Taxes & Economy

Job-Killing Marcellus Energy TAX Emerges

• February 6, 2012

A new TAX on Marcellus Shale appears on the horizon. Below is a summary of the behind-closed-doors deal struck by a handful of legislators and staff, according to a memo…

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Energy

Memo on Marcellus Shale Impact Fee “Deal”

• Matthew Brouillette
• February 6, 2012

Memo from Matthew Brouillette to Pennsylvania General Assembly on Marcellus Shale Impact Fee "Deal."…

Commentary

Frothing Frackaphobes Fermenting Fear

• January 18, 2012

Courtesy of John Micek’s daily must-read blog Capitol Ideas comes a post on an Esquire magazine article articulating the latest lunacy foisted by phobic fracking fact foes furiously fomenting…

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Taxes & Economy

Impact Fee: Compromise on Details, not Principles

• January 18, 2012

Capitolwire reports (subscription required) on the negotiations between the House and Senate Marcellus Shale impact fee bills — HB 1950 and SB 1100. Here’s a recap: The fee…

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Taxes & Economy

PennFuture’s Political Games

• December 27, 2011

Enviro-profiteers PennFuture (an environmental activist group) misused tens of thousands of taxpayers’ dollars, and what was the President and CEO Jan Jarrett’s response? “My bad.” Jarrett admitted…

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Taxes & Economy

Marcellus Drilling Rescues Williamsport

• December 27, 2011

Earlier this month, I visited Williamsport, home of the Little League World Series and a growing economy. Clearly it’s not just baseball that brightens this central Pa. city…

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Why Gov. Corbett Didn’t Get His Christmas Wish List

• Matthew Brouillette
• December 22, 2011

For Christmas this year, Gov. Tom Corbett hoped the legislature would gift wrap three things he could tie a bow on:  An education reform package that included school vouchers, state…

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Union Party vs. Taxpayer Party: PA’s Political Paradigm

• Matthew Brouillette
• December 20, 2011

If you don’t receive our Weekly Update every Monday via email, here’s what you missed yesterday.  If you want to get these updates directly, sign up here. Dear…

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Education

The Growing Lobbying Might of the PSEA

• Priya Brannick
• December 19, 2011

The Pennsylvania State Education Association, the state’s largest government union with 192,000 members, spent an astonishing $2.6 million in 2009-10 on “political activities and lobbying.” If that seems like a…

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