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INCOME OR SALES TAX: WHICH IS THE BETTER OPTION? Pennsylvania’s sales tax, however, is comparatively high, ranked at 12th in the nation. If the sales tax rate were increased by 1%, Pennsylvania would have the highest state sales tax rate in the U.S. 2 Such a sales tax increase may spur Pennsylvania residents to purchase taxable goods out-of-state. This would be particularly likely in areas near Delaware (which imposes no sales tax) or Ohio JUDICIAL DISTRICTS AND JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE Executive Summary. This week the Republican leadership of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives plan to take up a HB 196, a constitutional amendment proposed by Representative Russ Diamond to elect the appellate court judges who sit on the Supreme Court and the two second-level courts, the Commonwealth Court and Superior Court, by districts rather than in statewide elections. THE PENNSYLVANIA BUDGET AND POLICY CENTER Posted by Marc Stier on June 4, 2019. HARRISBURG—PA Budget and Policy Center Director Marc Stier made the following statement in response to a press release sent out today by the Pennsylvania Republican Party criticizing a Budget Day of Action and rally/press conference in Harrisburg today in support of raising the state minimumwage: Read more.
PROPERTY TAX RELIEF IN PENNSYLVANIA A LOOK AT SALES TAXATION OF CULTURAL EVENTS ACROSS THE U.SSEE MORE ONPENNBPC.ORG
PROPERTY TAXES
With ongoing negotiations over the state budget focused on property tax cuts, and the State Senate taking up a bill to eliminate property taxes, this briefing paper compares property tax elimination with two more targeted approaches that would reduce, but not eliminate property taxes: the Republican proposal that passed the Pennsylvania House in May (House Bill 504) and Gov. Wolf’s original JUST THE FACTS ON COMBINED REPORTING Download a PDF Version of this Fact Check. Chamber of Business and Industry Makes Misleading Argument Against Closing Corporate Tax Loopholes . A May 24 press release from the Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry purported to A LOOK AT CENSUS DATA ON INCOME, POVERTY AND HEALTHSEE MORE ONPENNBPC.ORG
PREK-12 EDUCATION FUNDING IN PENNSYLVANIA: WHERE DO WE STAND? 1 412 N. 3rd St, Harrisburg, PA 17101 • www.pennbpc.org • 717-255-7156 March 21, 2018 PreK-12 Education Funding in Pennsylvania: Where Do We Stand? The General Assembly has begun working on the budget for 2018-19 based on Governor Wolf’s ABOUT THE PENNSYLVANIA BUDGET AND POLICY CENTER Posted by PA Budget and Policy Center on April 24, 2014. Launched formally in 2007, the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center (PBPC) is a nonpartisan, statewide policy research project that provides independent, credible analysis on state tax, budget, and related policy matters, with attention to the impact of policy proposals onworking families.
INCOME OR SALES TAX: WHICH IS THE BETTER OPTION? Pennsylvania’s sales tax, however, is comparatively high, ranked at 12th in the nation. If the sales tax rate were increased by 1%, Pennsylvania would have the highest state sales tax rate in the U.S. 2 Such a sales tax increase may spur Pennsylvania residents to purchase taxable goods out-of-state. This would be particularly likely in areas near Delaware (which imposes no sales tax) or Ohio JUDICIAL DISTRICTS AND JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE Executive Summary. This week the Republican leadership of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives plan to take up a HB 196, a constitutional amendment proposed by Representative Russ Diamond to elect the appellate court judges who sit on the Supreme Court and the two second-level courts, the Commonwealth Court and Superior Court, by districts rather than in statewide elections. THE PENNSYLVANIA BUDGET AND POLICY CENTER Posted by Marc Stier on June 4, 2019. HARRISBURG—PA Budget and Policy Center Director Marc Stier made the following statement in response to a press release sent out today by the Pennsylvania Republican Party criticizing a Budget Day of Action and rally/press conference in Harrisburg today in support of raising the state minimumwage: Read more.
PROPERTY TAX RELIEF IN PENNSYLVANIA A LOOK AT SALES TAXATION OF CULTURAL EVENTS ACROSS THE U.SSEE MORE ONPENNBPC.ORG
PROPERTY TAXES
With ongoing negotiations over the state budget focused on property tax cuts, and the State Senate taking up a bill to eliminate property taxes, this briefing paper compares property tax elimination with two more targeted approaches that would reduce, but not eliminate property taxes: the Republican proposal that passed the Pennsylvania House in May (House Bill 504) and Gov. Wolf’s original JUST THE FACTS ON COMBINED REPORTING Download a PDF Version of this Fact Check. Chamber of Business and Industry Makes Misleading Argument Against Closing Corporate Tax Loopholes . A May 24 press release from the Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry purported to A LOOK AT CENSUS DATA ON INCOME, POVERTY AND HEALTHSEE MORE ONPENNBPC.ORG
PREK-12 EDUCATION FUNDING IN PENNSYLVANIA: WHERE DO WE STAND? 1 412 N. 3rd St, Harrisburg, PA 17101 • www.pennbpc.org • 717-255-7156 March 21, 2018 PreK-12 Education Funding in Pennsylvania: Where Do We Stand? The General Assembly has begun working on the budget for 2018-19 based on Governor Wolf’s CONTACT US | THE PENNSYLVANIA BUDGET AND POLICY CENTER PBPC Welcomes Your Questions and Comments. Harrisburg Office 412 North 3rd Street Harrisburg, PA 17101 Phone: 717-255-7181. Philadelphia Office 1709 Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Sixth Floor ANALYSIS OF SCHOOL FUNDING IN SB 1073 The only school district with a larger percentage point decline in per pupil funding over the same period is Phoenixville Area SD which will have absorbed a 15% decline from 2010-11 to 2015-16. To leave Philadelphia as well off would only require $47.6 million in new funding this year. This is the only instance out of 499 where the funding required to leave Philadelphia as well off was A LOOK AT CENSUS DATA ON INCOME, POVERTY AND HEALTH Download a PDF Version of this Briefing Paper. The U.S. Census Bureau released income, poverty, and health insurance data from the annual Current Population Survey (CPS) today. CUT TO FEDERAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE IMPACTS FAMILIES AND A major funding cut to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) took effect November 1, 2013, impacting 1.8 millionPennsylvanians.
