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Harrisburg's tax abatement program, a Papenfuse initiative, is working for one of his rivals in this year's primary

Harrisburg’s tax abatement program, a Papenfuse initiative, is working for one of his rivals in this year’s primary
Updated May 14, 2021;
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City Council President Wanda Williams opposed it.
And now, retired publisher Dave Schankweiler is benefitting from it.
The “it” in question?
tax break on significant improvements to residential properties for 10 years.
PennLive looked into how the abatement program affected the active Democratic mayoral candidates Papenfuse, Williams, Shankweiler and former city councilman Otto Banks after a Schankweiler critic wrote a Facebook post about Schankweiler’s participation and questioning whether he is paying any city or school taxes. ....

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Spending in 2021 Harrisburg mayoral primary will set city record

Spending in 2021 Harrisburg mayoral primary will set city record
Updated May 11, 2021;
Posted May 11, 2021
The race to occupy Harrisburg s mayor s office is breaking fundraising records, according to campaign finance reports filed with Dauphin County. (Photo by Christine Vendel, PennLive, File.)Christine Vendel, PennLive
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Dave Schankweiler, the retired founder and publisher of the Central Pennsylvania Business Journal, has shown he may have the best Rolodex in the Harrisburg mayor’s race, out-raising all candidates who have filed campaign finance reports so far.
The big wild card? Former Harrisburg city councilman Otto Banks, who has the single-biggest donor in the race, but whose campaign committee had not yet filed a report as of noon, Tuesday. ....

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Should Harrisburg provide guaranteed income to some residents? The mayor wants to give it a shot

Should Harrisburg provide guaranteed income to some residents? The mayor wants to give it a shot
Updated 6:19 AM;
Today 5:30 AM
On the campaign trail, Harrisburg Mayor Eric Papenfuse is calling for using federal funds to build a guaranteed income program for the city s poorest residents.
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Harrisburg Mayor Eric Papenfuse, with the help of a mighty $48.8 million breeze blowing in from Washington, D.C., is calling for the establishment of a guaranteed income program in Harrisburg to help the city’s poorest residents and attack generational poverty.
Papenfuse says the plan, which is little more than a campaign pledge in the midst of a hotly contested primary at the moment, but one he expects to develop into a proposal for City Council’s consideration later this spring, would send monthly payments for up to two years to residents living below yet-to-be-determined income-eligibility thresholds. ....

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Harrisburg Budget Discussions End With Slightly Less Additional Funding For Police Department

Kalim A. Bhatti
/ The Philadelphia Inquirer
Harrisburg’s city government is adding 18 new jobs to its police department in 2021, 16 of which are meant for civilians.
Mayor Eric Papenfuse proposed a new community policing division to increase cooperation with residents. He billed the changes as a strategy to heed nationwide calls for criminal justice reform while improving the department amid a spike in shootings.
The budget adds positions for two captains and two co-responders, who accompany police on some calls with a focus on mental health and crisis intervention. It also adds staff to manage record-keeping, equipment, and a sub-station in the Allison Hill neighborhood. ....

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