State Budget

The Road to Better Infrastructure

• Tirzah Duren
• January 3, 2020

Anyone who has ever driven on Pennsylvania’s roads knows this state is filled with structurally deficient bridges—3,770 to be exact—and that the skill of artfully swerving around potholes is essential…

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Taxes & Economy

Restore PA Doubles Down on Taxes

• August 29, 2019

Pennsylvania native and founding father Benjamin Franklin once wrote, “The problem with common sense is, it isn’t.” As with so very many things in the political sphere, in Governor Wolf’s…

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State Budget

Making Bad Investments Won’t Restore PA

• Tirzah Duren
• June 3, 2019

Governor Wolf’s Restore PA plan utilizes a natural gas severance tax and borrowing to fund infrastructure improvements. There’s a better way to improve our infrastructure.

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Safe and Smart: Tearing Down Obstacles to Work

• September 27, 2018

What does Pennsylvania gain from putting up more barriers to work for people getting out of prison? Making the comeback from a criminal conviction to rejoining the community is hard…

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State Budget

Senate Transportation Proposal Rolls On

• June 6, 2013

In a bipartisan vote, the state Senate approved a bill that would fund a $2.5 billion increase in Pennsylvania’s transportation funding. Like Gov. Corbett’s…

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State Budget

Transportation Plan Falls Short of Principles

• Matthew Brouillette
• February 11, 2013

We’ve received several requests for our assessment of Governor Corbett’s transportation proposal, in light of our principles for transportation funding. Here is our take. First, transportation is a…

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Taxes & Economy

Pittsburgh Transit Bailout Railroads Taxpayers

• Nathan Benefield
• August 23, 2012

PA Independent reports that Pennsylvania state taxpayers will give $30 million to the Port Authority of Allegheny County to entice the local union to sign a contract: Pittsburgh’s…

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PennDOT’s managers can earn overtime

• February 10, 2012

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Taxes & Economy

Wagner’s Warning on Turnpike Debt Not Exaggerated

• Elizabeth Stelle
• January 10, 2012

Auditor General Jack Wagner claims the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission is in a state of fiscal crisis following a 181 percent increase in long-term debt since 2007. This shouldn’t…

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