“Why not free college?” Sen. Vincent J. Hughes asked this repeatedly when he introduced the Pennsylvania Promise to Pennsylvania’s state legislature earlier this year. If passed, the legislation — introduced as Senate Bill 1111 and House […]
A new report released to Kutztown University faculty Tuesday evening, promises to cause headaches for PASSHE administrators and university presidents who have used a narrative about a State System “budget crisis” to jack up tuition […]
The severance tax on shale gas extraction is on the table in Pennsylvania … again. Only this time, it has a chance of passing. The state Senate has already voted for a budget that includes […]
Earlier this week the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center (PBPC) and the Keystone Research Center (KRC) released the report, “Pennsylvania’s Great Working-Class Colleges.” The report highlights the success that the Pennsylvania’s 14 state-owned university system, […]
During the gubernatorial campaign, incoming governor Tom Wolf emphasized that the state’s richest need to pay fair share in state income taxes. In June, Wolf said, “I’m looking at it from the point of view of […]
While Pennsylvania’s corporate media has been all wrapped up in the micro-drama as to whether Gov. Tom Corbett will sign the budget passed by the General Assembly, little attention is being paid to what may […]
Governor Corbett’s decision to “cliff fund” the State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) for a second straight year, again failing to restore the $90 million cut in the 2011/2012 budget, goes against the Commonwealth’s moral […]
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