Department of Revenue Analysis Goes Well Beyond Taxes Paid by Drillers
The Department of Revenue’s new analysis obscures as much as it illuminates. The largest tax contributions in each category...
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Statement on 2011-12 Budget: Doing Less with More
The Pennsylvania Legislature has adopted a budget that does less with more, cutting services to children while leaving most...
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Under PA House Leadership Bill, Gas Drillers Would Pay One-Fifth of What They Pay in Texas
The Pennsylvania House may vote next week on a drilling fee plan that asks Marcellus Shale drillers to pay...
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Statement: PA Needs a Budget in Step with Middle-Class Values
This budget turns its back on the state’s most vulnerable, leaving thousands of working Pennsylvanians and children without health...
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STATEMENT: Senate Should Reject Program Notorious for Misuse in Other States
House Bill 2626 would provide profitable corporations a new tax credit just for filling a vacant position without creating...
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Bill to Close Tax Loopholes Doesn’t Get the Job Done
A recent proposal to close corporate tax loopholes that rob Pennsylvania schools, colleges, homeless shelters and other vital services...
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Pennsylvania at Another Crossroads
Over the past few years, many other states, similar to Pennsylvania in 2011 and again today, have faced critical...
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PRESS MEMO: Revenue Options to Finish the 2017-18 Budget
Since 2010, Pennsylvania has consistently enacted budgets that, instead of being paid for by current revenues, borrow from the...
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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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ED BOARD MEMO: Federal Budget Proposal Would Blow Nearly $700 Million Hole in PA Budget by Shifting Food Assistance Costs
President Trump’s budget would make deep cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), also known as food stamps,...
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STATEMENT: On the Trump Administration’s Proposed FY 2019 Federal Budget
This press statement, released on February 12, 2018, shares our reactions to the Trump administration’s FY 2019 budget. It...
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STATEMENT: On Governor Wolf’s Proposed 2018-19 Budget
This press statement, released on February 6, 2018, shares PBPC director Marc Stier’s statement on Governor Wolf’s budget address...
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