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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Government Accountability

The Shadow Budget Comes to Light

• Elizabeth Stelle, Tirzah Duren
• June 6, 2019

The shadow budget is coming into the light in an unlikely way this…

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State Budget

5 Reasons We Need the Taxpayer Protection Act Now

• June 12, 2018

Gov. Wolf has been pretty optimistic about Pennsylvania’s finances going into budget negotiations for fiscal year 2018-19. Although it’s true the state is not staring down a $2 billion…

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State Budget

Exposing the Shadow Budget

• March 22, 2018

The state budget process needs an overhaul. Over the last two years, Pennsylvanians have witnessed unbalanced budgets, unsustainable spending increases, and harmful tax hikes. Additionally, a gross lack of financial…

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State Budget

Has the Wolf Administration Cured Pennsylvania’s Budget Ills?

• December 15, 2017

Secretary of the Budget Randy Albright gave a surprisingly upbeat mid-year budget briefing yesterday. According to the state’s budget office, Pennsylvania’s structural deficit is virtually gone. Yet, reason…

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State Budget

Gov. Wolf’s Borrowing Schemes Won’t Work

• October 25, 2017

Gov. Wolf’s careless decision to overspend last year has played a significant role in this latest budget impasse. Frustrated with the pace of the process, the governor decided to…

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When a Spending Increase Is a Massive Cut

• Nathan Benefield
• April 11, 2017

Last June, the Pennsylvania legislature passed a $31.53 billion General Fund budget. In February, Gov. Wolf proposed a $32.34 billion budget. This $800 million increase has actually been labeled “…

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Farm Show Complex pays two people to oversee facility during yearlong transition: necessary or wasteful?

• February 12, 2014

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Government Accountability

City Slickers #1 and #2

• February 10, 2006

This is funny. The Lt. Governor’s office issued this news release announcing that she and Gov. Rendell purchased the first and second fishing license. Talk about two fishies out of…

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