As you may have noticed, we’ve been working hard to improve our website and social media outreach. This is an effort to increase engagement on our site and throughout our community. We’ve published content like the Governor’s proposed budget plan, an active events calendar, and we’re helping to promote Democratic candidates throughout the county. Over the next few months we’re planning tutorials for our members who might be thinking of running for office in the future,… [Continue Reading]
Governor Wolf’s Budget Survey
In his budget proposal announcement, Governor Tom Wolf highlighted three areas he hopes will define his tenure in office: increased investment in education, rebuilding of the economy, and decreased waste in government. He also mentioned a few details on his plan to achieve those three goals, among them: an increase of the personal income tax an increase to the sales tax creation of a tax on natural gas extraction removal of management fees from Wall Street managers… [Continue Reading]
Governor Wolf’s 2015-2016 PA Budget Announcement
Governor Wolf’s 2015-2016 PA Budget Announcement was offered today from the State Capitol in an address to the General Assembly. It was the most comprehensive budget announcement that has been made in years, proposing a balanced budget while at the same time promising an overall reduction in the personal tax burden by 13%. If you’d like to read more about how we propose and pass a budget, read the Commonwealth’s docu-resource entitled “The Budget Process in Pennsylvania.” You… [Continue Reading]