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On today’s episode of The Confluence: The state’s Independent Fiscal Office wrote in a report about public education funding stating that there is “little or no correlation” between between funding and student test scores over the course of a single year, but some lawmakers are pushing back against that conclusion; a Pitt researcher asked local kin and foster parents about how the pandemic is affecting their children’s education; and as part of our Good Question Kid! series, we ask, why and how do hyenas eat bones?
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It’s almost time for lawmakers to start work on the state budget.But after several cycles of tortuous negotiations made more difficult by persistent…
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The commonwealth’s Independent Fiscal Office has released its yearly assessment of Governor Tom Wolf’s budget proposal.It reports that most of the revenue…
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After a year marked by lower-than expected income and intractable budget problems, Pennsylvania’s finances appear to be on an upswing. An updated revenue…
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A rating agency has deemed Pennsylvania’s credit stable.That’s an improvement from several months ago, when the commonwealth received a downgrade from a…
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What’s in a name?A lot, apparently, when it comes to Pennsylvania’s natural gas industry.A state House committee voted along party lines Monday, to…
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State budgets have two basic parts: one outlines how much government will spend on its programs and expenses, and the other details where lawmakers are…
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One of the more contentious parts of Governor Tom Wolf’s budget proposal is a bid to raise Pennsylvania’s minimum wage to $12 an hour.It’s currently…
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The Independent Fiscal Office was created five years ago to provide number-crunching with no spin, but it isn't getting the last word in the state budget…
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After a year of review, Pennsylvania House Representative Jim Cox reintroduced House Bill 76 outlining the benefits of eliminating the school property tax…