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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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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Lawmakers Examine Proposed Legislative Fiscal Office
PA Budget and Policy Center Director, Sharon Ward, testifies during a public hearing, examining a plan to examined a...
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House Committee Considers Severance Tax, PBPC Offers Testimony
Testifying at the April 3 hearing, PBPC Research Director Michael Wood highlighted just how common severance taxes are across...
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Testimony by Sharon Ward before the Senate Majority Policy Committee
Sharon Ward of PA Budget and Policy Center registers opposition to Senate Bill 7 and 707. Her Testimony warns...
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Testimony by Michael Wood on State Budget
Michael Wood, of the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center, shares his Testimony regarding the 2007-2008 State Budget.
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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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Testimony: State Education Funding Cuts and Addressing Property Tax Reform
“Pennsylvania can afford to pay more for schools and property tax relief,” testifies Sharon Ward of the Pennsylvania Budget...
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Testimony by Michael Wood on Severance Tax Proposal
Michael Wood of the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center testified on the proposed natural gas severance tax before the...
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Testimony: KRC Exec Dir. at Senate Hearing on Proposals to Increase the Personal Income and Sales/Use Taxes
Stephen Herzenberg, of the Keystone Research Center, gives testimony at the Senate Finance Committee Public Hearing on proposals to...
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Testimony: Time to End the Excuses and Enact a Severance Tax on Natural Gas
Michael Wood presents for a joint hearing of the Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee and Senate Finance Committee....
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KRC Files Affidavit in PA School Funding Lawsuit
In July of 2018, petitioners in Pennsylvania’s school funding lawsuit filed a brief and affidavits refuting the claim made...
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