Common Sense Weekly
Here's Commonwealth Foundation's weekly news roundup of policy issues being debated in Harrisburg and across Pennsylvania. Have a great weekend!
New Poll: Pennsylvanians Hold Shapiro Responsible for Budget Impasse
By a double-digit margin, a strong plurality of voters believes Shapiro is ultimately responsible for finalizing the state budget. A large majority of voters also oppose his spending plan.
Check out all the results from the latest edition of Commonwealth Foundation's "Common Ground in the Commonwealth" polling series.
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If SEPTA is Sacred, Then It Must be Deal-Worthy
Apparently it’s out-of-bounds to point out to that a taxpayer-funded (84 percent of its budget) mass transit system that’s losing money, riders, and credibility shouldn’t threaten to cut back on transit routes that people actually use — that it’s both bad policy and cynical to use its riders as pawns, trying to extort money from taxpayers.
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More on Public Transit: Judge Orders Full Restoration of SEPTA Service
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Good Question
Wall Street Journal: A Mail-Vote Job for Josh Shapiro
The big picture is that Pennsylvania’s mail-voting law hasn’t been clear for three straight elections. Could the state please fix it? Control of Congress or the White House might someday hang on whether to tally a pile of 10,000 rejected Pennsylvania ballots.
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Public Agencies in Pennsylvania Spend Millions to Lobby State Government
Across Pennsylvania, at least 90 local governments have paid nearly $7 million in taxpayer money to hire 38 private lobbying firms since last year — all to influence lawmakers and secure more state funding.
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