Pennsylvania is highly reliant on local property taxes to fund its public schools, ranking near the bottom of all...
read moreOver the past few years, many other states, similar to Pennsylvania in 2011 and again today, have faced critical...
read moreStephen Herzenberg, of the Keystone Research Center, gives Testimony regarding tax fairness and revenue adequacy in regards to proposals...
read moreMichael Wood presents for a joint hearing of the Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee and Senate Finance Committee....
read moreOne of the primary issues being negotiated in the 2015-16 budget is school property tax relief. There are several...
read moreResponding to overwhelming public support for enacting a severance tax on natural gas production, Governor Wolf and several members...
read moreReports and Research Papers concludes that raising the minimum wage, strengthening unions, and requiring CEOs and other top earners...
read moreThis comparative analysis considers the two proposed budgets for 2015-2016 (SB 1073, which is largely bi-partisan, and HB 1046,...
read moreIn this Reports and Briefing Papers, PBPC provides our analysis of Senate Bill 1073 and its impact on Pennsylvania’s...
read moreThis addendum clears up confusion between the two buget proposals, SB 1073 and HB 1460. Specifically, looking at direct...
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