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Taxes

from top left to bottom right, Sen. Al Franken, Julian Assange, Rep. Paul Ryan, Roy Moore (Associated Press)
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Political roundtable with Sabrina Siddiqui and Dick Polman

Guests: Sabrina Siddiqui, Dick Polman We have a lot of politics to discuss today. The GOP tax plan just passed th ...

Air Date: November 20, 2017

Listen 49:18
(AP, file)
Politics & Policy

Next year’s Pa. budget projected to have $1 billion hole

Pennsylvania is already on track to have a significant budget gap to fill next year.

8 years ago

U.S. Rep. Tom MacArthur,
Dave Davies: Off Mic
Politics & Policy

Tax code overhaul: How area representatives voted

Just one congressman from New Jersey voted in favor of the GOP tax plan.

8 years ago

Listen 1:03
Gov. Tom Wolf intends to borrow from Pennsylvania's Tobacco Settlement Fund to balance the books. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Pa. to fill budget holes by borrowing against tobacco fund

The loan from the Tobacco Settlement Fund will give the commonwealth money to balance its books up front. It will be paid back over several decades.

8 years ago

White House adviser Ivanka Trump and Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin speak in Bayville, N.J., Monday, Nov. 13, 2017, about tax overhaul, where they promised legislation moving through Congress would simplify the tax code and ease burdens on taxpayers.
Dave Davies: Off Mic
Politics & Policy

Ivanka, Mnuchin pitch tax plan to friendly crowd

Ivanka Trump and Treasury Sec. Steven Mnuchin pitched the GOP tax plan in Ocean County, N.J.

8 years ago

Homes like these on Spruce Street in University City have seen a rapid increase in rents and property taxes. (WHYY, file)
NewsWorks Tonight
Politics & Policy

Pa. voters passed new rules for property taxes. So, now what?

Ryan Briggs, of City & State PA, joins NewsWorks Tonight host Dave Heller to discuss the possibility of lowering or eliminating property taxes across the commonwealth.

8 years ago

Listen 4:31
The amendment could eventually mean homeowners pay less in property taxes, but it's not likely to happen soon. (AP)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Pa. voters pass property tax amendment

Pennsylvania voters agreed to a ballot measure that will amend the constitution to let municipalities stop charging property taxes.

8 years ago

Lancaster Central Market is in the city's Community Revitalization & Improvement Zone. The program lets participating cities keep some state taxes to fund redevelopment. (Emily Previti/WITF)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Three Pa. cities vary widely in how they take advantage of coveted state ‘improvement zone’ status

The program aims to ignite investment in historically hard-to-develop neighborhoods by allowing developers to use tax revenue to pay off things like construction debt.

8 years ago

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.

8 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.

8 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.

8 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

Listen 49:16
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.

8 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

Listen 21:13
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.

8 years ago

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