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 Governor Calls for Income Tax Hike; Rhetoric Still Tops Negotiations
“I wish I could say that we are going to have a budget on time, but I kind of doubt that at this point.” – Speaker of the House Keith McCall, at this month’s Press Club Luncheon.
“In my 27 years, this is the worst that I have ever seen a budget,” said McCall during the Press Club luncheon while recalling one of the first budgets he was a part of as a House member in 1983. The proposed Personal Income Tax (PIT) increase was only two-tenths of a percent at that time. “I remember how tenuous it was then,” he said. “I was a freshman member, and ultimately at the end of the day did not vote for that Personal Income Tax increase.”
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 AEPS Bill Moving with Several Amendments
The House is preparing to vote on a series of at least 30 amendments to HB 80, sponsored by Rep. Greg Vitali (D, Delaware) next week. The bill amends the Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards (AEPS) Act of 2004 by doubling the percentage of power required to be produced by renewable sources such as wind and solar, to 20 percent by 2026 from the current standard of 8 percent by 2021.
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 Quigley Nomination as DCNR Secretary Moved to a Senate Vote
More than an hour of often-heated questions over department operations, state parks and carbon sequestration preceded a unanimous vote by the Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee to send Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Acting Secretary John Quigley’s nomination to the Senate floor on Thursday.
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