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How to Structure a Severance Tax that is Fair to Pennsylvanians

Type: Reports and Papers
Author: MIchael Wood
Date: August 30, 2010

The Pennsylvania General Assembly is drafting legislation to institute a severance tax on the natural gas extracted from the...

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New Report Examines adultBasic Funding Crisis

Type: Reports and Papers
Author: MIchael Wood, Alison Chen, Sharon Ward
Date: July 28, 2010

The Community Health Reinvestment (CHR) Agreement is due to expire, which would cut the primary funding source for adultBasic,...

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Missed Opportunities: An Analysis of 2010-11 Budget

Type: Budget Analysis
Date: July 08, 2010

Pennsylvania’s 2010-2011 budget increases funding to meet mandated expenditures for public health care and corrections. It offsets those increases...

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KRC Testimony to Joint Economic Development and Fiscal Accountability Hearings

Type: Reports and Papers
Author: Stephen Herzenberg
Date: June 29, 2010

This document contains the Testimony of Stephen Herzenberg of the Keystone Research Center on House Bill 2340 and Senate...

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Proposed Tax Breaks for Natural Gas Industry Are Bad Deal for Pennsylvanians

Type: Reports and Papers
Date: June 24, 2010

The General Assembly is now considering several proposals to enact a tax on natural gas production (called a severance...

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Making Smarter State Investments

Type: Reports and Papers
Author: Dennis Bellafiore (unpublished), Marie Cristina Herrera (unpublished), Stephen Herzenberg
Date: June 09, 2010

The state of Pennsylvania currently gives out roughly $300 million dollars each year to attract businesses to Pennsylvania or...

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A Memo to Editorial Page Editors and Columnists on the State Budget

Type: Memo
Author: Sharon Ward
Date: May 21, 2010

On May 21, 2010, the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center hosted a conference call with editorial page editors and...

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