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Governor Corbett Wants School Vouchers

Earlier today Governor Corbett unveiled his education reform plan—a plan that calls for vouchers for students in failing schools and higher tax credits for businesses […]

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PA Republicans Want to Close Philadelphia Library for the Blind

It is a plan so dastardly, so despicable, that state and local officials don’t want you to know about it. Pennsylvania has a plan in […]

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Pennsylvania: For Sale to the Highest Bidder?

Last Thursday Governor Tom Corbett named two dozen members to his Advisory Council on Privatization and Innovation—referred to less officially as his “Privatization Panel”—which is […]

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Harrisburg Republicans Want to Rig PA’s Presidential Vote

After his victory in 1980, Ronald Reagan chose the best, the brightest—and make no mistake—the most politically powerful to fill his cabinet. In an acknowledgement […]

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Making a Bonusgate Example of John Perzel

Former House speaker and defanged Philadelphia powerbroker John Perzel appeared on the edge of tears last week as he left the Dauphin County courthouse after […]

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PA Republicans Are Wrong on Medical Marijuana

On Monday, the Daily News ran a cover story about the plight of Colleen Begley, a New Jersey medical marijuana advocate who is facing more […]

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Pennsylvania Leads the Nation in Juvenile Lifers

Thanks to a recent spate of youth violence that has drawn national media attention and led to a rather tenuous standoff between Mayor Michael Nutter […]

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Battle Over the Booze: Will Corbett Take On the Unions?

The arguments for selling the state liquor system far outweigh the reasons to maintain the status quo. The public favors privatization. The political support is […]

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Gov. Onorato—Er, Corbett—Gives Unions A Sweetheart Deal

In case you have been living under a rock, here’s a newsflash: We are experiencing one of the most severe recessions in our history, and […]

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It’s Time to Grade Tom Corbett

Who can forget the classic scene in Animal House when the boys from Delta fraternity were summoned by Dean Wormer? As he looked over their […]

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Jeff Piccola: The Biggest Political Whiner of Them All

Spring is here, and that means water ice. As the man at the counter placed his order, the total came to $4.30. The clerk—a suburban […]

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Tom Corbett Spends Phillies Fans’ Money … on the Yankees

There’s good news and bad news for the New York Yankees. The bad news is that their payroll—always the biggest in baseball—hasn’t produced. Hey, they […]

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The Pennsylvania Budget: Can Corbett Sell It?

Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett’s “day of reckoning” budget, containing substantial cuts and rolling back spending to 2008 levels, may well pass the GOP-dominated legislature without […]

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Corbett’s DRPA: Same Old Story?

A changing of the guard occurred this week at the scandal-plagued Delaware River Port Authority (DRPA), as Governor Corbett appointed himself the new chairman, and […]

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Stop The DRPA “Takers” And You Stop The Toll Hike

Throughout history, there have always been makers and takers. Makers create things: jobs, products and wealth. Takers produce nothing. Instead, they leech off the makers. […]