Summer road trips and tourism are integral to Pennsylvania. From riding buggies in Amish Country to visiting Gettysburg’s battlegrounds, people nationwide journey to the…

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State Budget

Pennsylvania’s spending billions more than we can afford

  • Andrew Holman
  • August 5, 2024

Originally published in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Harrisburg celebrates the newly signed 2024–25 state budget. Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, his fellow Democratic lawmakers, and even state Senate Republicans see the…

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