Pennsylvania lawmakers today face two challenging pressures that are difficult to reconcile: a) a deep recession that has eroded...
read morePoverty holds steady for Pennsylvania, although some communities see increases. Unemployment compensation played a pivotal role in blunting the...
read moreAccording to The U.S. Census Bureau, the number of individuals in poverty and without health insurance increased and median...
read morePennsylvania second only to Michigan in loss of employer health care coverage. Despite more Pennsylvania children losing employer coverage,...
read moreThe Community Health Reinvestment (CHR) Agreement is due to expire, which would cut the primary funding source for adultBasic,...
read moreThe General Assembly is now considering several proposals to enact a tax on natural gas production (called a severance...
read moreThe Pennsylvania General Assembly is drafting legislation to institute a severance tax on the natural gas extracted from the...
read moreSenate leaders rejected the compromise within the severance tax plan and have refused to budge from a plan that...
read moreThe Tax Foundation Press Released its 2011 Business Tax Climate Index, ranking Pennsylvania 26th in the nation. In this...
read morePA Budget and Policy Center Director, Sharon Ward, testifies during a public hearing, examining a plan to examined a...
read moreThis budget analysis shows that the state budget proposed by Governor Ed Rendell for the 2010-11 Fiscal Year, is...
read moreFollowing declining tax revenue due to the national recession, Congress passed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). The...
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