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Workers listen to Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis., speak at the Pennsylvania Machine Works, a family-owned pipe-fitting manufacturer, in Aston, Pa., Thursday, Sept. 28, 2017. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Keystone Crossroads
Money

Paul Ryan brings tidings of tax change to Delaware County factory workers

Employees of Penn Machine pressed the speaker for more details on how the framework would improve their lives.

8 years ago

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Politics & Policy

New Jersey may offer $5 billion in tax breaks to lure Amazon HQ2

New Jersey state lawmakers from both parties joined a unified push to lure Amazon’s new corporate headquarters to New Jersey.

8 years ago

Red pencil and calculator
National Interest
Politics & Policy

Republicans rekindle their love of budget deficits

Remember when Republicans hated budget deficits? When they railed nonstop against red ink and pined for fiscal conservatism? That was just their mantra during the Obama years.

8 years ago

(inset photo courtesy Truth In Accounting; Leg. Hall photo: File/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Delaware gets an 'F' for its financial health

A nonprofit that says it promotes transparent government financial information has given Delaware an F grade for its financial health.

8 years ago

Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Property assessment reform bill clears Pennsylvania House

After nearly a decade of work, the state task force on overhauling the commonwealth's property valuation system is starting off with relatively simple legislation.

8 years ago

Facing forward from the rear, arched ceilings, painted murals, and members of the Pa. legislature seated at desks
Money

Lacking support to get Pa. severance tax to House floor, Dems will try again

Pennsylvania House Democrats and a handful of Republicans are trying to figure out the best way to bring a natural gas severance tax up for a vote.

8 years ago

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Money

New Jersey’s gas tax won’t be going up this year

New Jersey’s gas tax won’t be going up this year. The law that raised the tax by 23 cents a gallon in November require ...

8 years ago

Controller Alan Butkovitz says Philadelphia could have done without the sugary drinks tax by forgoing wage tax cuts. (File photo)
Money

Philly controller says soda tax could have been averted

Philadelphia’s city controller says the city should never have established a soda tax.  It’s one of several disagreement ...

8 years ago

Rob Dubow, Philadelphia's finance director, says the growth of beverage-related businesses has not declined since the city levied a tax on soda and other sweetened drinks.(Tom MacDonald, WHYY)
Money

Philly disputes claim soda tax is hurting businesses

Philadelphia officials say the growth of beverage-related businesses has not declined since the city levied a tax on soda and other sweet ...

8 years ago

 U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey stands in a conference room at his Philadelphia office. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Dave Davies: Off Mic
Politics & Policy

Sen. Pat Toomey a key player in Trump tax overhaul effort

As President Donald Trump and Congress undertake an overhaul of the U.S. tax code this fall, Pennsylvania U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey is likely ...

8 years ago

Controller Alan Butkovitz
Money

As controller plans to review business impact of Philly soda tax, mayor doubts impartiality

Philadelphia’s city controller plans to survey businesses to see just how they are being affected by the city’s sweetened-bev ...

8 years ago

 Pennsylvania House Speaker Mike Turzai, R-Allegheny, is shown in 2015. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, file)
Speak Easy
Courts & Law

It’s time to move forward on a Pa. tax bill

In states as different as Kansas and Illinois, Republican legislators have recognized reality and retreated from ...

8 years ago

Trenton state Capitol building. (WHYY file photo)
Politics & Policy

‘Millionaire’s tax’ likely to pass, if Dems hold Legislature and win gov’s race

Political analysts believe it’s likely Democratic gubernatorial nominee Phil Murphy’s proposed tax increases will be approved ...

8 years ago

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Speak Easy
Education

Saving public education depends on transcending intractable politics

The problem with public education is not the children but the adults. It is paramount we deconstruct underpinnings behind partisan gridlock.

8 years ago

Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., is shown greeting President Donald Trump at Harrisburg International Airport in Middletown, Pa., in April. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Speak Easy
Politics & Policy

Toomey’s health care tax cut costs Pennsylvania up to $4.8 billion per year

The health care bill in the U.S. Senate is very much like the one in the House, but in one respect it is far worse, thanks to Pennsylvani ...

8 years ago

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