State Budget

Balancing the 2026 State Budget

  • June 12, 2026

Controlling and Prioritizing Spending Can Help Balance the Budget Summary Gov. Josh Shapiro’s 2026–27 budget proposal spends $3.2 billion more than last year and drains the Rainy-Day Fund, increasing the…

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Regulation

Kings of Cabernet Caught Grabbing Grift, Gifts, Golf

  • June 19, 2012

So how do some alcohol vendors become wine winners and others liquor losers under a state-run monopoly?  Well, a scathing new report by the Inspector General’s Office, broken this…

Media

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State Budget

Do Rendell’s Budget Numbers Add Up?

  • Nathan Benefield
  • July 6, 2009

Mario Cattabiani and Angela Couloumbis take a look at some of Gov. Rendell’s latest budget rhetoric, namely his claim that 50% of Pennsylvanians don’t pay the Personal Income Tax,…

Media

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