HOW TO STRUCTURE A SEVERANCE TAX THAT IS FAIR TO The severance tax is an important source of state revenue to support services such as education, health care, environmental protection, early childhood education, and support for CRACKER PLANT TAX CREDIT EXPENSIVE FOR TAXPAYERS WHILE Read the Full Briefing Paper. Legislature should delay action until hearings can be held and all the details are scrutinized. Governor Tom Corbett’s administration has proposed giving $1.65 billion in state tax credits over 25 years to companies that build and operate ethylene cracker plants in Pennsylvania. MISSED OPPORTUNITIES: AN ANALYSIS OF 2010-11 BUDGET The General Assembly and the Governor have agreed on a 2010-11 state budget of $28.043 billion, which includes $25.3 billion in state dollars and $2.75 billion in federal ARRA funding. 1 Total spending is increased by 0.7% from the amount available in 2009-10. 2 The budget plan uses fewer state dollars than were spent in 2006-07. The budget increases funding to meet mandated expenditures for ANALYSIS: PENNSYLVANIA’S 2011-12 BUDGET 2011-12 State Budget Tables. On June 30, the Pennsylvania General Assembly completed work on a 2011-12 state budget that achieves Governor Tom Corbett’s primary objective — to meet a target spending number of $27.3 billion or lower, regardless of the impact. The final budget spends $27.249 billion, the lowest amount since the2008-09
A 2016-17 BUDGET FOR PENNSYLVANIA’S FUTURE Bring the state's increased allocation for basic education funding for the current fiscal year to $350 million targeting the districts that received the biggest cuts and need help the most. Build on that investment by including $400 million more in the FY 2016-17 budget for basic education and $100 million for special education.INTRODUCTION
1 Introduction While the details are different, the basic theme of our analysis of the governor’s budget proposal this year is essentially unchanged from last year and the year before. ABOUT THE PENNSYLVANIA BUDGET AND POLICY CENTER Posted by PA Budget and Policy Center on April 24, 2014. Launched formally in 2007, the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center (PBPC) is a nonpartisan, statewide policy research project that provides independent, credible analysis on state tax, budget, and related policy matters, with attention to the impact of policy proposals onworking families.
JUDICIAL DISTRICTS AND JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE Executive Summary. This week the Republican leadership of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives plan to take up a HB 196, a constitutional amendment proposed by Representative Russ Diamond to elect the appellate court judges who sit on the Supreme Court and the two second-level courts, the Commonwealth Court and Superior Court, by districts rather than in statewide elections. THE PENNSYLVANIA BUDGET AND POLICY CENTER Posted by Marc Stier on June 4, 2019. HARRISBURG—PA Budget and Policy Center Director Marc Stier made the following statement in response to a press release sent out today by the Pennsylvania Republican Party criticizing a Budget Day of Action and rally/press conference in Harrisburg today in support of raising the state minimumwage: Read more.
PROPERTY TAX RELIEF IN PENNSYLVANIA A LOOK AT SALES TAXATION OF CULTURAL EVENTS ACROSS THE U.SSEE MORE ONPENNBPC.ORG
CUT TO FEDERAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE IMPACTS FAMILIES AND A major funding cut to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) took effect November 1, 2013, impacting 1.8 millionPennsylvanians.
$3 BILLION BILL FOR CORPORATE TAX CUTS IN 2012-13 Over the past decade, Pennsylvania has enacted numerous corporate tax cuts whose costs have skyrocketed. These tax cuts compete with state funding for schools, the state’s colleges and universities, early childhood education, and human services. A LOOK AT CENSUS DATA ON INCOME, POVERTY AND HEALTHSEE MORE ONPENNBPC.ORG
SENATE BILL ELIMINATING PROPERTY TAXES LARGELY UNCHANGED Download a PDF Version of this Fact Sheet. An amendment to Senate Bill 76 was proposed in April 2014. How would the proposed amendment impactSB 76?
PREK-12 EDUCATION FUNDING IN PENNSYLVANIA: WHERE DO WE STAND? 1 412 N. 3rd St, Harrisburg, PA 17101 • www.pennbpc.org • 717-255-7156 March 21, 2018 PreK-12 Education Funding in Pennsylvania: Where Do We Stand? The General Assembly has begun working on the budget for 2018-19 based on Governor Wolf’s ABOUT THE PENNSYLVANIA BUDGET AND POLICY CENTER Posted by PA Budget and Policy Center on April 24, 2014. Launched formally in 2007, the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center (PBPC) is a nonpartisan, statewide policy research project that provides independent, credible analysis on state tax, budget, and related policy matters, with attention to the impact of policy proposals onworking families.
JUDICIAL DISTRICTS AND JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE Executive Summary. This week the Republican leadership of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives plan to take up a HB 196, a constitutional amendment proposed by Representative Russ Diamond to elect the appellate court judges who sit on the Supreme Court and the two second-level courts, the Commonwealth Court and Superior Court, by districts rather than in statewide elections. THE PENNSYLVANIA BUDGET AND POLICY CENTER Posted by Marc Stier on June 4, 2019. HARRISBURG—PA Budget and Policy Center Director Marc Stier made the following statement in response to a press release sent out today by the Pennsylvania Republican Party criticizing a Budget Day of Action and rally/press conference in Harrisburg today in support of raising the state minimumwage: Read more.
PROPERTY TAX RELIEF IN PENNSYLVANIA A LOOK AT SALES TAXATION OF CULTURAL EVENTS ACROSS THE U.SSEE MORE ONPENNBPC.ORG
CUT TO FEDERAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE IMPACTS FAMILIES AND A major funding cut to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) took effect November 1, 2013, impacting 1.8 millionPennsylvanians.
$3 BILLION BILL FOR CORPORATE TAX CUTS IN 2012-13 Over the past decade, Pennsylvania has enacted numerous corporate tax cuts whose costs have skyrocketed. These tax cuts compete with state funding for schools, the state’s colleges and universities, early childhood education, and human services. A LOOK AT CENSUS DATA ON INCOME, POVERTY AND HEALTHSEE MORE ONPENNBPC.ORG
SENATE BILL ELIMINATING PROPERTY TAXES LARGELY UNCHANGED Download a PDF Version of this Fact Sheet. An amendment to Senate Bill 76 was proposed in April 2014. How would the proposed amendment impactSB 76?
PREK-12 EDUCATION FUNDING IN PENNSYLVANIA: WHERE DO WE STAND? 1 412 N. 3rd St, Harrisburg, PA 17101 • www.pennbpc.org • 717-255-7156 March 21, 2018 PreK-12 Education Funding in Pennsylvania: Where Do We Stand? The General Assembly has begun working on the budget for 2018-19 based on Governor Wolf’s UPCOMING EVENTS FROM THE PENNSYLVANIA BUDGET AND POLICY 2005 - 2019 The Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center, 412 North 3rd Street, Harrisburg, PA 17101 Terms of use & privacy policy. PBPC is a project of the Keystone PBPC JOB OPPORTUNITIES PBPC is a project of the Keystone Research Center, a 20-year-old economic policy think tank working for broadly shared prosperity, and a member of the State Priorities Partnership (SPP), coordinated by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. PBPC is an equal opportunity employer. Current Openings. Quantitative Analyst / Labor Economist.PBPC'S HISTORY
Posted by PA Budget and Policy Center on August 1, 2013. Since 2007, the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center (PBPC) has played a key role in Harrisburg demystifying tax and budget policies, separating truth from myth, and ensuring policy debates are grounded in the facts. Through credible research and advocacy, the Center promotes policies INCOME OR SALES TAX: WHICH IS THE BETTER OPTION? Pennsylvania’s sales tax, however, is comparatively high, ranked at 12th in the nation. If the sales tax rate were increased by 1%, Pennsylvania would have the highest state sales tax rate in the U.S. 2 Such a sales tax increase may spur Pennsylvania residents to purchase taxable goods out-of-state. This would be particularly likely in areas near Delaware (which imposes no sales tax) or Ohio $3 BILLION BILL FOR CORPORATE TAX CUTS IN 2012-13 Over the past decade, Pennsylvania has enacted numerous corporate tax cuts whose costs have skyrocketed. These tax cuts compete with state funding for schools, the state’s colleges and universities, early childhood education, and human services.PROPERTY TAXES
With ongoing negotiations over the state budget focused on property tax cuts, and the State Senate taking up a bill to eliminate property taxes, this briefing paper compares property tax elimination with two more targeted approaches that would reduce, but not eliminate property taxes: the Republican proposal that passed the Pennsylvania House in May (House Bill 504) and Gov. Wolf’s original CUT TO FEDERAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE IMPACTS FAMILIES AND A major funding cut to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) took effect November 1, 2013, impacting 1.8 millionPennsylvanians.
