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Posts tagged with PA Budget

Last Updated: Mar. 09, 2018 · 12:40 p.m.

State lawmakers are calling foul on Gov. Wolf’s plan to siphon money from special environmental funds in order to fill budget gaps

Pennsylvania could face a budget deficit of $1.5 billion this year, per official state projections

PA is balancing its budget with expanded gambling

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A severance tax that has bipartisan support is stalled in Harrisburg

PA Senate on the House spending plan: Um, no

This is not Philly. These shots are from Glasgow in 2011, on a set meant to look like Philadelphia for 'World War Z.'

Philly’s Film Office will rally for more tax credits

Pennsylvania offers film producers $60 million total each year in tax credits, and there are concerns even that money could go away.

PA’s projected pension debt “over the next few decades”: $60 billion

Underperforming revenues are on track to set the state up with a $600M budget shortfall

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Philly’s soda tax

Sin taxes and Pennsylvania’s poor: New cigarette levy fits a pattern

Why do sin taxes typically impact the poor to a greater a degree?

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Netflix, e-cigarettes and all the other new taxes in Pennsylvania

We have a state budget. We also have a ton of new taxes.

Funding plan passes in the House, passes in the Senate. Wolf to sign ✅

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Surprising PA budget claim from GOP leader almost checks out

Speaker Mike Turzai stated that budget that passed under Governor Tom Corbett "finished in the black." We looked into that.

Looks like’re getting a budget: Gov. Wolf says he won’t sign without revenue package, but will let it lapse into law

Yikes: Moody’s warns PA that it’ll lower the state’s bond rating

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Pennsylvania maybe has a budget! Here’s what you need to know

Lawmakers may think they know how to spend the money. Now they just need to figure out how to make it.

Deja vu? Gov. Tom Wolf won’t approve the House’s budget plan

For the new budget, Gov. Wolf planned to ask for $350M for education. Here’s why he’s now going to ask for $250M

PA budget talk: We can expect a structural deficit of $1.6B to $2B

The budget impasse is finally over

Tweet from @GovernorTomWolf

The PA budget’s nine months late, but the general assembly will vote on a new plan today