Nonprofit groups in Allegheny County, Pa., could get a financial boost if state legislators approve Gov. Ed Rendell’s plan to expand the list of goods and services subject to the state sales tax, reports the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.

Governor Rendell’s budget proposal calls for trimming the sales tax from 6 percent to 4 percent but expanding it to tax 74 additional items, including candy, coal, advertising, and accounting. The change could bring more money into the coffers of the Regional Asset District, which channels a chunk of sales-tax revenue to nearly 100 recreational and cultural groups in the Pittsburgh area.