In Case You Missed It: Third and State Blog for Week of April 4
This week, we blogged about oppressive regimes and income inequality, what the top CEOs are making these days and calls this week for state lawmakers to grow the revenue pie. IN CASE YOU MISSED IT:read...
View ArticleGrowing the Revenue Pie
On Wednesday, educators, students, advocates for women and domestic violence victims, faith groups and others delivered pies to all 253 of our state lawmakers in Harrisburg. Yes, pies.The event,...
View ArticleNot So Special Care
A blog post from Sharon Ward, originally published on Third and State.It has been just about six weeks since the adultBasic program came to an end, leaving 42,000 Pennsylvanians without affordable...
View ArticleFact Checking Claims About Pennsylvania and West Virginia Drilling
Pennsylvania's Acting Revenue Secretary Dan Meuser told lawmakers in a budget hearing last month that only 20 Marcellus Shale gas wells have been drilled in West Virginia since that state enacted a...
View ArticleIn Case You Missed It: Third and State Blog for Week of April 11
This week, we blogged about adultBasic and (Not So) Special Care, a lack of accountability in the Educational Improvement Tax Credit Program, a fact check on claims about gas drilling in West Virginia...
View Article'Close the Tax Loopholes' Day
Today is Tax Day, but perhaps we should rename it "Close the Tax Loopholes Day." That is the message delivered by Sharon Ward, Director of the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center, in an op-ed in...
View ArticleDespite Changes, Senate Voucher Plan Deeply Flawed
A blog post from Stephen Herzenberg, originally published on Third and State.Next week, the Pennsylvania Senate may take up an amended plan to create the largest-in-the nation private school vouchers...
View ArticleYes, Governor, Texas Levies Property Taxes
A blog post from Michael Wood, originally published on Third and State.The Patriot-Newsreports that Governor Corbett, speaking to a meeting of township commissioners Monday, said: “Texas doesn’t have a...
View ArticleThird and State This Week: Closing Loopholes, a Flawed School Vouchers Plan...
This week, we blogged about closing tax loopholes on Tax Day, a deeply flawed school vouchers plan in the state Senate, Governor Corbett's claims about property taxes in Texas, and much more. IN CASE...
View ArticleMillionaire Tax Didn't Chase the Rich From Jersey, So Why Not a Higher Tax...
A blog post from Stephen Herzenberg, originally published on Third and State.Anti-tax advocates maintain that higher tax rates on the wealthy lead to millionaire flight. But a study of a 2004...
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