Good Jobs, Strong Industries, a Better Pennsylvania: Towards a 21st-Century State Economic Development Policy
Pennsylvania lawmakers today face two challenging pressures that are difficult to reconcile: a) a deep recession that has eroded...
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Follow the Property Tax Money: The Wolf Plan and HB 504 Compared
Pennsylvania is highly reliant on local property taxes to fund its public schools, ranking near the bottom of all...
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Census Data: Fewer Uninsured Americans But Middle Class Struggles Persist
New data Press Released by the U.S. Census Bureau this week offer a mix of good and bad news....
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Better Solutions Exist for Property Tax Issues, PBPC Analyst Testifies
Eliminating school property taxes in Pennsylvania and the strict limits placed on schools SB 1400 would have...
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New Report Examines adultBasic Funding Crisis
The Community Health Reinvestment (CHR) Agreement is due to expire, which would cut the primary funding source for adultBasic,...
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PBPC Testifies Before House Finance Committee on Characteristics of Effective Tax Incentives
In Testimony before the House Finance Committee today on bills to create a series of new tax credit programs,...
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Memo to House Finance Committee: Significant Flaws in Inheritance Tax, Bank Loans Tax Legislation
PA Budget and Policy center urges Pennsylvanians to reconsider Inheritance Tax and Bank Loans Tax Legislation, which would provide...
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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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Pa. House Poised to Hand Out Another Corporate Loophole – This Time for Jets
PA Budget and Policy Center reviews House Bill 1100, which would exempt the sale of private and corporate aircraft...
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School Property Tax Shift Would Have Unintended Consequences
Michael Wood, Research Director of the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center remarks that legislation to eliminate all school property...
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How to Structure a Severance Tax that is Fair to Pennsylvanians
The Pennsylvania General Assembly is drafting legislation to institute a severance tax on the natural gas extracted from the...
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Responsible Growth: Protecting Public Interest with a Natural Gas Severance Tax
Every state with significant mineral wealth, with the exception of Pennsylvania, has adopted a severance tax on the resource...
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