HARRISBURG PATRIOT-NEWS: Harrisburg City Council introduced legislation tonight that would increase the earned income tax rate for residents from 1 percent to 2 percent but it must wait seven days before it votes on the bill.
Council will hold an administrative committee meeting at 5:30 p.m. Monday to further discuss the legislation, Bill 15-2012, and it could vote on it at next Tuesday’s legislative meeting at 6 p.m., said council President Wanda Williams…
Council has asked Commonwealth Court Judge Bonnie Brigance Leadbetter to reconsider her Aug 27 ruling requiring the city’s legislative body to adopt the tax hike as called for in Harrisburg’s fiscal recovery plan… (more)