JUST THE FACTS ON COMBINED REPORTING Download a PDF Version of this Fact Check. Chamber of Business and Industry Makes Misleading Argument Against Closing Corporate Tax Loopholes . A May 24 press release from the Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry purported to TIME TO CLOSE THE LOOPHOLES: THE DELAWARE LOOPHOLE Time to Close the Loopholes: The Delaware Loophole. Suite 400 is located on the fourth floor of a modern building in an attractive office park next to a golf course on the outskirts of Wilmington, Delaware. It’s a nice enough office, but you’d never know that it is the legal home of thousands and thousands of corporations –including many
THE PENNSYLVANIA PROMISE 3 The Pennsylvania Promise would cost: One fourth of the revenue raised from increasing the Pennsylvania personal income tax rate by one percentage point.10 About half of the revenue raised by a progressive tax proposal that cuts the personal income tax rate on wages and interest while raising it on the income derived from wealth. ABOUT THE PENNSYLVANIA BUDGET AND POLICY CENTER Posted by PA Budget and Policy Center on April 24, 2014. Launched formally in 2007, the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center (PBPC) is a nonpartisan, statewide policy research project that provides independent, credible analysis on state tax, budget, and related policy matters, with attention to the impact of policy proposals onworking families.
JUDICIAL DISTRICTS AND JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE Executive Summary. This week the Republican leadership of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives plan to take up a HB 196, a constitutional amendment proposed by Representative Russ Diamond to elect the appellate court judges who sit on the Supreme Court and the two second-level courts, the Commonwealth Court and Superior Court, by districts rather than in statewide elections. THE PENNSYLVANIA BUDGET AND POLICY CENTER Posted by Marc Stier on June 4, 2019. HARRISBURG—PA Budget and Policy Center Director Marc Stier made the following statement in response to a press release sent out today by the Pennsylvania Republican Party criticizing a Budget Day of Action and rally/press conference in Harrisburg today in support of raising the state minimumwage: Read more.
PROPERTY TAX RELIEF IN PENNSYLVANIA A LOOK AT SALES TAXATION OF CULTURAL EVENTS ACROSS THE U.SSEE MORE ONPENNBPC.ORG
CUT TO FEDERAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE IMPACTS FAMILIES AND A major funding cut to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) took effect November 1, 2013, impacting 1.8 millionPennsylvanians.
$3 BILLION BILL FOR CORPORATE TAX CUTS IN 2012-13 Over the past decade, Pennsylvania has enacted numerous corporate tax cuts whose costs have skyrocketed. These tax cuts compete with state funding for schools, the state’s colleges and universities, early childhood education, and human services. A LOOK AT CENSUS DATA ON INCOME, POVERTY AND HEALTHSEE MORE ONPENNBPC.ORG
SENATE BILL ELIMINATING PROPERTY TAXES LARGELY UNCHANGED Download a PDF Version of this Fact Sheet. An amendment to Senate Bill 76 was proposed in April 2014. How would the proposed amendment impactSB 76?
PREK-12 EDUCATION FUNDING IN PENNSYLVANIA: WHERE DO WE STAND? 1 412 N. 3rd St, Harrisburg, PA 17101 • www.pennbpc.org • 717-255-7156 March 21, 2018 PreK-12 Education Funding in Pennsylvania: Where Do We Stand? The General Assembly has begun working on the budget for 2018-19 based on Governor Wolf’s ABOUT THE PENNSYLVANIA BUDGET AND POLICY CENTER Posted by PA Budget and Policy Center on April 24, 2014. Launched formally in 2007, the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center (PBPC) is a nonpartisan, statewide policy research project that provides independent, credible analysis on state tax, budget, and related policy matters, with attention to the impact of policy proposals onworking families.
JUDICIAL DISTRICTS AND JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE Executive Summary. This week the Republican leadership of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives plan to take up a HB 196, a constitutional amendment proposed by Representative Russ Diamond to elect the appellate court judges who sit on the Supreme Court and the two second-level courts, the Commonwealth Court and Superior Court, by districts rather than in statewide elections. THE PENNSYLVANIA BUDGET AND POLICY CENTER Posted by Marc Stier on June 4, 2019. HARRISBURG—PA Budget and Policy Center Director Marc Stier made the following statement in response to a press release sent out today by the Pennsylvania Republican Party criticizing a Budget Day of Action and rally/press conference in Harrisburg today in support of raising the state minimumwage: Read more.
PROPERTY TAX RELIEF IN PENNSYLVANIA A LOOK AT SALES TAXATION OF CULTURAL EVENTS ACROSS THE U.SSEE MORE ONPENNBPC.ORG
CUT TO FEDERAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE IMPACTS FAMILIES AND A major funding cut to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) took effect November 1, 2013, impacting 1.8 millionPennsylvanians.
$3 BILLION BILL FOR CORPORATE TAX CUTS IN 2012-13 Over the past decade, Pennsylvania has enacted numerous corporate tax cuts whose costs have skyrocketed. These tax cuts compete with state funding for schools, the state’s colleges and universities, early childhood education, and human services. A LOOK AT CENSUS DATA ON INCOME, POVERTY AND HEALTHSEE MORE ONPENNBPC.ORG
SENATE BILL ELIMINATING PROPERTY TAXES LARGELY UNCHANGED Download a PDF Version of this Fact Sheet. An amendment to Senate Bill 76 was proposed in April 2014. How would the proposed amendment impactSB 76?
PREK-12 EDUCATION FUNDING IN PENNSYLVANIA: WHERE DO WE STAND? 1 412 N. 3rd St, Harrisburg, PA 17101 • www.pennbpc.org • 717-255-7156 March 21, 2018 PreK-12 Education Funding in Pennsylvania: Where Do We Stand? The General Assembly has begun working on the budget for 2018-19 based on Governor Wolf’s UPCOMING EVENTS FROM THE PENNSYLVANIA BUDGET AND POLICY 2005 - 2019 The Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center, 412 North 3rd Street, Harrisburg, PA 17101 Terms of use & privacy policy. PBPC is a project of the Keystone PBPC JOB OPPORTUNITIES PBPC is a project of the Keystone Research Center, a 20-year-old economic policy think tank working for broadly shared prosperity, and a member of the State Priorities Partnership (SPP), coordinated by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. PBPC is an equal opportunity employer. Current Openings. Quantitative Analyst / Labor Economist.PBPC'S HISTORY
Posted by PA Budget and Policy Center on August 1, 2013. Since 2007, the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center (PBPC) has played a key role in Harrisburg demystifying tax and budget policies, separating truth from myth, and ensuring policy debates are grounded in the facts. Through credible research and advocacy, the Center promotes policies INCOME OR SALES TAX: WHICH IS THE BETTER OPTION? Pennsylvania’s sales tax, however, is comparatively high, ranked at 12th in the nation. If the sales tax rate were increased by 1%, Pennsylvania would have the highest state sales tax rate in the U.S. 2 Such a sales tax increase may spur Pennsylvania residents to purchase taxable goods out-of-state. This would be particularly likely in areas near Delaware (which imposes no sales tax) or Ohio $3 BILLION BILL FOR CORPORATE TAX CUTS IN 2012-13 Over the past decade, Pennsylvania has enacted numerous corporate tax cuts whose costs have skyrocketed. These tax cuts compete with state funding for schools, the state’s colleges and universities, early childhood education, and human services.PROPERTY TAXES
With ongoing negotiations over the state budget focused on property tax cuts, and the State Senate taking up a bill to eliminate property taxes, this briefing paper compares property tax elimination with two more targeted approaches that would reduce, but not eliminate property taxes: the Republican proposal that passed the Pennsylvania House in May (House Bill 504) and Gov. Wolf’s original CUT TO FEDERAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE IMPACTS FAMILIES AND A major funding cut to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) took effect November 1, 2013, impacting 1.8 millionPennsylvanians.
