The PA budget for 2013-2014 fails to adequately address the enormity of the funding crisis facing Pennsylvania schools. Eighty...
read moreOver the past decade, the cost of business tax cuts has tripled, rising to $2.4 billion in the coming...
read moreStatement on the governor’s budget, 2013: The governor’s budget fails to provide sustainable funding to reduce class sizes in...
read moreCutting SNAP will increase hunger and poverty, hurt our local economy, and shift the pain of budget cuts onto...
read moreNew revenue from the city and state is necessary to avoid the most harmful cuts and avert the long-term...
read moreThe School Code (House Bill 1141, PN 2200) establishes a new basic education funding ”formula” with a base distribution...
read morePhiladelphia, like many cities, has faced serious financial difficulties in recent years. These difficulties have forced the city government...
read moreHouse Bill 2626 would provide profitable corporations a new tax credit just for filling a vacant position without creating...
read moreThe Pennsylvania House of Representatives approved a 2013-14 budget bill which locks in cuts that have disproportionately impacted high-poverty...
read moreThe Pennsylvania Legislature has adopted a budget that does less with more, cutting services to children while leaving most...
read moreThis budget turns its back on the state’s most vulnerable, leaving thousands of working Pennsylvanians and children without health...
read moreOn June 6, the Pennsylvania House of Representatives debated and amended the Senate’s budget bill adding $91 million...
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