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Taxes

Tax bill passes budget committee
PBS
Politics & Policy

Watch: Tax bill passes budget committee, but fate in the Senate is unclear

8 years ago

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., along with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., at an Oval Office meeting with President Trump in September. The top Democrats have pulled out of a similar meeting planned for Tuesday afternoon.
NPR
Politics & Policy

Top Democrats pull out of planned meeting with Trump

8 years ago

Graduate students from Rutgers University and others in the Philadelphia region protested in front of U.S. Senator Pat Toomey's office on November 21.
Money

Grad students in Philly, Newark plan to join nationwide walkout to protest GOP tax plan

The tax plan passed by the House could increase taxes on graduate students by thousands of dollars, when many make less than $20,000 a year.

8 years ago

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin speak to reporters about the Senate's version of the GOP tax reform bill.
(J. Scott Applewhite/AP)
NPR
Politics & Policy

6 possible hurdles for the GOP tax plan

Here are a few of the major hurdles that could get in the way of the GOP plan to keep Trump's promise for a Christmas tax break.

8 years ago

Although slot revenue has declined in recent years across the casino industry, Harrah's Philadelphia in nearby Chester still generated over $13 million in slot taxes last year. Over 150 local governments have been beneficiaries of the local share assessment, which was in limbo after being struck down by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court in 2016.  (Lindsay Lazarski/WHYY
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Financial sector sees Pennsylvania gaming law changes as good for municipal governments

Moody’s says the new legislation has already restored investors’ confidence that municipal borrowers can once again count on casinos for millions of dollars in revenue.

8 years ago

Pennsylvania Auditor General Eugene DePasquale. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Dave Davies: Off Mic
Politics & Policy

Pa. auditor general completes review of DNC staff bonuses

Pennsylvania's auditor general finds that $1 million in bonuses to DNC host committee staffers didn't violate state grant agreement, but the IRS should review two of them.

8 years ago

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

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