Pennsylvania State Budget Toolkit

The enacted $29 billion General Fund budget (a 1.88 percent increase over 2013-2014) and $71.4 billion total operating budget represent Pennsylvania’s highest spending levels ever—exceeding years when federal stimulus dollars were used to balance the budget.

Commonwealth Foundation Resources and Analysis

• PolicyPoints: Pennsylvania State Budget Trends, 2015
• Five Steps Toward a Balanced Budget
• Summary of Governor Wolf’s 2015-2016 Budget Proposal
• The Impact of Gov. Wolf’s Tax Proposals on Job Creation
• Gov. Wolf’s Proposed Property Tax Shift

• Budget Charts
• PolicyBlog: Who Pays for a Severance Tax?
• PolicyBlog: IFO: Everyone Pays More Under Wolf Tax Shift
• Natural Gas Severance Tax

• Guide to the Taxpayer Protection Act 
  
• Principles for Liquor Privatization
• PolicyPoints: Student Funding Reform
• Out of Control: How Welfare Spending is Driving the Budget Crisis
• Pension Reform Toolkit

PA Budget Info and Data:

• Pennsylvania Office of the Budget
• Pennsylvania Open Government Portal
• PennWatch
• Pennsylvania Department of Revenue – Monthly Revenue Reports
• Independent Fiscal Office
• PA Department of Education – State Funding for School Districts

Pennsylvania State Budget Legislative Resources:

• PA House Democratic Appropriations Committee
• PA House GOP Appropriations Committee 
• Pennsylvania Senate Republicans Budget Page
• Pennsylvania Senate Democratic Appropriations Committee