Regulation

Pennsylvania’s Gambling Addiction

• July 9, 2009

Five years ago this month, Gov. Rendell signed into law the signature policy achievement of his tenure -- legalized slot machine gambling. Act 71 of 2004 allows for 61,000 slot…

Commentary

State Budget

Rendell’s Actual Budget Proposal

• Nathan Benefield
• July 8, 2009

Number crunchers around Harrisburg may remember last week, I posted a spreadsheet of the Pennsylvania state budget proposals, but had to guess at Governor Rendell’s allocation of federal stimulus…

Media

Taxes & Economy

Climate Change Alarmists Seek to Educate NEPA Taxpayers

• July 8, 2009

The Mertz-Gilmore Foundation, a self-described “sustainable environment” grant making institution based out of New York City, recently announced its plan to give a $50,000 grant to PennFuture, to “support…

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State Budget

Budget Facts 2009: PA State Budget Overview

• July 8, 2009

Pennsylvania faces a $3 billion tax revenue shortfall in the state’s General Fund Budget. Competing proposals from Gov. Ed Rendell and the Republican-led Senate differ on raising taxes and reducing/reprioritizing spending.

Fact Sheet

Higher Income Taxes Will Cost Jobs

• July 8, 2009

HARRISBURG, PA — Economists at the Beacon Hill Institute (BHI) at Suffolk University published a rebuttal to the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center’s (PBPC) criticism of the Pennsylvania State Tax…

Press Release

Blogging about the Commonwealth Foundation

• Nathan Benefield
• July 8, 2009

Here are some of the blogs who have given us some linkage on a a variety of budget-related issues over the past week. BucksRight, PA Family Institute Blog,…

Media

State Budget

PA House Democrats Against Tax Hikes

• Nathan Benefield
• July 8, 2009

Contrary to the Rendell administration’s claims that many Republicans will support a personal income tax increase, the opposite it likely true.  John Micek writes that there are maybe…

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State Budget

Reject Rendell’s Zugzwang

• Matthew Brouillette
• July 7, 2009

Observers of the state budget process under Gov. Rendell and a divided General Assembly know that it is akin to a high-stakes chess match, replete with public relations offensives and…

Commentary

State Budget

Pennsylvania Budget and Tax Updates

• Nathan Benefield
• July 7, 2009

Here are some brief highlights on the Pennsylvania budget: Brian O’Neill editorializes angrily on “America’s Largest Full-Time State Legislature” failing to do their job, again, and includes phone numbers.

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