Testimony: The Best Way to Improve Philadelphia’s Business Climate? Fund the Schools.
This is the Testimony that Sharon Ward presented to the Philadelphia City Council Finance Committee on December 11, 2013...
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A Closer Look at Property Tax Plans and What They Mean for Pa. Schools
Property taxes have been a subject of much debate in Pennsylvania, and efforts to reform them have heated up...
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Corporate Tax Cuts Help Put State in the Red
A decade of corporate tax cuts are a major reason that Pennsylvania is expected to have far fewer resources...
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A Comparative Analysis of the Pennsylvania Senate and House 2015-2016 Budget Proposals
This comparative analysis considers the two proposed budgets for 2015-2016 (SB 1073, which is largely bi-partisan, and HB 1046,...
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Analysis of School Funding in SB 1073
In this Reports and Briefing Papers, PBPC provides our analysis of Senate Bill 1073 and its impact on Pennsylvania’s...
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Technical addendum: understanding the difference between the two budgets
This addendum clears up confusion between the two buget proposals, SB 1073 and HB 1460. Specifically, looking at direct...
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Expanding the Sales Tax in an Equitable Way
As the political leaders considers increases in the sales tax, we call on them to expand the base of...
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The Shale Tipping Point: The Relationship of Drilling to Crime, Truck Fatalities, STDs, and Rents in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Ohio
Considerable evidence indicates that shale development in Pennsylvania has followed a similar trajectory as hydro-fracking, with documented increased traffic,...
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A Fair Share Tax Plan for Pennsylvania: How to Raise Revenues While Sparing Most Pennsylvanians
Pennsylvania desperately needs new, recurring revenues, both to overcome a serious structural deficit that may lead to devastating budget...
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STATEMENT: On Passage of the U.S. Senate GOP Tax Bill
This press statement, released on December 2, 2017, shares PBPC director Marc Stier’s statement on the passage of the...
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Where Pennsylvania Low-Wage Workers Live
This revised Reports and Briefing Papers addresses the debate about the need for raising the minimum wage by estimating...
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Job Losses Due to Trade Since NAFTA Deepen Pennsylvania Manufacturing Crisis
In the context of an intense national and state debate about the future of U.S. manufacturing, this Reports and...
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