Taxes & Economy

Lies, Heinz and Volz

  • April 7, 2011

Last week Steve Milloy of Junkscience.com published an expose’ of a water quality report by University of Pittsburgh gas frack panicker Conrad…

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Taxes & Economy

House Republicans Introduce Welfare Reforms

  • Elizabeth Stelle
  • April 6, 2011

Public Welfare is both the largest—at over $27 billion in total spending— and among the fastest growing programs in the Pennsylvania state budget.  In…

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Government Accountability

Is Lawsuit Abuse Reform Coming to PA?

  • April 6, 2011

Pennsylvania is on its way to joining the 41 states that have either repealed or updated their joint and several liability law. HB 1, known as the Fair…

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Education

The Myth of Taxpayer Subsidies for Lower Tuition

  • Nathan Benefield
  • April 5, 2011

CF’s Charles Mitchell sat down with Inside Academia‘s Andy Nash to discuss the false choice between higher tuition or higher taxpayer subsidies for universities.  Watch the video:…

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Taxes & Economy

Who’s Creating Jobs in Pennsylvania?

  • Elizabeth Stelle
  • April 4, 2011

It’s clear the Marcellus Shale is revitalizing rural economies across the commonwealth by increasing local revenue and paying landowners…

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Education

A higher education in greed

  • Nathan Benefield
  • April 4, 2011

My letter to the editor on university subsidies in Sunday’s Pittsburgh Tribune Review: University presidents and lobbyists for state-funded universities, such as the University of Pittsburgh and…

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