The turnpike has about $12.8 billion in bonds outstanding, 16 times cash flow before interest of about $800 million. The borrowed money is long gone, funnelled to state government for mass transit in Philadelphia.
By Andrew Abramczyk
Albert Eisenberg: Leadership from Bob Casey + other PA Dems in short supply as PPP funds run dry
The most important thing that the Senate could do is prevent total economic collapse in the face of this pandemic — and on this, and so many other issues, Sen. Casey seems to be asleep at the wheel. By Albert Eisenberg
Andrew Abramczyk: Coronavirus Crackdown Exposes Failing Government Liquor Monopoly
Pennsylvania consumers are uniquely unable to get their hands on liquor to tide ourselves over during the pandemic. The Commonwealth Foundation’s Andrew Abramaczyk explores why.
Matthew Lau: Minimum wage, maximum damage in PA
Raising the minimum wage effectively cuts the bottom rung off the economic ladder and, by impeding the lowest-skilled workers from gaining the job experience needed to move upwards, increases poverty in the long run and hurts those workers the policy purports to help.
By Matthew Lau
Logan Churchwell: Pennsylvania can’t afford Pittsburgh’s voter roll mistakes
U.S. and Pennsylvania laws set standards for how election officials must keep voter registration records current and reliable. The rules are straightforward: remove the deceased; cancel the snowbird-turned-Floridians; and, if all else fails—keep a list of registrants whose addresses have gone bad and silent on all fronts.
By Logan Churchwell
Rooney and Novak: Expect pipelines, opioid crisis and open space – not party – to decide local elections in Pa.
As the state enters the final stretch of the 2019 municipal campaigns, Broad and Liberty political analysts Alan Novak and T.J. Rooney discuss local races and the issues that will drive Southeastern Pennsylvania’s voter turnout.
By Alan Novak and T.J. Rooney
Rooney and Novak: Campaign 2019, this fall’s elections set the stage for 2020
Broad + Liberty asked political analysts T.J. Rooney and Alan Novak to discuss Pennsylvania’s current political landscape and explore what the 2019 election means for 2020.
By Alan Novak and T.J. Rooney