Taxes & Economy

EPA Seeks Comments on Gas Fracking in Pittsburgh

Elizabeth Stelle
July 6, 2010

On July 22nd, the EPA will hold a 6:00pm public meeting in Canonsburg to gather input for a upcoming study on hydraulic fracturing. The EPA’s 2004 study on the drilling techinque concluded…

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Taxes & Economy

More Reforms Before More Revenue in Transportation

Matthew Brouillette
June 23, 2010

Good morning and thank you Chairman Rafferty for the invitation to testify before your committee and for your consideration of our policy solutions to help address Pennsylvania’s transportation infrastructure funding…

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Taxes & Economy

Obama: More Green for Green Energy

June 4, 2010

Recently when speaking about greening the nation’s energy supply in Pittsburgh, President Obama remarked: [A]nd it means rolling back billions of dollars in tax breaks to oil…

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Taxes & Economy

Follies of Pittsburgh’s Beverage Tax

Elizabeth Stelle
June 1, 2010

This week the student-run Publius Foundation think tank in Pittsburgh released their second study. Looking at the proposed Pittsburgh Beverage Tax, the brief concludes soda taxes harm the economy…

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196 Pittsburgh workers’ pay tops $100K

May 31, 2010

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Public Union Democracy

Public vs. Private Employment & Pay

May 11, 2010

Pennsylvania's private sector lost 113,600 jobs while state and local governments added 40,200 positions between 2000 and 2009, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. At the same time, public-sector…

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Taxes & Economy

Climate Change “Deniers” Protest in Pittsburgh

Elizabeth Stelle
May 3, 2010

Yesterday, PennFuture welcomed Dr. Mann to Pittsburgh as part of the Experts and Heroes conference. As attendees munched on hummus and pita chips some “deniers” protested outside with…

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Taxes & Economy

Obstructionist PennFuture Rants Again

April 21, 2010

Yesterday PennFuture demonstrated in Pittsburgh in support of a moratorium on any new drilling on Pennsylvania’s Marcellus Shale natural gas formation, in an effort to “save the…

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Regulation

Another Plan to Spend Our Way to Prosperity

Nathan Benefield
April 20, 2010

The PA House Democrats unveiled their “jobs plan” yesterday. In short, it is more of the same failed policies of the past, i.e. those of Ridge-Rendell and…

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