Introduction: When Gov. Shapiro gave his budget address in early February, he laid out a long wish list of spending increases. While that makes great
Introduction: Pennsylvania’s 2023 fiscal year began on July 1, 2022, and ended June 30, 2023. The Pennsylvania Department of Revenue recently released the general fund
Summary: When Gov. Wolf released his budget for the upcoming fiscal year (2022-23), it was filled with a wish list of spending increases in many
Summary: When fiscal year 2018 came to a close June 30th and the general fund revenues were finally tallied, the commonwealth’s total tax revenues collected
Summary: Major cost cutting should translate into lower taxes or at least remove the need for an increase. That has not happened with the Governor’s
Summary: Three months ago (see Policy Brief Vol. 16, No. 47) we called attention to the slowdown in statewide employment since March of 2016. Data
Summary: The State’s fiscal situation is closely tied to its economic growth. As the economy grows jobs, tax receipts from firms and individuals grow. This
Given last year’s contentious budget debate, the Pennsylvania Legislature and Governor were very quick to settle a budget for the current fiscal year (2016-2017). So
As Pennsylvania’s government works to put together a budget for Fiscal Year 2016-17 (FY 16-17) an unwelcome and very worrisome slowdown in the growth of
The budget proposed for fiscal year 2015-16 is facing a lot of skepticism as being too aggressive, too far reaching and ill-considered. In short, it
