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Worth Another Look: 2022 Energy Recap Legislation Enacted Act 54/HB 1421 (Thomas, R-Bucks) amended the Fiscal Code to provide for…
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Election Update It took over a week, but the 2022 General Election is finally a wrap in Pennsylvania. The Senate…
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Pennsylvania was one of the most watched states in the county on Tuesday. The 2022 General Election was highlighted by…
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Weekly Wrap For all intents and purposes, the 2021-2022 legislative session ended this week. Although there are session days scheduled…
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Weekly Wrap As the end of the 2021-2022 legislative session nears, the Senate was back in Harrisburg this week for…
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Weekly Wrap The hustle and bustle was back at the Capitol this week as the House of Representatives and Senate…
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September 16, 2022 Weekly Wrap It was the House of Representatives’ first week back in Harrisburg since the budget passed…
Worth Another Look: Tax Reform Code
The 2022-2023 state spending plan includes H.B. 1342 (Rader, R-Monroe), which is an omnibus bill amending the Tax Reform Code…
Worth Another Look: General Appropriations bill
The Fiscal Year 2022-2023 budget consists of $45.3 billion in spending, which is an increase of $1.3 billion (3%) from…
Worth Another Look: Public School Code
Along with the other bills that comprise a completed state spending plan, the General Assembly sent the Governor a bill…
Worth Another Look: Fiscal Code
Each fiscal year, a Fiscal Code bill accompanies the General Appropriations Act. The Fiscal Code provides instructions as to how…
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June 30, 2022 Weekly Wrap Although the budget won’t be done before the June 30 deadline, there was still a…
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June 24, 2022 Weekly Wrap The House of Representatives and Senate spent the week maneuvering bills in preparation of next…
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June 17, 2022 Weekly Wrap The Capitol was buzzing with activity this week as the June 30 budget deadline is…
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June 10, 2022 Weekly Wrap As the June 30 budget deadline gets closer, the action at the Capitol continues to…
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May 27, 2022 Weekly Wrap As the dust settled from last week’s Primary Election, the House of Representatives and Senate…
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May 20, 2022 Election Update Tuesday, May 17 was the Primary Election in Pennsylvania. A majority of the votes have…
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April 27, 2022 Weekly Wrap The House of Representatives were in session for three days this week. The chamber got…
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April 15, 2022 Weekly Wrap It turned out to be one of the busiest weeks of the year so far…
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April 8, 2022 Weekly Wrap The Senate was the only chamber in session this week. On Monday, the Senate came…
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April 1, 2022 Weekly Wrap Since the deadline for nomination petitions to be submitted by candidates for the 2022 Primary…
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February 11, 2022 Weekly Wrap This week was highlighted by Governor Tom Wolf’s eighth and final budget address. His FY…
Worth Another Look: Schools That Teach
Governor Tom Wolf gave his eighth and final budget address today, and, without saying as much, proposed a $43 billon…
Worth Another Look: Jobs That Pay
Governor Tom Wolf gave his eighth and final budget address today, and, without saying as much, proposed a $43 billon…
Worth Another Look: Government That Works
Governor Tom Wolf gave his eighth and final budget address today, and, without saying as much, proposed a $43 billon…
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January 28, 2022 Weekly Wrap It was as busy week in Harrisburg as the House of Representatives and Senate were…
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January 21, 2022 Weekly Wrap The Senate was in session for two days this week, their first time back in…
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January 14, 2022 Weekly Wrap It was the first session week of 2022 for the House of Representatives. Kicking off…