Senator Pat Browne Monthly Business Briefing PowerPoint
March 14, 2022
To view the full presentation, click on the image below. To view the full session with Senator Browne, click HERE.
Redistricting Update: Congressional Maps
March 03, 2022
On Wednesday, February 23rd, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court took the power away from the legislature, once again, in the design of the commonwealth’s congressional districts. As a reminder from our last update, the map that was proposed to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court by Republicans, which was independently selected by a justice of the Commonwealth Court ...
Pennsylvania Redistricting Update
February 15, 2022
Redistricting is at the center of discussion here in Harrisburg, but what exactly is it? What is the difference between Congressional and PA Legislative maps? Why is it happening? Who does it affect? And why do we do this? Written into the Constitution, the United States is required to conduct a census to track growing ...
PA Business Tax ClimateHouse Finance Committee Informational Meeting: Pennsylvania’s Business Tax ClimateOctober 6, 2021 According to the study Total State and Local Taxes FY2019 by the Council on State Taxation, Pennsylvania’s businesses accounted for 40.8% of state tax revenue, 48.2 % of local tax revenue, and 43.8% of total state and local tax revenue. While ...
Wolf Says We Saved Lives, But Won’t Defend Us for the Risks We Took
October 01, 2021
On Manufacturing Day 2021, PMA remembers what Governor Wolf said last Manufacturing Day (Harrisburg, PA) October 1, 2021 – One year ago, Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf thanked Pennsylvania manufacturers “that pivoted to produce critical medical equipment and PPE and sanitization products during the COVID-19 crisis. Lives have been saved because of you.” Yet Governor Wolf excluded ...
COMMENTS PRESENTED TO THE:INDEPENDENT REGULATORY REVIEW COMMISSION REGIONAL GREENHOUSE GAS INITIATIVE:A FLAWED PROPOSAL FOR PENNSYLVANIA August 25, 2021 David N. Taylor, President & CEOCarl A. Marrara, Vice President of Government Affairs The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) poses significant policy, legal, and ethical implications. Therefore, it is the position of the Pennsylvania Manufacturers’ Association (PMA) ...
COMMENTS PRESENTED TO THE:INDEPENDENT REGULATORY REVIEW COMMISSION REGIONAL GREENHOUSE GAS INITIATIVE:A FLAWED PROPOSAL FOR PENNSYLVANIA August 25, 2021 David N. Taylor, President & CEOCarl A. Marrara, Vice President of Government Affairs The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) poses significant policy, legal, and ethical implications. Therefore, it is the position of the Pennsylvania Manufacturers’ Association (PMA) ...
COMMENTS PRESENTED TO THE:INDEPENDENT REGULATORY REVIEW COMMISSION REGIONAL GREENHOUSE GAS INITIATIVE:A FLAWED PROPOSAL FOR PENNSYLVANIA August 25, 2021 David N. Taylor, President & CEOCarl A. Marrara, Vice President of Government Affairs The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) poses significant policy, legal, and ethical implications. Therefore, it is the position of the Pennsylvania Manufacturers’ Association (PMA) ...
Included in the PA Administrative Code, passed by the General Assembly as a part of the FY 2021-22 Budget, was a key provision that enables the Pennsylvania Independent Fiscal Office (IFO) to use dynamic scoring to scrutinize any legislation containing expenditures with a fiscal impact of more than $50 million if requested by a member ...
Wednesday’s U.S. Supreme Court decision in favor of a planned Pennsylvania-to-New Jersey natural gas pipeline has far greater consequences than the installation of this pipeline alone. PennEast, a consortium of five energy companies, brought suit against New Jersey over the state’s refusal to comply with the pipeline company’s authorized use of federal eminent domain power ...