PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE: …At the event, Senate Majority Leader Jake Corman, newly chosen by the Republican caucus, was asked by a reporter if he saw a natural gas severance tax being called for a floor vote. He said he didn’t know…
“We’re not going to consider any new revenue until we do pension reform,” he said, noting that a pensions proposal from new Appropriations Chairman Pat Browne would be next year’s Senate Bill 1.
“We’re not ruling anything in or out,” Corman continued. “We’re going to work with the new governor. But there’s no tax — a Marcellus Shale tax, tobacco tax, whatever you want — there’s no sin tax that’s going to cover our costs for public pensions and Medicaid. There’s just not enough money there.” … (more)
