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Christine Flowers Defends U.S. Citizenship in New York Times

A week ago, the New York Times published an op-ed by Jonathan Tepper titled “Why I’m Giving Up My Passport.” The economist, who insists he […]

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Montco Township Facing $3.2 Million Deficit

Franconia Township, in Montgomery County near the border with Bucks, recently told its residents it had racked up $3.2 million in budget deficits since 2011. […]

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Philly Won’t Turn Over Tax Deadbeats to Bill Collectors

You can relax, taxpayers: City Hall probably won’t be sending bill collectors after you anytime soon.

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Airbender Movie Given Pa. Tax Credits for California Work

M. Night Shyamalan is a hometown boy: He has long favored shooting his movies in and around Philadelphia. The problem for his 2010 flick, The […]

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Councilwoman: Cigarette Tax Should Cover Vaping

Funny side effect of recent innovations in tobacco consumption: The city’s new $2-a-pack sales tax on cigarettes doesn’t apply to e-cigarettes — but Councilwoman Blondell […]

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The Philadelphia Outrage Meter for the Week Ending October 3, 2014

Philly Outrage Meter 10/3 | Create Infographics 20%: The Harrisburg porny email scandal, the outrage for which was divided between outrage over the fact that […]

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Bill That Approved Cigarette Tax Guarantees More Charter Schools in Philadelphia

Philadelphians exhaled last week when the Pennsylvania House approved a $2-a-pack cigarette tax increase in the city, a move expected to generate up to $170 […]

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Philadelphia Cigarette Tax Vote Delayed Until Monday

Don’t think the city cigarette tax is passing without another delay. A vote on the Philadelphia $2-a-pack cigarette tax, which moved closer to approval earlier […]

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Philadelphians, Suburbanites Are Ripping You Off

Philadelphians, you are being ripped off. No, not by the government. Nor the parking authority. Nor even the overpriced coffee shop on the corner. You’re being ripped […]

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City Hall Ends Effort to Collect Lap Dance Tax

The strip clubs of Philadelphia are once again safe from the tax man. For now. CBS Philly reports the Nutter administration has given up its […]

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Wolf: Raise Taxes on Rich to Fund Schools

AP reports that Tom Wolf, the Democratic gubernatorial candidate, wants to raise taxes on “high earners” to fund schools across the state.

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Philly, You’re No Houston

Why is Houston doing so well? In an interesting Wall Street Journal piece earlier this week, two urban planning experts say that Houston’s “pro-growth policies […]

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Judge Slaps Down Nutter Appeal on Lap Dance Tax

A Philadelphia judge today heard an important appeal from the mayor: The Nutter administration was in court today attempting to allow the city to tax […]

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Sen. Hughes: State Ed Funding “Unacceptable”

The state’s current plans for funding K-12 education are “unacceptable,” State Sen. Vincent Hughes said Friday in a letter to Philadelphia’s School Reform Commission. The […]

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Philadelphia Cigarette Tax Hike Proposal May Be Dead

A higher cigarette tax in Philadelphia, one of lawmakers’ plans to help fund the criminally underfunded Philadelphia public school system, may be dead. Philadelphia politicians […]