JUST THE FACTS ON COMBINED REPORTING Download a PDF Version of this Fact Check. Chamber of Business and Industry Makes Misleading Argument Against Closing Corporate Tax Loopholes . A May 24 press release from the Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry purported to TIME TO CLOSE THE LOOPHOLES: THE DELAWARE LOOPHOLE Time to Close the Loopholes: The Delaware Loophole. Suite 400 is located on the fourth floor of a modern building in an attractive office park next to a golf course on the outskirts of Wilmington, Delaware. It’s a nice enough office, but you’d never know that it is the legal home of thousands and thousands of corporations –including many
THE PENNSYLVANIA PROMISE 3 The Pennsylvania Promise would cost: One fourth of the revenue raised from increasing the Pennsylvania personal income tax rate by one percentage point.10 About half of the revenue raised by a progressive tax proposal that cuts the personal income tax rate on wages and interest while raising it on the income derived from wealth. ABOUT THE PENNSYLVANIA BUDGET AND POLICY CENTER Posted by PA Budget and Policy Center on April 24, 2014. Launched formally in 2007, the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center (PBPC) is a nonpartisan, statewide policy research project that provides independent, credible analysis on state tax, budget, and related policy matters, with attention to the impact of policy proposals onworking families.
JUDICIAL DISTRICTS AND JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE Executive Summary. This week the Republican leadership of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives plan to take up a HB 196, a constitutional amendment proposed by Representative Russ Diamond to elect the appellate court judges who sit on the Supreme Court and the two second-level courts, the Commonwealth Court and Superior Court, by districts rather than in statewide elections. THE PENNSYLVANIA BUDGET AND POLICY CENTERWA BUDGET AND POLICY CENTERCENTER FOR BUDGET AND POLICYBUDGET AND POLICY PRIORITIESPENNSYLVANIA POLICY ISSUESPA BUDGET OFFICEPA BUDGET UPDATE Posted by Marc Stier on June 4, 2019. HARRISBURG—PA Budget and Policy Center Director Marc Stier made the following statement in response to a press release sent out today by the Pennsylvania Republican Party criticizing a Budget Day of Action and rally/press conference in Harrisburg today in support of raising the state minimumwage: Read more.
PROPERTY TAX RELIEF IN PENNSYLVANIA A LOOK AT SALES TAXATION OF CULTURAL EVENTS ACROSS THE U.SSEE MORE ON PENNBPC.ORGLIST OF CULTURAL EVENTSAMERICAN CULTURAL EVENTSCULTURAL EVENTS CALENDARCULTURAL EVENTS NEAR ME CUT TO FEDERAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE IMPACTS FAMILIES AND A major funding cut to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) took effect November 1, 2013, impacting 1.8 millionPennsylvanians.
$3 BILLION BILL FOR CORPORATE TAX CUTS IN 2012-13 Over the past decade, Pennsylvania has enacted numerous corporate tax cuts whose costs have skyrocketed. These tax cuts compete with state funding for schools, the state’s colleges and universities, early childhood education, and human services. A LOOK AT CENSUS DATA ON INCOME, POVERTY AND HEALTHSEE MORE ON PENNBPC.ORGCENSUS BUREAU POVERTY DATAUNITED STATES CENSUS BUREAU POVERTYUS CENSUS BUREAU POVERTYUS CENSUS BUREAU POVERTY THRESHOLDPOVERTY IN AMERICA CENSUS BUREAUPOVERTY RATE CENSUS SENATE BILL ELIMINATING PROPERTY TAXES LARGELY UNCHANGED Download a PDF Version of this Fact Sheet. An amendment to Senate Bill 76 was proposed in April 2014. How would the proposed amendment impactSB 76?
PREK-12 EDUCATION FUNDING IN PENNSYLVANIA: WHERE DO WE STAND? 1 412 N. 3rd St, Harrisburg, PA 17101 • www.pennbpc.org • 717-255-7156 March 21, 2018 PreK-12 Education Funding in Pennsylvania: Where Do We Stand? The General Assembly has begun working on the budget for 2018-19 based on Governor Wolf’s ABOUT THE PENNSYLVANIA BUDGET AND POLICY CENTER Posted by PA Budget and Policy Center on April 24, 2014. Launched formally in 2007, the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center (PBPC) is a nonpartisan, statewide policy research project that provides independent, credible analysis on state tax, budget, and related policy matters, with attention to the impact of policy proposals onworking families.
JUDICIAL DISTRICTS AND JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE Executive Summary. This week the Republican leadership of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives plan to take up a HB 196, a constitutional amendment proposed by Representative Russ Diamond to elect the appellate court judges who sit on the Supreme Court and the two second-level courts, the Commonwealth Court and Superior Court, by districts rather than in statewide elections. THE PENNSYLVANIA BUDGET AND POLICY CENTERWA BUDGET AND POLICY CENTERCENTER FOR BUDGET AND POLICYBUDGET AND POLICY PRIORITIESPENNSYLVANIA POLICY ISSUESPA BUDGET OFFICEPA BUDGET UPDATE Posted by Marc Stier on June 4, 2019. HARRISBURG—PA Budget and Policy Center Director Marc Stier made the following statement in response to a press release sent out today by the Pennsylvania Republican Party criticizing a Budget Day of Action and rally/press conference in Harrisburg today in support of raising the state minimumwage: Read more.
PROPERTY TAX RELIEF IN PENNSYLVANIA A LOOK AT SALES TAXATION OF CULTURAL EVENTS ACROSS THE U.SSEE MORE ON PENNBPC.ORGLIST OF CULTURAL EVENTSAMERICAN CULTURAL EVENTSCULTURAL EVENTS CALENDARCULTURAL EVENTS NEAR ME CUT TO FEDERAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE IMPACTS FAMILIES AND A major funding cut to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) took effect November 1, 2013, impacting 1.8 millionPennsylvanians.
$3 BILLION BILL FOR CORPORATE TAX CUTS IN 2012-13 Over the past decade, Pennsylvania has enacted numerous corporate tax cuts whose costs have skyrocketed. These tax cuts compete with state funding for schools, the state’s colleges and universities, early childhood education, and human services. A LOOK AT CENSUS DATA ON INCOME, POVERTY AND HEALTHSEE MORE ON PENNBPC.ORGCENSUS BUREAU POVERTY DATAUNITED STATES CENSUS BUREAU POVERTYUS CENSUS BUREAU POVERTYUS CENSUS BUREAU POVERTY THRESHOLDPOVERTY IN AMERICA CENSUS BUREAUPOVERTY RATE CENSUS SENATE BILL ELIMINATING PROPERTY TAXES LARGELY UNCHANGED Download a PDF Version of this Fact Sheet. An amendment to Senate Bill 76 was proposed in April 2014. How would the proposed amendment impactSB 76?
