Proposed Tax Breaks for Natural Gas Industry Are Bad Deal for Pennsylvanians
The General Assembly is now considering several proposals to enact a tax on natural gas production (called a severance...
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How to Structure a Severance Tax that is Fair to Pennsylvanians
The Pennsylvania General Assembly is drafting legislation to institute a severance tax on the natural gas extracted from the...
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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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Missed Opportunities: An Analysis of 2010-11 Budget
Pennsylvania’s 2010-2011 budget increases funding to meet mandated expenditures for public health care and corrections. It offsets those increases...
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Pennsylvania’s Industry Partnerships – Foundation For A Competitive And Prosperous Pennsylvania
Keystone Research Center Executive Director Stephen Herzenberg delivered Testimony on February 24, 2010 at a Pennsylvania House Labor Relations...
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KRC Testimony to Joint Economic Development and Fiscal Accountability Hearings
This document contains the Testimony of Stephen Herzenberg of the Keystone Research Center on House Bill 2340 and Senate...
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Getting Pennsylvania’s Economy Back on Track: Federal Policies Save Thousands of Jobs and Prevent Much Higher Unemployment Across Pennsylvania
This Reports and Briefing Papers asks the following question: What would the Pennsylvania jobs situation and unemployment rate look...
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State of Working Pennsylvania 2010
“The State of Working Pennsylvania 2010” is the KRC’s 15th annual check-up on the Pennsylvania economy.
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Making Smarter State Investments
The state of Pennsylvania currently gives out roughly $300 million dollars each year to attract businesses to Pennsylvania or...
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