PBPC Media Center

Sign up for press releases

Get press releases from PBPC delivered to your email inbox.

Media Inquiries

Communications Director Chris Lilienthal at 717-255-7156 or by email.

Recent Press Releases

Gas Drilling Tax Impasse Costs Pa. $300 Million

January 31, 2012

Legislative inaction on a natural gas drilling tax has cost Pennsylvania $300 million in lost revenue, according to the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center's Drilling Tax Ticker.

Read More
Statement: Loophole Bill a First Step, More Needs to Be Done

January 25, 2012

This bill takes a first step towards closing corporate tax loopholes that don’t create jobs but drain needed resources from good schools and infrastructure. It should be strengthened to do more.

Read More
Statement: No Time to Target Tax Breaks to Wealthy Jet Owners

January 24, 2012

After cutting education and health care for children, Pennsylvania should not be creating new tax breaks targeted to the wealthy.

Read More
Bank Swap Deals Continue to Cost Philadelphia City, School District

January 17, 2012

Large financial institutions, including many that received financial bailouts through the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), will continue to make hundreds of millions of dollars off interest rate swaps negotiated with the City and School District of Philadelphia, according to a new report from the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center (PBPC).

Read More
Mid-year Budget Briefing: Wrong Strategy for Building a Strong Economy

HARRISBURG, PA (December 20, 2011) — Sharon Ward, Director of the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center, issued the following statement today in response to Budget Secretary Charles Zogby's mid-year 2011-12 budget briefing:

"Lawmakers should address our state’s fiscal challenges in a balanced way rather than the cuts-only approach offered by Secretary Zogby. This is the fourth straight year that state leaders have made cuts to core services, and it's not working.

Read More
No Time to Pass Luxury Tax Break for Private Jet Sales

HARRISBURG, PA (December 15, 2011) — Pennsylvanians pay sales tax when they buy cars, trucks and other vehicles, but those in the market for a Learjet or a Gulfstream aircraft will get a tax break under a bill introduced in the state House of Representatives.

Read More
Drilling Fee Bill More Than Industry Asked For

HARRISBURG, PA (November 15, 2011) — “We are disappointed by the Senate’s passage of an impact fee that gives drillers an even-better deal than they asked for and comes at the expense of our environment, communities, children and families," PBPC Director Sharon Ward said in a statement today.

Read More
Under PA House Leadership Bill, Gas Drillers Would Pay One-fifth of What They Pay in Texas

HARRISBURG, PA (November 11, 2011) — The Pennsylvania House may vote next week on a drilling fee plan that asks Marcellus Shale drillers to pay significantly less than they pay in major energy-producing states like Texas and Arkansas.

Read More
Syndicate content