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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Maintain and Improve State Inheritance Tax, Don’t Eliminate It
Sharon Ward of The PA Budget and Policy Center testifies before the House Finance Committee regarding state inheritance tax....
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Fact Check on Severance Taxes and Marcellus Shale
In 2010, the Pennsylvania General Assembly took steps to enact a severance tax on natural gas drilled in...
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Plan Would Mark Significant Compromise on Severance Tax
Senate leaders rejected the compromise within the severance tax plan and have refused to budge from a plan that...
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What Does the Tax Foundation Business Climate Index Really Tell Us?
The Tax Foundation Press Released its 2011 Business Tax Climate Index, ranking Pennsylvania 26th in the nation. In this...
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Natural Gas Industry Report Falsely Claims Sky Will Fall if Severance Tax Enacted
A study financed by the gas industry, overplays the positive impacts of increased natural gas production, while minimizing the...
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Property Tax Elimination Bill Threatens Long-term Public School Funding
House Bill 76 and Senate Bill 76 would create a funding gap that leaves Pennsylvania’s students permanently behind. Pennsylvania...
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Reform, Not Repeal: Pennsylvania Can Provide Property Tax Relief and Protect Public Schools
This paper examines the roles between property taxes and public education in Pennsylvania. Eliminating school property taxes, as some...
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Webinar: What’s At Stake for PA Schools in Property Tax Elimination Proposal
Hear firsthand from Mark Ryan of the Independent Fiscal Office and Sharon Ward of the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy...
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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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Cutting 90,000 Pennsylvania Women from the SelectPlan for Women Program Is Bad Policy
The Department of Public Welfare (DPW) will end family planning coverage for almost 90,000 low income women currently enrolled...
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A Must-Have for Pennsylvania, Part 2: Investment in Higher Education for Growth and Opportunity
Pennsylvania’s deep cuts in funding to K-12 education since 2010-11 have drawn a great deal of attention in recent...
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