Independent Fiscal Office

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

After a year of review, Pennsylvania House Representative Jim Cox reintroduced House Bill 76 outlining the benefits of eliminating the school property tax…

A new study finds expanding Medicaid eligibility in Pennsylvania would yield billions of dollars in federal funding and result in hundreds of millions of…