Let’s Stop the Gimmicks

  • Andrew Abramczyk
  • June 21, 2019

If you took out a mortgage on your house and used it to buy groceries, would you say that you were covering your expenses with your income? How about if…

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State Budget

People Everywhere Just Want to Be Free (Of Taxes)

  • April 12, 2018

Pennsylvanians work nearly four months a year just to pay the taxes imposed at the various levels of government. This is just one of the many findings in the Tax…

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State Budget

Five Taxpayer Protection Act Facts Every Pennsylvanian Should Know

  • January 29, 2018

House Bill 110, also known as the Taxpayer Protection Act (TPA), would amend Pennsylvania’s constitution to limit spending increases to the combined rate of inflation and population growth over a…

Fact Sheet

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Government Accountability

Overhauling Pennsylvania’s Budget Practices

  • December 11, 2017

Pennsylvania’s broken budget process hurts working Pennsylvanians. In the last two years, the state legislature passed spending packages, which Gov. Wolf allowed to become law without his signature, before authorizing…

Memo

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Regulation

What to Know about the Senate Budget

  • Nathan Benefield
  • June 30, 2017

Late last night, the Senate unveiled its version of the spending side of a state budget. The Senate advanced the bill from the Appropriations Committee with a full floor vote…

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State Budget

PA Budget: What the Constitution Mandates

  • Nathan Benefield
  • June 28, 2017

As lawmakers debate the details of a new state budget, it’s crucial to remember what our state constitution requires them to do. The Pennsylvania Constitution does not require a…

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Government Accountability

Tomorrow’s Two Ballot Questions for Every Party

  • Elizabeth Stelle
  • April 25, 2016

Tomorrow's primary election is largely a partisan affair in which only registered Republicans or Democrats can vote for the presidential nominee and nominees for state office. But there is one…

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State Budget

Five Ways to Avoid Another Budget Hostage Crisis

  • April 13, 2016

The state budget impasse may be over, but Pennsylvanians are still reeling from Gov. Wolf’s budget vetoes. The Times-Tribune reports the Women’s Resource Center of Scranton, which serves domestic…

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