State Budget

State Budget 2018: Policy Victories & Missed Opportunities

  • June 26, 2018

With a signed state budget, it’s time to review the policy victories and missed opportunities that define the 2018-19 spending package. Victories Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC) expansion: Lawmakers approved…

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Did You Hear?

  • April 28, 2018

“The Commonwealth Foundation … has become a real powerful policy force in Harrisburg to my detriment and the detriment of the things I believe in, but I have to give…

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Did You Hear?

  • April 28, 2018

“The Commonwealth Foundation … has become a real powerful policy force in Harrisburg to my detriment and the detriment of the things I believe in, but I have to give…

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Lawmakers Identify Billions in Budget Savings

  • Elizabeth Stelle
  • May 24, 2016

Today the Taxpayers' Caucus, lead by state Rep. Seth Grove (R-Dover) and Sen. Scott Wagner (R-York), released a comprehensive report identifying over $3 billion in potential savings to Pennsylvania…

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State Budget

Tax Hike Alternatives Could Spare Pennsylvanians’ Pocketbooks

  • May 24, 2016

Tax Hike Alternatives Could Spare Pennsylvanians’ Pocketbooks Taxpayers’ Caucus Report Unveils Billions in Savings   May 24, 2016, HARRISBURG, Pa.—As Gov. Wolf pushes for a multi-billion tax…

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Education

Wolf Veto = $11 Million Bill for Taxpayers

  • Nathan Benefield
  • September 30, 2015

School districts have borrowed $346 million—and taxpayers will pay to pay up to $11 million in interest payments—as a result of Gov. Wolf’s budget vetoes, according to a report…

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Public Union Democracy

“Ludicrous” Union Dues Skim Faces Lawsuits

  • Nathan Benefield
  • April 8, 2015

On Monday, two separate lawsuits were filed in response to Gov. Wolf’s February executive order which opens the door to unionizing tens of thousands of home health care…

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Public Union Democracy

Yesterday’s Paycheck Protection Vote

  • Matthew Brouillette
  • October 16, 2014

Thanks to your voices, yesterday afternoon the state Senate suddenly voted on an aspect of “paycheck protection.” Senator Scott Wagner proposed an amendment yesterday that would end the taxpayer-funded collection…

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