Memo: Governor’s Tax Cut Plan Falls Short of Reform
Hidden deep within Governor Tom Corbett’s proposed 2013-14 budget is a plan to enact a 30% cut in Pennsylvania’s...
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Memo to House: Vote No on Private Jets Tax Break
The House will once again consider HB 1100, which would eliminate sales and use tax on the purchase of...
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Memo to Newspaper Editors: Save Tobacco Settlement Dollars for Health Care
In a memo to editorial board members, Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center Director Sharon Ward wrote that policymakers should...
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A Memo to Editorial Page Editors and Columnists on the State Budget
On May 21, 2010, the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center hosted a conference call with editorial page editors and...
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PRESS MEMO: Why Editorial Boards Should Weigh in on Pennsylvania Needs for a Real Severance Tax Now
Since the late 2000s, Pennsylvania editorial boards have weighed in periodically on Pennsylvania’s need to enact a “real” severance...
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PRESS MEMO: The Effects of U.S. Senate Health Care Bill on Pennsylvania
In this press memo, we share the effects of the U.S. Senate health care bill on Pennsylvania, specifically estimating...
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EDITORIAL BOARD MEMO: Higher Education Funding in Pennsylvania
In this press memo, dated October 14, 2016, PBPC shares some of our most recent findings about the funding...
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PRESS MEMO: New Estimates of the Loss of Federal Funding to Pennsylvania from the Senate Health Care Bill
The Manatt Health Group and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation have released a study on the impact of the Senate...
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MEMO: It’s Not Really About Work: Why Pennsylvania Should Reject Work Requirements
The appeal of work requirements for Medicaid and SNAP recipients is based on false stereotypes about poor people being...
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Don’t Fix What’s Not Broken
Indiana’s legislature is considering drastic action to eliminate defined benefit pensions for new public employees, forcing them to enroll...
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MEMO: Analysis of the PA Senate Redistricting Commission Plan and the Folmer Amendment
This memo outlines how the Folmer proposal is worse than the process we have now in four important respects....
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Four Misconceptions About a Severance Tax
This explainer memo is a response to some of the most frequent criticisms of instituting a severance tax in...
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