PREK-12 EDUCATION FUNDING IN PENNSYLVANIA: WHERE DO WE STAND? 1 412 N. 3rd St, Harrisburg, PA 17101 • www.pennbpc.org • 717-255-7156 March 21, 2018 PreK-12 Education Funding in Pennsylvania: Where Do We Stand? The General Assembly has begun working on the budget for 2018-19 based on Governor Wolf’s UPCOMING EVENTS FROM THE PENNSYLVANIA BUDGET AND POLICY 2005 - 2019 The Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center, 412 North 3rd Street, Harrisburg, PA 17101 Terms of use & privacy policy. PBPC is a project of the Keystone PBPC JOB OPPORTUNITIES PBPC is a project of the Keystone Research Center, a 20-year-old economic policy think tank working for broadly shared prosperity, and a member of the State Priorities Partnership (SPP), coordinated by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. PBPC is an equal opportunity employer. Current Openings. Quantitative Analyst / Labor Economist.PBPC'S HISTORY
Posted by PA Budget and Policy Center on August 1, 2013. Since 2007, the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center (PBPC) has played a key role in Harrisburg demystifying tax and budget policies, separating truth from myth, and ensuring policy debates are grounded in the facts. Through credible research and advocacy, the Center promotes policies INCOME OR SALES TAX: WHICH IS THE BETTER OPTION? Pennsylvania’s sales tax, however, is comparatively high, ranked at 12th in the nation. If the sales tax rate were increased by 1%, Pennsylvania would have the highest state sales tax rate in the U.S. 2 Such a sales tax increase may spur Pennsylvania residents to purchase taxable goods out-of-state. This would be particularly likely in areas near Delaware (which imposes no sales tax) or Ohio $3 BILLION BILL FOR CORPORATE TAX CUTS IN 2012-13 Over the past decade, Pennsylvania has enacted numerous corporate tax cuts whose costs have skyrocketed. These tax cuts compete with state funding for schools, the state’s colleges and universities, early childhood education, and human services.PROPERTY TAXES
With ongoing negotiations over the state budget focused on property tax cuts, and the State Senate taking up a bill to eliminate property taxes, this briefing paper compares property tax elimination with two more targeted approaches that would reduce, but not eliminate property taxes: the Republican proposal that passed the Pennsylvania House in May (House Bill 504) and Gov. Wolf’s original CUT TO FEDERAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE IMPACTS FAMILIES AND A major funding cut to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) took effect November 1, 2013, impacting 1.8 millionPennsylvanians.
JUST THE FACTS ON COMBINED REPORTING Download a PDF Version of this Fact Check. Chamber of Business and Industry Makes Misleading Argument Against Closing Corporate Tax Loopholes . A May 24 press release from the Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry purported to TIME TO CLOSE THE LOOPHOLES: THE DELAWARE LOOPHOLE Time to Close the Loopholes: The Delaware Loophole. Suite 400 is located on the fourth floor of a modern building in an attractive office park next to a golf course on the outskirts of Wilmington, Delaware. It’s a nice enough office, but you’d never know that it is the legal home of thousands and thousands of corporations –including many
THE PENNSYLVANIA PROMISE 3 The Pennsylvania Promise would cost: One fourth of the revenue raised from increasing the Pennsylvania personal income tax rate by one percentage point.10 About half of the revenue raised by a progressive tax proposal that cuts the personal income tax rate on wages and interest while raising it on the income derived from wealth.Search for:
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THIRD AND STATE BLOGA PROGRESSIVE TAKE ON PUBLIC POLICY IN PENNSYLVANIA AND IN WASHINGTON, D.C. OUR OPPORTUNITY TO RE-EVALUATE: PENNSYLVANIA’S COVID-19 POLICY RESPONSE AND PRIORITIES MOVING FORWARD Diana Polson | 05/22/2020 STATEMENT ON HB 2412: IS REAL ESTATE REALLY ESSENTIAL? Marc Stier | 04/30/2020 A STATEMENT ON HB 1776: PROPERTY SCHOOL TAX FREEZE IS A WRONG MOVE FORPA
Marc Stier | 04/30/2020 A STATUS UPDATE ON PENNSYLVANIA’S POLICY RESPONSE TO COVID-19: ECONOMIC RELIEF, HEALTH CARE AND WORKER PROTECTIONS Diana Polson | 04/13/2020 IN PA, WORKER PROTECTIONS RULED “OUT OF ORDER” Marc Stier | 04/14/2020 DECLARING VICTORY TOO SOON WILL COST TOO MANY LIVES Marc Stier | 04/13/2020RACE AND COVID-19
Erica Freeman and Marc Stier | 04/09/2020 THE ECONOMY IS DROPPING LIKE A STONE—EVEN MORE AGGRESSIVE POLICIESNEEDED
Stephen Herzenberg | 04/03/2020 WHAT NOT TO DO IN THE FACE OF A COVID-19 DRIVEN RECESSION: LESSONS FROM THE CORBETT YEARS Diana Polson and Marc Stier | 03/31/2020 THE LIKELY IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON PENNSYLVANIA Marc Stier | 03/30/2020 COVID COLLAPSE LIKELY TO COST PENNSYLVANIA MORE THAN 750,000 JOBS BYSUMMER
