PSERS’s own consultant finds the fund’s board has been poorly led and suffers from a lack of trust
Pennsylvania’s largest pension fund lacks a cohesive plan on how to invest its billions. It has ignored calls to improve its financial reporting. And its auditors looked the other way while PSERS staff engaged in worldwide luxury travel and billed retirees and...Sen. Muth Announces Nearly $1.9 Million in DCNR Grants for SD44 Projects
ROYERSFORD, December 30, 2021: State Sen. Katie Muth (D-Chester/Montgomery/Berks) today announced that six communities in Senate District 44 received nearly $1.9 million in state grant funding to create new recreational opportunities and conserve natural spaces. The...Pennsylvania will eliminate state income tax on student loan forgiveness
As federal student loan payments resume for borrowers at the end of January, resources and discussions of how borrowers can save money on their loan bills have been sent out by loan servicers and public servants. In a change to the Pennsylvania Department of Revenue,...Sen. Muth Remarks on Student Loan Forgiveness Taxation Announcement
State to Provide Big Savings to Many Workers by Not Taxing Student Loan Forgiveness
Harrisburg, Pa. – December 17, 2021 – Governor Tom Wolf announced today that Pennsylvanians will not have to pay state income tax on the student loan debt relief they get from the federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Program and the Pennsylvania Student Loan Relief for Nurses (SLRN) Program. The decision by the Wolf Administration will save people eligible for those programs potentially thousands of dollars in state tax.