Taxes
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.
7 years ago
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
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7 years ago
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
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7 years ago
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
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7 years ago
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
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7 years ago
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
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7 years ago
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
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7 years ago
‘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
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7 years ago
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.
7 years ago
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
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7 years ago
‘I can sell’ non-referendum tax increase, Carney tells school leaders [video]
Calling a feared backlash by voters an “inconvenient consequence,” Gov. John Carney urged a small contingent of upstate schoo
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7 years ago
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Protesters of Del. education cuts want bigger income tax increase
A small but determined group of educators, parents and advocates descended Tuesday to the steps of Legislative Hall protest Gov. John Car
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7 years ago
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The small-business case for the Philly beverage tax
The soda industry has worked hard to create the perception that the
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7 years ago
Soda tax benefits all, even its biggest critic
The Philadelphia Beverage Tax benefits Philadelphians. To say otherwise ignores the big picture. Criticism of the tax merely focuses on i
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7 years ago
Attacking the NEA does not put ‘America first’
I thought about my grandmother last week, when Donald J. Trump unrolled a federal budget proposal that, to no on
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8 years ago