Bad Ideas Under Any Label
Type: BlogAuthor: Marc Stier
Date: July 11, 2016
We are hearing that some of the provisions in a House school code bill, HB530, are being included in...
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Author: Marc Stier
Date: July 11, 2016
Boom and Bust: Lessons From the Gas Patch
Type: BlogAuthor: Jan Jarrett
Date: July 06, 2016
In 2011, the town of Towanda in Bradford County was at the epicenter of the shale drilling boom. A...
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Who Pays For An Increase in the PIT to 4% on Income From Wealth
Type: Reports and PapersAuthor: Stephen Herzenberg, Mark Price
Date: July 01, 2016
Legislators are currently working to find the revenues necessary to fund the appropriations bill that passed the House and...
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Revenue Options Real and Fake: A Minimum Wage Increase and Gaming Expansion
Type: BlogAuthor: Marc Stier
Date: June 29, 2016
Ten years ago was the last time Pennsylvania raised the minimum wage in advance of the federal government doing...
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The Emperor’s New Liquor Stores
Type: BlogAuthor: Marc Stier
Date: June 29, 2016
Act 39 flew through the House of Representatives and was signed by Governor Wolf too fast for us, and...
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School Funding: What One Hand Gives Another Takes Away
Type: BlogAuthor: Marc Stier
Date: June 29, 2016
As this dispiriting budget season ends, advocates for education could at least be grateful that the General Assembly seems...
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Some Things Are Worse Than a Late Budget
Type: BlogAuthor: Marc Stier
Date: June 21, 2016
As the June 30th deadline looms, we have little more than rumors about what kind of Pennsylvania budget might be...
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