Corporate tax overhaul passes PA House for second time

By   /  May 6, 2013  /  Finances, Issues, News, Pennsylvania, State Budgets, State Government, Taxes  /  No Comments

TAX MAN: State Rep. Dave Reed, R-Indiana, sponsored the corporate income tax overhaul that is headed for the state Senate.

By Eric Boehm | PA Independent
HARRISBURG – The state House on Monday voted to overhaul Pennsylvania’s corporate tax code, sending to the state Senate one of Gov. Tom Corbett’s top priorities for this year’s legislative session.
The bill reduces the state’s 9.99 percent corporate tax rate, beginning in 2015.  By 2025, the tax rate will be 6.99 [...]

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PA House panel OKs budget bill, locks in spending at $27.6B

By   /  May 21, 2012  /  News, Pennsylvania, State Budgets, State Government  /  No Comments

Pennsylvania is nearing a budget.

GOP leaders aiming for June 13 passage

By Eric Boehm | PA Independent

 

HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania House Republicans used some fancy parliamentary tricks to lock in spending at $27.6 billion for next year’s budget Monday.

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PA House to be critical of Senate’s budget plan

By   /  May 9, 2012  /  News, State Budgets, State Government, State House, Statehouse News Online, Top State News  /  No Comments

By Melissa Daniels | PA Independent

HARRISBURG — The state House has the Senate’s state budget plan, but a mix of opinions portend a controversial approval process.

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PA House to consider Senate’s budget plan

By   /  May 9, 2012  /  News, Pennsylvania, Politics, State Budgets, State Government  /  No Comments

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GOP at odds over spending increase

By Melissa Daniels | PA Independent

HARRISBURG — The state House has the Senate’s state budget plan, but a mix of opinions portend a controversial approval process.

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Environmental Protection budget stuck on flood control

By   /  March 16, 2011  /  Governor, News, State Budgets, State Government, Statehouse News Online, Top State News  /  No Comments

By Darwyyn Deyo | Pennsylvania Independent

HARRISBURG — Representatives protested cuts to local flood control projects in a budget hearing Wednesday, even while the department’s acting secretary argued the projects still exist but now need local funding.

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