Health Care

Policy Recommendations to Fight COVID-19 in Pennsylvania

• March 24, 2020

As Pennsylvania faces its greatest crisis in decades, it is imperative that legislators take the lead and enact key heath care, education, and budget reforms to help Pennsylvania families and small…

Fact Sheet

State Budget

The Taxpayer Protection Act: An Updated Legislator’s Guide

• February 14, 2019

Pennsylvanians pay $4,589 per person in state and local taxes, which equals 10.2 percent of residents’ total income. This trend must be reversed by restraining spending growth through long-term reforms…

Fact Sheet

Regulation

Turnpike Toll Hikes Highlight Missed Opportunities

• Elizabeth Stelle, Nathan Benefield
• November 30, 2018

There are three things Pennsylvanians have learned to count on: death, taxes, and Turnpike toll hikes. On January 6th, the state toll road will increase rates by another 6…

Media

Taxes & Economy

Pennsylvania’s Path to Tax Relief

• Bob Dick
• November 15, 2018

Pennsylvania’s high state and local tax burden is hindering job growth, suppressing wages, and enabling wasteful government spending.

Memo

State Budget

The Taxpayer Protection Act: A Legislator’s Guide

• April 26, 2018

Pennsylvania’s high state and local tax burden is the consequence of a decades-long spending binge. Pennsylvanians currently pay $4,589 per person in state and local taxes, which equals 10.2 percent…

Fact Sheet

State Budget

More Money Coming to a Wallet Near You?

• January 30, 2018

Pennsylvania's tax burden on individuals and the businesses that employ them is far from a warm welcome to the Keystone State. Earlier this month, a House appropriations subcommittee hosted…

Media

School Spending updates, 2014-15

• August 15, 2017

Pennsylvania school districts spent approximately $27.4 billion in 2014-15. This represents a $1.3 billion increase from 2013-14, despite a 12,000 student decrease in average daily membership.

Commentary

School Spending updates, 2014-15

• August 15, 2017

Pennsylvania school districts spent approximately $27.4 billion in 2014-15. This represents a $1.3 billion increase from 2013-14, despite a 12,000 student decrease in average daily membership.

Commentary

State Budget

Is State Spending “Cut to the Bone”?

• Nathan Benefield
• August 3, 2017

One of the justifications Gov. Wolf uses to raise taxes—for the fifth time in nine years—is that state government spending has been relatively restrained. This argument suggests that other…

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