legislation

Community colleges latest pawns
Opinion, Сolumns
Dec 06, 2023
Pennsylvania has had trouble getting the job done with education this year. Funding for the various levels of schooling needs to be approved by the Le...
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Pennsylvania’s budget business unfinished
News, PA State News
Dec 04, 2023
HARRISBURG —Three session days remain on the legislative calendar for this year, but it’s unclear if lawmakers will bring a completed budget along wit...
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Day O’Connor was a trailblazer
Opinion, Сolumns
Dec 03, 2023
News that Sandra Day O’Connor, the Supreme Court’s first woman justice, had died Friday at age 93 brought back fond memories in these offices of her g...
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Regulations strangling career tech schools
Local News, News, PA State News
CHRISTINA LENGYEL The Center Square 
Dec 01, 2023
This week senators heard from educators how waiving unfunded mandates could provide relief to Pennsylvania’s financially overburdened schools. Many sa...
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Pa. listed among ‘freer’ states
Opinion, Сolumns
Nov 27, 2023
A new analysis from the CATO Institute found that Pennsylvania ranks 18th nationwide for “personal and economic freedom.” The commonwealth rated highe...
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The hypocrisy at the core of elite universities
Opinion, Сolumns
TYLER COWEN Bloomberg Opinion 
Nov 24, 2023
NEW YORK (TNS) — Now that congressional Democrats have relaunched an effort to ban legacy admissions at top U.S. universities, virtually everyone can ...
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A new pension crisis for Pa.?
Opinion, Сolumns
Nov 23, 2023
Pensions for state employees and teachers have been a wrench in the gears of Pennsylvania government for decades. In 2001, Gov. Tom Ridge signed a law...
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America must lead on oil, gas
Opinion, Сolumns
RICK WHITBECK 
Nov 19, 2023
Fifty years ago this week, legislation authorizing construction of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline passed both houses of Congress and was signed into law by...
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A victory for transparency
Opinion, Сolumns
Nov 17, 2023
The Commonwealth Court struck a blow for government accountability and transparency this week when it ruled a Lehigh County school district violated t...
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Time to figure out marijuana
Opinion, Сolumns
Nov 16, 2023
Pennsylvanians can use marijuana for anxiety or epilepsy. They can use it to ease the side effects of chemotherapy or the symptoms of post-traumatic s...
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