Taxes & Economy

Map of State and Local Sales Tax Rates

• Nathan Benefield
• October 19, 2009

The Tax Foundation has a new map showing sales tax rates by state – including both the state rate and the average local rate. With the local included, Pennsylvania…

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Regulation

Philly Pension “Reform”: A Vote to Raise Taxes Now and in the Future

• Matthew Brouillette, Richard Dreyfuss
• September 11, 2009

The state budget impasse hinges on the inability of Governor Rendell and the House Democrat Majority to garner enough votes for state tax increases.  Yet for now it seems enough…

Commentary

Tea Party Express Coming to Pennsylvania

• Nathan Benefield
• September 8, 2009

The Tea Party Express will be hitting several cities in Pennsylvania this week, before heading to DC on September 12. The bus tour will be holding events in the…

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Regulation

CF Analysis of Municipal Pension Bill

• September 8, 2009

Commonwealth Foundation Senior Fellow Richard C. Dreyfuss – an actuary and former HR executive for Hershey Foods who is one of PA’s leading experts on state and municipal pensions presented…

Press Release

Cinema and the city: Movies are hot in Pittsburgh

• September 4, 2009

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Ravenstahl pleads to delay state takeover of Pittsburgh’s pensions

• September 4, 2009

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Public Union Democracy

Tolling I-80 is a Recipe for Disaster

• September 3, 2009

Once again, state lawmakers, bureaucrats and special interest groups are looking for another way to grab more money from Pennsylvanians.  The latest rendition is tolling Interstate 80 across the northern…

Commentary

Regulation

Pennsylvania Municipal Pension Reform in a Nutshell

• Elizabeth Stelle
• August 27, 2009

Yesterday the Senate approved HB 1828, a long and complicated bill full of so-called pension reforms and potential local tax increases. Here’s a basic summary of the provisions following…

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The Pennsylvania Pension Bailout

• Elizabeth Stelle
• August 25, 2009

Pennsylvania legislators are drawing nearer to implementing a bailout bill for Philadelphia and a state takeover for insolvent municipal pension funds in cities like Pittsburgh. While pension reforms are…

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