News and Views

News and Views is PEL's monthly newsletter which highlights timely issues and developments involving state and local government. News and Views is designed to keep PEL members better informed and to serve as a catalyst for improvements in governmental operations.

  
June 2006
May 2006 Pennsylvania 2006 - Property Tax Reform? Property Tax Relief?
April 2006 Health Care Still a Big Concern for Pennsylvanians
March 2006 The Governor's 2006-07 Budget Request: Who Would Win? Who Would Lose?
February 2006 Taxes Are Too High - At Least According To Most Pennsylvania
January 2006 Pennsylvanians Less Pleased with Direction of State, Property Taxes 
December 2005 Everybody Wants to Change the Tax System – Is Anybody Connecting the Dots?
November 2005 Replacing School Property Taxes In Pennsylvania: A Reality Check
October 2005

Replacing School Property Tax with a Broadened Sales Tax

September 2005 The Cost of Pennsylvania’s Legislature: Assessing the Dollars and ‘Sense’
August 2004 Real Estate Tax Assessment Inequities Continue in Most Pennsylvania Counties
July 2004 A Rare Cost-Saving Opportunity Involving Real Estate Tax Collection ... the Time to Act is Drawing Near
May/June 2004 Real Estate Tax Levies in Central and Eastern Pennsylvania Cities Rise  by 5.5 Percent Since Last Year And By 16.7 Percent in the Past Five Years.
March/April 2004 Real Estate Tax Levies in Twelve Central and Eastern Pennsylvania Counties Rise by 9.9 Percent Since Last Year and by 49.9 Percent in the Past Five Years.
January/February 2004 A Rare Opportunity to Reduce Real Estate Tax Collection Costs.. the Time to Act is Approaching
December 2003 PEL's Central Division Elects Leadership for 2004-05
November 2003 Public School Enrollments in Central and Eastern PA Rise By 0.3 Percent in 2003-04
October 2003 Real Estate Tax Assessment Inequities Continue in Most Pennsylvania Counties
August/September 2003 Births in Central and Eastern PA School Districts Rose By 0.3 percent Over 2001 And By 3.0 Percent Over 1997 But Were Down by 8.1 Percent From Ten Years Prior.
July 2003 Real Estate Tax Levies In 16 Central And Eastern Pennsylvania Cities Rise By 3.9 Percent Since Last Year And By 14.7 Percent In The Past Five Years.
May/June 2003 Real Estate Tax Levies in Twelve Central and Eastern Pennsylvania Counties Rise by 15.3 Percent Since Last Year and by 37.4 Percent in the Past Five Years.
March/April 2003 PEL Elects Statewide Leadership For 2003-04
February 2003 ISSUES PA-A PEL Success Story
January 2003 Births in Central and Eastern PA School Districts Fall By 0.5  percent From 2000 And By 10.6 Percent Lower than in 1991 But Remain Essentially Unchanged From 1996.
December 2002 School District Real Estate Tax Levies in Central and Eastern PA Rise by 7.8 percent since last year and by 31.4 percent in the Past Five Years.
November 2002 Public School Enrollments in Central and Eastern PA Rise By 0.7 Percent in 2002-03
August/September/October 2002 Real Estate Tax Assessment Inequities Continue in Most Pennsylvania Counties
June/July 2002 IssuesPA and the Gubernatorial Election.. on to November
May 2002 Real Estate Tax Levies in 14 Central and Eastern Pennsylvania Cities Rise  by 4.9 Percent Since Last Year And By 12.3 Percent in the Past Five Years.
April 2002 Real Estate Tax Levies in Ten Central and Eastern Pennsylvania Counties Rise by 5.0 Percent Since Last Year and by 26.8 Percent in the Past Five Years.
March 2002 Another Municipal Merger... Wyomissing and Wyomissing Hills Boroughs
February 2002 PEL Formally Launches IssuesPA
January 2002 Births in Central and Eastern PA School Districts Rise By 1.1 percent in 2000 But Remains 0.9 percent Lower than in 1995 and 11.1 percent Below 1990
December 2001 PEL's Central Division Elects Leadership for 2002-03
November 2001 Public School Enrollments in Central and Eastern PA Remain Virtually Unchanged in 2001-02

September/October 2001

School District Real Estate Tax Levies in Central and Eastern PA Rise by 5.6 percent since last year and by 27.3 percent in the Past Five Years.

August 2001

Real estate Tax Assessment Inequities Continue in Most Pennsylvania Counties

June/July 2001

PEL ELects Statewide Leadership for 2001-02

May 2001

Real Estate Tax Levies in 14 Central and Eastern Pennsylvania Cities Fall by 0.5 Percent Since Last Year But Rise By 7.6 Percent in the Past Five Years.

March/April 2001

Real Estate Tax Levies in Ten Central and Eastern Pennsylvania Counties Rise by 9.1 Percent Since Last Year and by 35.4 Percent in the Past Five Years.

February 2001

Reducing Real Estate Tax Collection Costs: How the Process Works ... Sometimes

January 2001

Births in Central And Eastern Pennsylvania School Districts Remain Essentially Unchanged in 1999

December 2000

A Rare opportunity to Reduce Real Estate Tax Collection Costs.. the Time to Act is NOW

November 2000

Total Public School Enrollments in Central and Eastern Pennsylvania Decrease for the First Time Since 1985

October 2000

Real estate Tax Assessment Inequities Continue in Most Pennsylvania Counties

September 2000

School District Real Estate Tax Levies in Central And Eastern
Pennsylvania Rise By 5.3 Percent Since Last Year and By 27.4 Percent in the Past Five Years

July/August 2000

A Rare opportunity to Reduce Real Estate Tax Collection Costs.. the Time to Act is Drawing Nearer

June 2000

Real Estate Tax Levies in 14 Central and Eastern Pennsylvania Cities Rise by 3.2 Percent Since Last Year and by 9.1 Percent in the Past Five Years.

May 2000

Real Estate Tax Levies in Ten Central and Eastern Pennsylvania Counties Rise by 8.7 Percent Since Last Year and by 39.4 Percent in the Past Five Years.

April 2000

Births in Central and Eastern Pennsylvania School Districts Rise in 1998 After Seven Consecutive Yearly Decreases

March 2000

PEL Statewide Leadership For 2000
July August 1997
                      
PEL Studies Provide Foundations For Three High Profile Statewide Policy Decisions Which Favorably Impact Taxpayers and Make Pennsylvania More Competitive