Stephen Herzenberg and Maisum Murtaza | 03/27/2020 FUNDS FOR PENNSYLVANIA IN THE SENATE CORONAVIRUS RELIEF ACT Maisum Murtaza and Marc Stier | 03/26/2020 VIRUSES, HEALTH CARE, AND COMMUNAL PROVISION Marc Stier | 03/25/2020 HERE IS WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THE COVID-19 STIMULUS BILL Marc Stier | 03/25/2020 ELECTION REFORM ENACTED! Marc Stier | 11/01/2019 TRUMP MAKES THE STATES A MEDICAID OFFER THEY MUST REFUSE Marc Stier | 01/31/2020 EARTH TO PA LAWMAKERS: 1.8 MILLION PENNSYLVANIANS, MANY IN RURAL PA, ARE PAYING THE PRICE OF YOUR INACTION Stephen Herzenberg | 01/28/2020 WASHINGTON LAUNCHES PAID FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE: PENNSYLVANIA SHOULDFOLLOW SUIT
Diana Polson | 01/14/2020 ON ECONOMIC POLICY, IT’S NOT WHAT PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYS, IT’S WHAT HE DOES THAT MATTERS Stephen Herzenberg | 01/06/2020 THE PUBLIC COLLEGE AFFORDABILITY GAP LOOMS LARGE FOR PENNSYLVANIASTUDENTS
Diana Polson | 12/23/2019 ON TODAY’S RULING ON THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT INDIVIDUAL HEALTHINSURANCE MANDATE
Marc Stier | 12/18/2019 JUDICIAL GERRYMANDERING IS BACK Marc Stier | 12/18/2019 OPPOSING THE STATE SENATE’S ATTEMPT TO REDUCE ACCESS TO LIFE-SAVING TREATMENT DURING A DEADLY OVERDOSE CRISIS (OPPOSING SB 675) Adrienne Standley | 11/20/2019 THOUGHTS ON SB 421 – THE ELECTION REFORM BILL Marc Stier | 10/29/2019 NO LONGER THE GREAT EQUALIZER: NEW STUDY HIGHLIGHTS HOW PENNSYLVANIA’S LOW AND DECLINING INVESTMENT IN HIGHER ED THREATENS ACCESS TO COLLEGE, ESPECIALLY FOR BLACK AND HISPANIC FAMILIES Diana Polson | 10/25/2019 CORPORATE TAX CHANGE WILL BRING ADDITIONAL REVENUE INTO PENNSYLVANIA, HOW MUCH IS STILL NOT KNOWN Diana Polson | 10/11/2019 FACT VS. MYTH ON THE MINIMUM WAGE Marc Stier | 09/26/2019 PA PROTECTS AGAINST INSURANCE LOSSES CAUSED BY TRUMP Marc Stier | 09/11/2019 CHILD CARE FOR MINIMUM WAGE WORKERS IN PA COSTS 78.5% OF ANNUALEARNINGS
Diana Polson | 07/25/2019 PA HOUSE DEMOCRATS CLARIFY THE MINIMUM WAGE DEBATE Marc Stier | 06/26/2019 PA’S TAX STRUCTURE WORSENS INCOME INEQUALITY, THE RACIAL WEALTH GAP AND CONTRIBUTES TO OUR REVENUE INADEQUACY Diana Polson | 03/26/2019 A NEW PROPOSAL WOULD GIVE A MUCH-NEEDED BOOST TO PENNSYLVANIA’SWORKING FAMILIES
Jeff Garis | 04/10/2019 TAX FREEDOM DAY? NOT REALLY. Diana Polson | 04/15/2019 LOW TEACHER PAY SHORTCHANGES TEACHERS—AND STUDENTS—IN PENNSYLVANIA Stephen Herzenberg | 05/03/2019 IT LOOKS LIKE PENNSYLVANIA REPUBLICANS ARE READY TO MOVE ON THE MINIMUM WAGE. BUT IS $8.50 ENOUGH? Diana Polson | 05/18/2019 GOVERNOR WOLF’S 2019-2020 BUDGET: A FIRST TAKE Marc Stier | 02/23/2019 AT LEAST OUR GOV. WOLF AND OTHER ROW OFFICERS ARE NOT TRYING TO LOWER WAGES, CUT HEALTH COVERAGE, AND POISON RESIDENTS Stephen Herzenberg | 10/24/2018 PENNSYLVANIA’S TERRIBLE TAX CODE ASKS MORE OF YOU AS YOU MAKE LESS: HITS COMMUNITIES OF COLOR ESPECIALLY HARD Diana Polson | 10/23/2018 TAX CUTS AND JOBS ACT WILL SUPERCHARGE RACIAL WEALTH DIVIDE, FINDSFIRST-TIME ANALYSIS
Stephen Herzenberg | 10/11/2018 SPEAKER TURZAI OFFERS UP A FAKE REDISTRICTING REFORM PLAN Marc Stier | 09/21/2018 2017 CENSUS RELEASE: HEALTH CARE COVERAGE IN PENNSYLVANIA Diana Polson | 09/18/2018 ON REDISTRICTING REFORM, GOOD INTENTIONS ARE NOT ENOUGH Marc Stier | 07/15/2018 KRC FILES AFFIDAVIT IN PA SCHOOL FUNDING LAWSUIT Susan Spicka | 07/10/2018 THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY BUDGET MIRRORS MANY OF THE GOVERNOR’S PRIORITIES BUT DOES NOT GO FAR ENOUGH Diana Polson | 06/22/2018 THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION’S NEWEST ABOUT-FACE: SEEKING TO DISMANTLE PROTECTIONS FOR THOSE WITH PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS Diana Polson | 06/20/2018 PROTECT OUR REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY — STOP THE GOP ATTACK ON THE PACOURTS
Marc Stier | 06/14/2018 REPUBLICAN JUDICIAL DISTRICTING: AN EXISTENTIAL THREAT TO PENNSYLVANIADEMOCRACY
Marc Stier | 06/18/2018 PENNSYLVANIA STATE GOVERNMENT’S TO-DO LIST: JUNE 2018 Diana Polson | 06/13/2018TIME TO STOP SB 22
Marc Stier | 06/12/2018 BIPARTISAN SENATE FARM BILL AIMS TO STRENGTHEN SNAP, NOT UNDERMINE IT LIKE THE HOUSE’S PROPOSED BILL Diana Polson | 06/11/2018 THE FOLMER REDISTRICTING COMMISSION: NEITHER INDEPENDENT NORNONPARTISAN
Marc Stier | 06/11/2018 A STEP TOWARDS PAY EQUITY IN PENNSYLVANIA Diana Polson | 06/07/2018 HOW TO FIX LEGISLATIVE DISTRICTING IN PENNSYLVANIA (WITHOUT MAKINGTHINGS WORSE)
Marc Stier | 06/05/2018 NEW POLL: PENNSYLVANIANS WANT STATE LEGISLATURE TO MAKE ADDITIONAL K-12 EDUCATION FUNDING A PRIORITY Erica Freeman | 05/18/2018 REP. FITZPATRICK MADE THE RIGHT CHOICE ON SNAP CUTS; UNFORTUNATELY, REP. COSTELLO DID NOT Diana Polson | 05/22/2018 COMPLICATED WORK REQUIREMENTS WILL UPEND SNAP AS A STABILIZING FORCEFOR THOSE IN CRISIS
Diana Polson | 03/14/2018 LET’S BE HONEST ABOUT FOOD STAMP WORK REQUIREMENTS… Sheila Christopher | 04/18/2018 A $4,000-PAY RAISE? NOPE. SINCE TRUMP’S TAX CUT, BUSINESSES SPENDING 39 TIMES AS MUCH ON STOCK BUYBACKS THAN ON WAGES OR BONUSES. Diana Polson | 04/17/2018 THE TRUMP TAX BILL WASN’T FOR YOU Sean Kitchen | 04/17/2018 “WORK REQUIREMENTS” AND THE POLITICAL APPEAL OF CRUELTY Marc Stier | 04/15/2018 DON’T BE FOOLED: THE EXTENSION OF THE TRUMP TAX BILL PRIMARILY BENEFITS THE RICH, JUST LIKE THE ORIGINAL LAW DOES Diana Polson | 04/12/2018 WHY “GET A JOB!” IS NOT THE ANSWER TO DECREASING RELIANCE ON FOODSTAMPS
