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.

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2006

May — Pennsylvania 2006 – Property Tax Reform? Property Tax Relief?

Apr — Health Care Still a Big Concern for Pennsylvanians

Mar — The Governor’s 2006-07 Budget Request: Who Would Win? Who Would Lose?

Feb — Taxes Are Too High – At Least According To Most Pennsylvania

Jan — Pennsylvanians Less Pleased with Direction of State, Property Taxes

2005

Dec — Everybody Wants to Change the Tax System – Is Anybody Connecting the Dots?

Nov — Replacing School Property Taxes In Pennsylvania: A Reality Check

Oct — Replacing School Property Tax with a Broadened Sales Tax

Sep — The Cost of Pennsylvania’s Legislature: Assessing the Dollars and ‘Sense’

2004

Aug — Real Estate Tax Assessment Inequities Continue in Most Pennsylvania Counties

Jul — A Rare Cost-Saving Opportunity Involving Real Estate Tax Collection … the Time to Act is Drawing Near

May/Jun — 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.

Mar/Apr — 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.

Jan/Feb — A Rare Opportunity to Reduce Real Estate Tax Collection Costs.. the Time to Act is Approaching

2003

Dec — PEL’s Central Division Elects Leadership for 2004-05

Nov — Public School Enrollments in Central and Eastern PA Rise By 0.3 Percent in in 2003-04

Oct — Real Estate Tax Assessment Inequities Continue in Most Pennsylvania Counties

Aug/Sep — 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.

Jul — 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/Jun — 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.

Mar/Apr — PEL Elects Statewide Leadership For 2003-04

Feb — ISSUES PA-A PEL Success Story

Jan — 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.

2002

Dec — 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.

Nov — Public School Enrollments in Central and Eastern PA Rise By 0.7 Percent in 2002-03

Aug/Sep/Oct — Real Estate Tax Assessment Inequities Continue in Most Pennsylvania Counties

Jun/Jul — IssuesPA and the Gubernatorial Election.. on to November

May — 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.

Apr — 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.

Mar — Another Municipal Merger… Wyomissing and Wyomissing Hills Boroughs

Feb — PEL Formally Launches IssuesPA

Jan — 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

2001

Dec — PEL’s Central Division Elects Leadership for 2002-03

Nov — Public School Enrollments in Central and Eastern PA Remain Virtually Unchanged in 2001-02

Sep/Oct — 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.

Aug — Real estate Tax Assessment Inequities Continue in Most Pennsylvania Counties

Jun/Jul — PEL ELects Statewide Leadership for 2001-02

May — 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.

Mar/Apr — 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.

Feb — Reducing Real Estate Tax Collection Costs: How the Process Works … Sometimes

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

2000

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

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

Oct — Real estate Tax Assessment Inequities Continue in Most Pennsylvania Counties

Sep — 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

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

Jun — 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 — 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.

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

March — PEL Statewide Leadership For 2000

1997

Jul/Aug — PEL Studies Provide Foundations For Three High Profile Statewide Policy Decisions Which Favorably Impact Taxpayers and Make Pennsylvania More Competitive