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…
News from 2nd & State
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…
Worth Another Look: Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI)
On July 13, 2021, the Environmental Quality Board (EQB) voted in favor of Final Rulemaking: CO2 Budget Trading Program (25…
Worth Another Look: General Appropriations Act
The FY 2021-22 General Appropriations bill provides for $40.815 billion in spending, a 2.6% ($1 billion) increase from last year’s…
News from Second & State
April 9, 2021 Weekly Wrap Just the House of Representatives was in session this week. However, the Senate Appropriations Committee…
News from Second & State
March 26, 2021 Weekly Wrap As the Capitol opened to the public for the first time in 2021, the House…