Aside from the absurdity of having taxpayers subsidize profitable filmmakers, many production companies are not actually using the film tax credit at all--they're “selling” it to other businesses for cash.

With its proximity to large population centers, abundant natural resources, and world-class, high-tech research, Pennsylvania's economy should be booming. So, why isn't it happening?

Each of the General Assembly's four political caucuses operates their own private, taxpayer-funded incumbent protection program at a cost of $10 million per year.

Pennsylvania's shadow budget already includes 36 environmental "special" funds. Why on earth would anyone want to add another one?

CAP has launched a new Accountability Index to help voters and taxpayers get a better feel for what is happening in the state capitol. The index will focus on legislation that impacts taxpayers and bills that will affect the future of the Commonwealth.

Despite his lofty rhetoric that a zip code shouldn’t determine the quality of a student’s education, Gov. Wolf's veto of HB 800 guarantees that children will be trapped in failing schools.

Of all the popular bad ideas floating around Harrisburg this budget season, none are more harmful than hiking the minimum wage. Here's why.

Doug Mastriano’s independent streak in selecting who would work on his Pennsylvania Senate campaign will serve taxpayers well.

It appears unlikely that Pennsylvania's nuclear industry bailout legislation will be moving forward now that Exelon has announced it will be closing Three Mile Island.

Pennsylvania lawmakers are compensated generously for their “service” while they're in office and after they leave. Why are we naming highways after them?

Public sector workers need to know that “fair share fees” are no longer mandatory and that union dues payments are not a condition of their employment. That's why Rep. Klunk has introduced House Bill 785, legislation that would make sure the First Amendment rights of public employees, as established by the Janus decision, will not be violated.

This latest bailout is on top of the $9 billion in subsidies granted to the nuclear power industry in the lead-up to the deregulation of the Commonwealth’s energy sector in 1996.

The nuclear power industry and its allies argue that what they want shouldn’t be called a bailout; they're right ... it is something far worse.

Just when you thought the Pennsylvania Supreme Court's reputation couldn’t get any worse, along comes Justice Kevin Dougherty, brother of indicted union leader, John "Johnny Doc" Dougherty.