Education

Budget Solution of the Week: School Choice

  • January 20, 2017

Earlier this month, House Majority Leader Dave Reed challenged his colleagues to change the way Harrisburg operates: “Now is the time to reimagine and redesign government, our state and…

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The Case Against Tax Hikes

  • December 22, 2016

Pennsylvania’s financial condition is challenging policymakers to change how state government operates. For example, House Majority Leader Dave Reed recently called for a “restructuring” of government as an…

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State Budget

What Is in the House Budget?

  • Nathan Benefield
  • June 28, 2016

Last night, the Pennsylvania House Appropriations Committee advanced a $31.6 billion general fund budget. This budget is now lined up for a final vote in the House. Here is…

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State Budget

Wolf Signs Stop-Gap Budget With Punitive Line-Item Vetoes

  • Nathan Benefield
  • December 29, 2015

This morning, Gov. Tom Wolf signed the state budget on his desk, using his line-item veto (and item-reduction veto) power to cut the spending by more than $6 billion, targeting certain…

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State Budget

Senate Passes Budget, Sends to Governor

  • Nathan Benefield
  • December 23, 2015

Things have changed quickly in the Capitol this week. On Monday, we wrote about a potential House vote on an emergency funding bill. That plan was scrapped. Yesterday, we talked…

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State Budget

A Brief History of Wolf’s Tax Hikes

  • Nathan Benefield
  • December 6, 2015

Yesterday, the State House of Representatives announced they were moving off the latest Wolf tax hike proposal and onto a new plan that called for less spending and fewer…

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State Budget

Audio: Gov. Wolf Goes Down Swinging

  • Jonathan Reginella
  • October 15, 2015

Last week, Gov. Wolf struck out after his third attempt to enact massive tax hikes was voted down in a bipartisan effort by the House of Representatives­. CF’s…

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Regulation

Tackling our Structural Deficit Without Tax Hikes

  • October 13, 2015

“I’m not taking anything off the table” said Gov. Wolf shortly after his tax plan was resoundingly defeated in the House last week. The governor’s refusal to abandon…

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