Diana Polson | 04/10/2018 TAKE ACTION NOW: FOOD STAMP WORK REQUIREMENTS WILL HARM PEOPLE WITH CRIMINAL RECORDS TRYING TO BUILD NEW LIVES Sharon M. Dietrich | 04/04/2018 GOVERNOR WOLF’S PROPOSED EDUCATION BUDGET FINALLY RESTORES CORBETT’S K-12 CLASSROOM FUNDING CUTS BUT INEQUITIES AND INADEQUATE FUNDING STILL REMAIN Diana Polson | 04/03/2018 THE TAX CUT AND JOBS ACT WILL WORSEN INEQUALITY IN PENNSYLVANIA Diana Polson | 03/23/2018 WANTED: A NAFTA AND TRADE POLICY THAT HELPS UNRIG THE ECONOMY AGAINSTWORKING FAMILIES
Stephen Herzenberg | 03/16/2018 WHY THE PA SUPREME COURT’S LINES SHOULD STAND Marc Stier | 03/05/2018 KEY SOURCES ON THE VALUE OF UNIONS AND THE IMPORTANCE OF PROTECTING WORKERS’ REAL FREEDOM TO JOIN TOGETHER Stephen Herzenberg | 02/26/2018 PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN GLASS HOUSES SHOULDN’T THROW STONES Stephen Herzenberg | 02/23/2018 STUDY: TEACHERS IN PENNSYLVANIA ARE UNDERCOMPENSATED Mark Price | 02/15/2018 ON PRESIDENT TRUMP’S INFRASTRUCTURE PROPOSAL Marc Stier | 02/13/2018 PROPOSED ELIMINATION OF THE COMMUNITY SERVICES BLOCK GRANT (CSBG) Steven Martinez | 02/13/2018 FACT CHECK: UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS LIKE THE DREAMERS ARE NOT A DRAG ON STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT Marc Stier | 01/27/2018 THE PENNSYLVANIA PROMISE – AFFORDABLE COLLEGE FOR ALL PENNSYLVANIANS Diana Polson | 01/26/2018 THE UNNECESSARY FEDERAL BUDGET IMPASSE Marc Stier | 01/20/2018 PA LEADS ON OVERTIME PAY – WHERE THE GOVERNOR CAN ACT WITHOUT THESTATE LEGISLATURE
Stephen Herzenberg | 01/21/2018 KRC REPORTS IN SMALL BITES: THE MINIMUM WAGE REPORT 2018: POST 6 OF 6|
KRC REPORTS IN SMALL BITES: THE MINIMUM WAGE REPORT 2018: POST 5 OF 6|
KRC REPORTS IN SMALL BITES: THE MINIMUM WAGE REPORT 2018: POST 4 OF 6|
KRC REPORTS IN SMALL BITES: THE MINIMUM WAGE REPORT 2018: POST 3 OF 6|
KRC REPORTS IN SMALL BITES: THE MINIMUM WAGE REPORT 2018: POST 2 OF 6|
KRC REPORTS IN SMALL BITES: THE MINIMUM WAGE REPORT 2018: POST 1 OF 6|
A TEMPORARY SETBACK ON THE WAY TO A JUST AMERICA Marc Stier | 12/19/2017 STATE EDUCATION FUNDING MATTERS – A TALE OF TWO STATES (PA AND NJ) Stephen Herzenberg | 12/19/2017 IT REDISTRIBUTES FROM WORKING PEOPLE AND THE MIDDLE CLASS TO THE RICH. AND THAT’S JUST WRONG. Marc Stier | 12/18/2017 LIMITATIONS ON THE STATE AND LOCAL TAX DEDUCTION HURT PENNSYLVANIA INTWO WAYS
Marc Stier | 12/16/2017 FIGHT RISING INEQUALITY BY PUSHING BACK ON TIP THEFT! Mark Price | 12/15/2017 THE GOP-BACKED TAX BILL: A LOSE-NOW, LOSE-MORE-LATER PLAN FOR LOW- AND MIDDLE-INCOME AMERICANS Diana Polson | 12/14/2017 SHOW ME THE SAVINGS! BIPARTISAN LAWMAKERS BACK TRANSPARENCY TO STOP OUTSOURCING THAT COSTS SCHOOL DISTRICTS MORE Stephen Herzenberg | 12/02/2017 THE GOP TAX BILL: AN ASSAULT ON ECONOMIC EQUALITY AND DEMOCRACY Marc Stier | 12/02/2017 NEW JERSEY AND THE $15 MINIMUM WAGE Kadida Kenner | 11/27/2017 FOR MANY PENNSYLVANIANS, INSURANCE PREMIUMS INCREASE ARE GREATER THANTAX CUTS
Marc Stier | 11/24/2017 HELP FOR YOUR THANKSGIVING DAY TAX DEBATES Marc Stier | 11/23/2017 THE RICH GET RICHER: WHY THE SENATE TAX BILL IS A TOTAL SHAM John Neurohr | 11/22/2017THIS IS NOT NORMAL
Marc Stier | 11/03/2017 ON JOINT RESOLUTION 1, THE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT ON PROPERTY TAXES Marc Stier | 11/03/2017 ON HB/SB 76 — PROPERTY TAX ELIMINATION IN PA Marc Stier | 11/03/2017 IN TRUTH, THE PA BUDGET IS STILL NOT DONE Marc Stier | 10/27/2017 FOR PA AND U.S. MANUFACTURING TO FLOURISH, POLICYMAKERS NEED TO BE BEHOLDEN TO SOME DIFFERENT DEFUNCT ECONOMISTS Stephen Herzenberg | 10/20/2017 STATEMENT: ON SHALE TAX AND CANCELLED HOUSE SESSION Marc Stier | 10/19/2017 STATEMENT: ON STATE HOUSE REVENUE PLAN Marc Stier | 10/18/2017 NATURAL GAS PRODUCERS IN PA DON’T PAY THEIR FAIR SHARE Stephen Herzenberg | 10/18/2017 STATEMENT: ON PRESIDENT TRUMP’S ACA-KILLING ACTIONS|
STATEMENT: ON THE GOVERNOR’S PLAN TO SECURITIZE PLCB PROFITS|
GOP-TRUMP TAX PLAN: A WINDFALL FOR TOP 1% OF PENNSYLVANIA, A TAX INCREASE FOR MANY MIDDLE CLASS PENNSYLVANIANS|
RIGGING THE ECONOMY TO FURTHER BENEFIT THE 1% — THE PENNSYLVANIANUMBERS
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NO TIME FOR GIVING UP Marc Stier | 10/07/2017 DON’T LET THE EXTREMISTS WIN Marc Stier | 09/29/2017 THE GOP FEDERAL TAX PROPOSAL: MULTIPLE REASONS TO WORRY Marc Stier | 09/26/2017 GRAHAM-CASSIDY REPEAL BILL — JUST PLAIN BAD FOR PENNSYLVANIA Marc Stier | 09/22/2017 WHAT THE PA CREDIT DOWNGRADE MEANS Marc Stier | 09/20/2017 THE BUDGET SOLUTION WE NEEDMarc Stier |
STATEMENT: ON THE PASSAGE OF THE PA HOUSE GOP REVENUE PLAN Marc Stier | 09/13/2017 THE PA HOUSE GOP BUDGET PLAN TO RAID SPECIAL FUNDS EXPLAINED Marc Stier | 09/12/2017 WHERE THE BUDGET STANDS Marc Stier | 09/11/2017 SOME BODICE-RIPPING PROSE FROM THE STATE OF WORKING PENNSYLVANIA YOUMAY HAVE MISSED!
