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The Pennsylvania Economy League ranked municipalities according to their tax base (high is good) and tax burden (low is good), then combined scores and used the resulting list to divide them into quintiles. Quintile 1 indicates a larger tax base and lower tax burden per household; 5 indicates the least tax base and most tax burden per household. (Source: Pennsylvania Economy League)

The Pennsylvania Economy League released a report on Tuesday showing predictions in its last study have borne out. That’s no ...

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The Capitol dome in Harrisburg, Pa. (AP, file)

Politics & Policy

Pennsylvania House GOP delays vote on budget-balancing plan

Pennsylvania’s House of Representatives is putting off preliminary votes on measures designed to plug state government’s $2.2 ...

7 years ago

In 2015 Wolf met with elected officials and landowners from Wayne County to discuss the moratorium on natural gas development in the Delaware River Basin. Several people in the meeting say he offered to help them open up the region to drilling, if they would help him enact a severance tax.

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Landowners: Wolf suggested opening Delaware River Basin to gas drilling in 2015

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$Dan Plummer fishes for trout in the Delaware River, Delaware County New York. The Delaware River Basin Commission has proposed a ban on fracking along the river.$

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DRBC confirms it will consider banning fracking in basin

7 years ago

According to department secretaries, the House plan aims to redirect money that's already committed for necessary projects. (AP)

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Agency heads voice concern over Pa. GOP budget proposal

Agencies are raising alarms over a Pennsylvania GOP-backed House plan to redirect billions of dollars to fill gaps in the state’s b ...

7 years ago

With U.S. Rep. Charlie Dent's decision not to seek re-election to his seat in Pennsylvania's 15 District, Democrats and Republicans are lining up for a chance to replace the GOP lawmaker. (AP file photo)

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Can Democrats win Charlie Dent’s Pa. congressional seat?

Does the sudden departure of Allentown-area Republican Congressman Charlie Dent give Democrats a shot at Pennsylvania’s 15th Congre ...

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The Pennsylvania state capitol building in Harrisburg (AP Photo)

Politics & Policy

Pa. House GOP contends with intra-caucus disputes over budget fix

Pennsylvania is in its third month with no balanced budget. Governor Tom Wolf, Senate Democrats and Republicans, and House Democra ...

7 years ago

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Pennsylvania applies for another REAL ID extension

Pennsylvania is hoping for another extension from the federal government regarding the enforcement of REAL ID. State lawmakers pas ...

7 years ago

An easement where Sunoco Pipeline is preparing for construction of the Mariner East 2 pipeline. A homeowners group is asking a court to halt construction in that location until Sunoco comes up with a plan to mitigate contaminated soil on the site. (Jon Hurdle/StateImpact)

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Homeowners say Sunoco breached protective order during pipeline construction

7 years ago

U.S. Rep. Charlie Dent, R-Pa. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo)

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Midstate GOP Congressman Charlie Dent won’t seek another term

One of Congress’s most vocal moderates has announced he’s stepping down. Pennsylvania’s 15th District representative, Republ ...

7 years ago

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf (Matt Rourke/AP Photo, file)

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Wolf urges Pennsylvania members of Congress to protect DACA

Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf is urging Pennsylvania’s members of Congress to preserve a program being ended by the Trump administration ...

7 years ago

These undated photos provided by the Bucks County district attorney's office in Doylestown, Pa., show Cosmo DiNardo of Bensalem, Pa., an admitted drug dealer with a history of mental illness (left), and Sean Kratz of Philadelphia. The two are charged in the deaths of four young men in July. (Bucks County District Attorney’s Office via AP)

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DiNardo, cousin will stand trial in slaying of 4 men in Bucks

A judge has held both defendants accused in the Solebury Township, Pennsylvania, killings of four young men for trial in October. ...

7 years ago

Politics & Policy

Pa. House budget plan gets skeptical response from Wolf, Dems and Senate

A group of Pennsylvania House Republicans has unveiled a plan to balance the more than $2 billion budget deficit by, primarily, raiding d ...

7 years ago

An orange fence separates a Delaware County development from a right-of-way for the Mariner East 2 pipeline.

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Sunoco contractors challenge residents’ presence on pipeline right-of-way

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Penn State files paperwork to sue charity Sandusky founded

Penn State has filed paperwork indicating it intends to sue the charity founded by ex-assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky, whose chil ...

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