America’s Food Security Program in Danger
Type: BlogAuthor: Sharon Ward
Date: July 11, 2013
The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday voted 216-208 to pass a bill that separates agricultural support programs from...
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Author: Sharon Ward
Date: July 11, 2013
Everything You Need to Know about 2013-14 Budget
Type: BlogAuthor: Sharon Ward
Date: July 10, 2013
The Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center has released a full detailed analysis of the 2013-14 state budget plan spending...
- K-12 Education
- PA Budget
- Pensions
- Privatization
- Recession and Recovery
- Human Services
- Transportation
House Derails Medicaid Expansion But the Fight Goes On
Type: BlogAuthor: Sharon Ward
Date: July 09, 2013
The Pennsylvania House rejected an effort by Representative Gene DiGirolamo (R-Bucks) today to revive the Medicaid expansion before the...
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Small Steps Toward Reform But Special Tax Breaks Remain
Type: BlogAuthor: Sharon Ward
Date: July 09, 2013
Among the final pieces of the 2013-14 budget package now before the Governor is a Tax Code bill that...
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Analysis: Final State Budget Fails to Make Up Lost Ground
Type: Budget AnalysisDate: July 09, 2013
2013-2014 Pennsylvania State Budget presents $113 million in reduced spending for public school pensions and school employees’ Social Security...
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Payday Lenders Make Few Friends in PA Senate
Type: BlogAuthor: Mark Price
Date: July 08, 2013
Payday lenders convinced state House Republican leaders to slip a line into a Fiscal Code bill needed to implement...
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School Code Bill Sets Education Funding ‘Formula’
Type: Budget AnalysisDate: July 02, 2013
The School Code (House Bill 1141, PN 2200) establishes a new basic education funding ”formula” with a base distribution...
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