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Solid July Tax Collections Start the Commonwealth’s Fiscal Year Out on the Right Foot

Anonymous on August 8, 2012 - 9:51am

General Fund collections totaled $1.84 billion, with $1.81 billion coming from taxes. This is the largest amount of tax collected in July since before the recession and $119 million, or 7.0%, higher than July 2011 tax receipts. This starts the 2012-13 fiscal year off on a positive note, at least in terms of the revenue side of the spending plan.
With one exception, all major category of General Fund revenue collections in July 2012 exceeded those in the prior year.
Here are the details (in $ thousands):

Morning Must Reads: Austerity Economics For The Disabled In Pennsylvania

Anonymous on August 7, 2012 - 9:49am

The Daily Times interviews people impacted by the elimination of General Assistance in Pennsylvania.

Morning Must Reads: 40 million American workers get no paid sick leave

Anonymous on August 6, 2012 - 9:55am

The New York Times comes out strongly in favor of paid sick leave legislation in New York City.  Looking at you Philadelphia.

Third and State This Week: General Assistance Ends, Check In on Economy & Grads Face Global Competition for Jobs

Anonymous on August 3, 2012 - 5:21pm

This week at Third and State, we blogged about the end of General Assistance in Pennsylvania, the state of the economy, American college graduates facing overseas competition for jobs and much more.
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Morning Must Reads: It's Jobs Day

Anonymous on August 3, 2012 - 7:44am

As it is the first Friday of the month. that means we get new data today from the Bureau of Labor Statistics on national employment in June. The official release is at 8:30 a.m.Bill McBride at Calculated Risk puts the consensus forecast at 100,000 jobs added in July. That would be better than June but well short of the job growth needed to bring down the unemployment rate.

Commonwealth’s Procedures May Create Barriers for Voters Needing Photo ID

Anonymous on August 3, 2012 - 7:43am

Teaser: 

HARRISBURG, PA (August 3, 2012) – With three months to go until the General Election, a survey of practices at PennDOT license centers indicates barriers that may make it difficult for Pennsylvanians to obtain photo ID required to vote, according to a new report by the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center (PBPC).

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Ending Pennsylvania's General Assistance Was Penny Wise but Pound Foolish

Anonymous on August 2, 2012 - 7:08pm

Earlier this week, I was on The War Room with Jennifer Granholm on Current TV to discuss the end of Pennsylvania's General Assistance, a last resort program for very poor Pennsylvanians who cannot work because of an illness or disability and don’t qualify for other assistance. It has provided a ladder up and out of poverty for thousands of Pennsylvanians before that ladder was taken down on Wednesday.