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Taxes

Small businesses, like this coffee ship in Pittsburgh, might benefit from the GOP-led tax code overhaul. But some might not. (AP)
Money

Some small Pa. businesses uneasy over proposed tax code changes

Smaller business owners would also get a lower rate on some of their income, but there are limits to who would benefit.

5 years ago

College Hall on the University of Pennsylvania campus. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Money

GOP tax plan calls for levy on endowment-rich universities, colleges

Republicans have criticized the nation’s wealthiest universities for accruing billions of dollars while avoiding most taxes due to their nonprofit status.

5 years ago

President Donald Trump speaks about tax reform during an event at the Harrisburg International Airport, Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017, in Middletown, Pa.
Politics & Policy

Trump seeks end to health care penalty in House GOP tax bill

President Donald Trump is pressuring Republicans to repeal a health care law penalty in their tax rewrite.

5 years ago

Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Pa. Ballot Question / Conservative media / Foreign lobbying

Guests: Ryan Briggs, Callum Borchers,  Theodoric Meyer        We begin today’s show discussing the ball ...

Air Date: November 2, 2017

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Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf (left) and U.S. Sen Bob Casey.
Politics & Policy

As U.S. House GOP gets ready to talk taxes, Pa. Dems lobby to keep local deductions

Getting rid of the state and local tax deduction known as SALT would be "a tax increase on the middle class, pure and simple," said Gov. Tom Wolf.

5 years ago

NewsWorks Tonight

NewsWorks Tonight, October 25, 2017

A new analysis finds those assigned public defenders in Pennsylvania are more likely to receive the death penalty.  A tax reform amendme ...

Air Date: October 25, 2017

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Pa. Capitol Building, Harrisburg. (Kevin McCorry/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Uncertainty swirls around Pa. property tax amendment that will soon go before voters

A constitutional change before Pennsylvania voters could lower property taxes and shake up school funding. Or it could do nothing at all.

5 years ago

Listen 0:00
The capitol is seen against a darkened blue sky
Politics & Policy

Q&A on the GOP effort to overhaul the nation's tax system

But can they deliver? What are the next steps for Congress? How would the changes affect the average taxpayer? Some questions and answers:

5 years ago

NewsWorks Tonight

NewsWorks Tonight, October 20, 2017

The Philadelphia region’s Congressional delegation reacts to the Senate’s tax reform vote. Temple University law professor D ...

Air Date: October 20, 2017

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Toomey walks through a hallway in the Capitol
NewsWorks Tonight
Politics & Policy

N.J., Pa. GOP push tax overhaul, with one key reservation — property tax deductions

The effort to overhaul the nation's tax code is testing the GOP's ability to govern, and right now the region's lawmakers are highlighting the difficulty facing party leaders.

5 years ago

Listen 4:54
A man in a tan jacket and blue tie, the American flag off to the left
Politics & Policy

Democrats, moderate Republicans finding new path for Pa. shale tax

Natural gas severance tax proponents say going through new committee could be breakthrough in Pennsylvania legislature.

5 years ago

City Controller Alan Butkovitz outlines the impact of Philadelphia's beverage tax on businesses, 88 percent of which reported some level of revenue loss. Losses appeared to be concentrated in some of the city's poorest neighborhoods.
Money

Soda tax killing small Philly businesses, Butkovitz contends

City Controller Alan Butkovitz says the city's soda tax is hammering small businesses, and he says he has new numbers that prove it.

5 years ago

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Education

How N.J. school district consolidation would look under a Murphy or Guadagno administration

As a co-sponsor of the gubernatorial debate held on Oct 10, 2017, NJ Spotlight won the chance to ask one question of candidates Phil Murp ...

5 years ago

President Donald Trump speaks about tax reform during an event at the Harrisburg International Airport, Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017, in Middletown, Pa.
Speak Easy
Politics & Policy

The Trump-GOP tax reform proposal doesn’t match the rhetoric

Trump-GOP plan makes an unfair system even worse, rewarding the corporate elite and rich while leaving small businesses and the overall economy as losers.

5 years ago

 Holtec International built a manufacturing facility in Camden, New Jersey, thanks to a $260 million tax break made possible by the state's Economic Opportunity Act.  (Emma Lee/WHYY, file)
Money

N.J. offers new small-business loans amid tax break boom in Camden, other cities

The same N.J. agency that’s handed out billions of dollars in tax breaks to large companies is offering a new slate of grants for small businesses.

5 years ago

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