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As the state budget impasse wears through its fifth month, service organizations and some of their funders are calling on state lawmakers to take action…
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Economists are questioning a top Senate Republican’s claims that a new tax proposed by Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf would devastate the natural gas drilling…
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Gov. Tom Wolf said he would be "willing to have conversations" about compromises on the 5 percent severance tax on natural gas he's proposed to balance…
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The centerpiece of Gov. Tom Wolf's state budget died its umpteenth death around a negotiating table this week.Republican legislative leaders emerged from…
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Gov. Tom Wolf argued last week that taxing Pennsylvania’s booming natural gas industry could help compensate for an anticipated $1 billion structural…
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When Gov. Tom Wolf was campaigning, he said if elected he would place a severance tax on Marcellus shale gas in the commonwealth, and now he’s moving…
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As Pennsylvania lawmakers grapple with finalizing the state budget, and face a financial shortfall, lawmakers and outside groups are calling for a…
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The Ohio House of Representatives has voted to increase the state severance tax on oil and gas from less than 1 percent to 2.5 percent. As Pennsylvania…
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Another Marcellus Shale drilling policy, which includes a 5 percent severance tax, is being proposed by a Philadelphia lawmaker.State Sen. Mike Stack…
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Talk of low state revenues is prompting Republicans in the General Assembly to suggest new taxes could be under consideration, including the the…