Pennsylvania lawmakers today face two challenging pressures that are difficult to reconcile: a) a deep recession that has eroded...
read morePennsylvania is highly reliant on local property taxes to fund its public schools, ranking near the bottom of all...
read moreNew data Press Released by the U.S. Census Bureau this week offer a mix of good and bad news....
read moreEliminating school property taxes in Pennsylvania and the strict limits placed on schools SB 1400 would have...
read moreThe Community Health Reinvestment (CHR) Agreement is due to expire, which would cut the primary funding source for adultBasic,...
read moreIn Testimony before the House Finance Committee today on bills to create a series of new tax credit programs,...
read morePA Budget and Policy center urges Pennsylvanians to reconsider Inheritance Tax and Bank Loans Tax Legislation, which would provide...
read moreThe House will once again consider HB 1100, which would eliminate sales and use tax on the purchase of...
read morePA Budget and Policy Center reviews House Bill 1100, which would exempt the sale of private and corporate aircraft...
read moreMichael Wood, Research Director of the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center remarks that legislation to eliminate all school property...
read moreThe Pennsylvania General Assembly is drafting legislation to institute a severance tax on the natural gas extracted from the...
read moreEvery state with significant mineral wealth, with the exception of Pennsylvania, has adopted a severance tax on the resource...
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