Common Sense Weekly

Here's Commonwealth Foundation's weekly news roundup of policy issues being debated in Harrisburg and across Pennsylvania.

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Shapiro’s “Affordability” Agenda Has a $7 Billion Problem

Gov. Josh Shapiro wants Pennsylvanians to believe that he is delivering affordability. But his unaffordable budget tells a different story.

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Bellinger: Cyber Education Saved Me; Now, Pennsylvania Wants to Defund It

My life didn’t change in the classroom; it changed when I left it entirely. And now, as a teacher, I am saddened to see Pennsylvania actively denying more kids the same opportunity.

Diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder at a young age, I had always struggled in school.

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This One Law is Throttling High-Speed Internet in Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania is sitting on $711 million in federal broadband funding. But a bureaucratic misclassification, buried inside a Pennsylvania law, threatens to undermine the whole effort—and now the federal government is taking notice.

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Governor Shapiro, Give PA Kids Access to a New Scholarship Program

​Despite all the valid reasons to opt in, Governor Shapiro is stalling. In an email, the governor conveyed his “plan” to await “federal guidance to address key questions about how this program would work.”

But Shapiro shouldn’t wait too long.

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Pennsylvania Is Losing Businesses and Workers. These Commonsense Solutions Will Bring Them Back

Sadly, one of the nation’s biggest employers is closing in Pennsylvania. Saks & Company recently announced plans to shut down its fulfillment center in Foster, laying off 435 employees as an unfortunate aftermath.

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