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February 16, 2015 By SEO Admin

Wolf: Shale tax needed to fund education

Gov. Tom Wolf swung through Monroeville on Monday afternoon to drum up support for his plan to tax Pennsylvania’snatural gas production to pay for education.

Speaking at the Monroeville municipal office, Wolf said the state ranks 45th in the country for public education funding. That is unacceptable, he said.

“We should be near the top,” he said. “We cannot disinvest in education.”

“This is an attempt to make sure all Pennsylvanians share in the benefit of this resource,” he said.

Wolf heard…