By Dr. Mark Hendrickson
Originally published by The Center for Vision and Values
February 24, 2010
You may have seen the recent story about the 41-year-old doctor who graduated from medical school in 2003 with student-loan indebtedness of $250,000 that has since swelled to more than $555,000. She is now scheduled to pay $990 per month until she [...]

From the Allegheny Institute for Public Policy
February 16, 2010
The bottom line is that property taxes will increase.
In this budget forecast scenario a Mt. Lebanon household with the municipality’s 2008 median income of $77,167 and owning a home with the median value of $190,000-that is correctly assessed-will see school real estate taxes go from the current [...]

Allegheny Institute for Public Policy
February 4, 2010
In spite of the poor economy and high unemployment rate, teachers in the Penn Hills school district decided to inflict even more pain onto Pennsylvania families and school students.  Teachers went on strike seeking “a 15 percent increase in wages for each of the five years of the contract [...]

By Dr. Paul Kengor
Originally published at The Center for Vision and Values
February 2, 2010
In my last article, a somber remembrance of Roe v. Wade, I called attention to something that shocked readers: I noted that the Obama administration and Democratic Congress “rejected funding for school vouchers for poor children in Washington, DC, but supported funding [...]

From Neil Boortz.
“…Dick Durbin is at it again.  Doing what?  Carrying water for the teacher’s unions, that’s what.”

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This is a great article by Eric Montarti and Jake Haulk of the Allegheny Institute for Public policy (Eric is a Senior Policy Analyst and Jake is the President).
The bottom line is that over half of all teacher strikes in the United States occur in Pennsylvania.  Only 13 states allow strikes, but most  include strict [...]