Unconventional Drilling Is Associated with Increased Hospital Utilization Rates
A new study by the University of Pennsylvania and Columbia University finds that people living near active gas drilling...
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Conservative Think Tank Confirms that PA Needs a Budget that Boosts State’s Fiscal Condition
One sticking point in Pennsylvania’s budget battle is whether the next state budget needs to improve the state’s fiscal...
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CFPB Owes Consumers a Strong Federal Payday Lending Rule
Keystone Research Center was among more than 75 organizations in 14 states and the District of Columbia that signed...
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The Sky Won’t Fall If We Raise Revenue to Invest in Education
Total revenues in Pennsylvania were up in the fiscal year that just ended by $94 million, compared to 2007-08...
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WARNING: Drinking the “Shrink-Revenues-at-All-Costs-Kool-Aid” Is Dangerous to Your Children’s – and Your State’s – Health
The implicit, and sometimes explicit, claim of some of those raising the alarm about increasing revenues to invest in...
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Ten Reasons Why Gov. Wolf Should Veto the Republican Budget
Gov. Wolf should veto the Republican budget because it would:
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Backroom Republican Budget Scores ZERO on Voters’ Main Priorities
In March, Gov. Wolf presented his budget to the Republicans in the General Assembly. Knowing they would present objections...
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55 Million Reasons (and Counting) Why PA Does Not Have a Severance Tax
Ten years after the first gas driller bored into the Marcellus Shale formation, the commonwealth remains the only major...
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The Top Five Facts About Drilling and Taxes in Pennsylvania
Gov. Wolf has proposed a severance tax on the extraction of natural gas in Pennsylvania to provide funding for...
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Fifth of Top Five Facts About Drilling and Taxes in PA
Gov. Wolf has proposed a severance tax on the extraction of natural gas in Pennsylvania to provide funding for...
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Second of Top Five Facts About Drilling and Taxes in PA
Gov. Wolf has proposed a severance tax on the extraction of natural gas in Pennsylvania to provide funding for...
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Third of Top Five Facts About Drilling and Taxes in PA
Gov. Wolf has proposed a severance tax on the extraction of natural gas in Pennsylvania to provide funding for...
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