Mark Price | 09/08/2017 PAY NO ATTENTION TO THE BUDGET CUTS BEHIND THE CURTAIN: THE PA HOUSEGOP BUDGET PLAN
Marc Stier | 09/05/2017 STATE OF WORKING PENNSYLVANIA 2017 Mark Price | 09/01/2017 LET’S NOT LET CRANKY UNCLE MIKE RAID THE STATE BUDGET Marc Stier | 08/28/2017 EVIDENTLY YOU CAN MAKE THIS STUFF UP: THE COMMONWEALTH FOUNDATION (AND THE HOUSE GOP) ON THE STATE BUDGET Marc Stier | 08/24/2017 A VICTORY FOR SEATTLE “FOR-HIRE” DRIVERS…AND FOR THE NEXT LABORMOVEMENT
Stephen Herzenberg | 08/02/2017 DON’T TAKE SKINNY REPEAL LIGHTLY — THE DANGERS OF “JUST PASS SOMETHING” MENTALITY Marc Stier | 07/27/2017 BUDGET DEAL: THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY Marc Stier | 07/27/2017 SENATE TO CHOOSE BETWEEN HEALTH CATASTROPHE OR SOMETHING WORSE Marc Stier | 07/24/2017 STATEMENT: ON THE STATE OF PA BUDGET NEGOTIATIONS John Neurohr | 07/22/2017 PUBLIC INVESTMENT AND ECONOMIC GROWTH: EVEN THE COMMONWEALTH FOUNDATION GETS IT (SOMETIMES) Marc Stier | 07/21/2017 DRILLERS ARE RIGHT – PA NEEDS TAX RATE ON GAS LIKE OTHER STATES: IT’S TIME FOR A SEVERANCE TAX Stephen Herzenberg | 07/21/2017 SPEAKER TURZAI: LEAD, FOLLOW, OR GET OUT OF THE WAY Marc Stier | 07/20/2017 STATEMENT ON CBO SCORE OF BCRA Marc Stier | 07/20/2017 HOW WOULD TRUMP’S FOOD STAMP CUTS HURT AMERICANS? LET US COUNT THEWAYS.
Shelley Aragoncillo | 07/20/2017 IT COULDN’T BE FIXED: POLICY AND POLITICS IN THE REPUBLICAN HEALTHCARE BILL
Marc Stier | 07/18/2017 ARE THE REPUBLICANS READY TO GUT HIGHER EDUCATION TO AVOID A SEVERANCE TAX ON NATURAL GAS DRILLING? Marc Stier | 07/14/2017 YES! MILLENNIALS SHOULD LEAD THE NEXT LABOR MOVEMENT Stephen Herzenberg | 07/14/2017 UNPACKING THE RIGHT’S BREATHLESS EMBRACE OF NEW SEATTLE MINIMUM-WAGESTUDY
Stephen Herzenberg | 07/14/2017 PA HOUSE GOP STEALTH ATTACK ON MEDICAID Marc Stier | 07/10/2017 MEMO: REVENUE OPTIONS TO FINISH THE 2017-18 BUDGET Marc Stier | 07/10/2017 NEW ESTIMATES OF THE LOSS OF FEDERAL FUNDING TO PENNSYLVANIA FROM THE SENATE HEALTH CARE BILL Marc Stier | 07/08/2017 S&P TO PA: SNAP OUT OF IT Marc Stier | 07/07/2017 SENATE BILL RAISES MARKETPLACE AND EMPLOYER-BASED PREMIUMS FOR MOSTPENNSYLVANIANS
Marc Stier | 07/05/2017 HOW DUMB DOES SENATOR TOOMEY THINK WE ARE? Marc Stier | 07/02/2017 STATE AS WELL AS FEDERAL REPUBLICANS GO AFTER MEDICAID Marc Stier | 06/30/2017 FIRST LOOK AT THE 2017-18 STATE BUDGET Marc Stier | 06/30/2017 THE REPUBLICANS OF MY YOUTH DIDN’T BORROW TO BALANCE BUDGETS Marc Stier | 06/30/2017 THE REPUBLICANS OF MY YOUTH DIDN’T ENCOURAGE VICE Marc Stier | 06/30/2017 THE STATE SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION: PENNSYLVANIA’S MOBILITYWORKHORSES
Eugene Henninger-Voss | 06/29/2017 MEMO: EFFECTS OF U.S. SENATE HEALTH CARE BILL ON PENNSYLVANIA Marc Stier | 06/28/2017 STATEMENT: PBPC ON THE CBO REPORT FOR THE SENATE HEALTH CARE BILL Marc Stier | 06/26/2017 GUEST BLOG POST FROM DET ANSINN: WHY BUSINESSES NEED THE ACA Det Ansinn | 06/25/2017 GUEST BLOG POST FROM KRISTEN DAMA: WHY WE CAN’T GO BACK TO LIFEBEFORE THE ACA
Kristen Dama | 06/25/2017 WHICH DIRECTION FOR AMERICA? WHAT’S AT STAKE IN THE HEALTH CAREDEBATE?
Marc Stier | 06/25/2017 APPRENTICESHIP WEAK: TRUMP PROPOSAL FAILS TO TAP INTO APPRENTICESHIP’S POTENTIAL Stephen Herzenberg | 06/19/2017 PENNSYLVANIANS ASK PA CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION TO REJECT INHUMANE CUTS TO VITAL FEDERAL BUDGET PROGRAMS John Neurohr | 06/19/2017 WHAT IS THE FAIR SHARE TAX? Marc Stier | 06/16/2017 A SEVERANCE TAX: THE BASICS Marc Stier | 06/16/2017 WHAT WOULD AN ADEQUATE PENNSYLVANIA BUDGET LOOK LIKE THIS YEAR? Marc Stier | 06/15/2017 WITH PUBLIC PENSIONS DONE, IT’S TIME NOW FOR A VICTORY ON RETIREMENT SECURITY…AND A GREAT STATE BUDGET Stephen Herzenberg | 06/12/2017 KANSAS’ EXPERIMENT YIELDS VALUABLE LESSONS Heidi Holliday | 06/09/2017 DING DONG THE WITCH IS DEAD Marc Stier | 06/08/2017 PENNSYLVANIA’S BUDGET CHOICES THIS YEAR Marc Stier | 05/27/2017 IT’S NOT JUST A NUMBER: PBPC STATEMENT ON THE CBO SCORE OF THE AHCA Marc Stier | 05/23/2017THE TRUMP BUDGET
Marc Stier | 05/22/2017 ACA REPEAL PUTS PENNSYLVANIANS WHO WORK FOR LARGE CORPORATIONS AT RISK Marc Stier | 05/04/2017 PBPC STATEMENT ON THE AHCA VOTE Marc Stier | 05/04/2017 THEY CAN’T BUY US OFF Marc Stier | 05/03/2017 LAST CHANCE FOR SEN. TOOMEY TO VOTE WITH MAIN ST. SAVERS ON RETIREMENTSECURITY
Stephen Herzenberg | 05/02/2017 WHY REPRESENTATIVE TIM MURPHY SHOULD OPPOSE THE REPUBLICAN HEALTH CAREBILL
Marc Stier | 05/02/2017 TRUMP IS WRONG: THE AHCA WILL MAKE HEALTH INSURANCE UNAFFORDABLE FOR THOSE WITH PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS Marc Stier | 05/02/2017 WHY REPRESENTATIVE THOMPSON SHOULD VOTE NO ON THE HEALTH CARE BILL Marc Stier | 04/27/2017 THE NEW VERSION OF THE GOP HEALTH CARE BILL IS EVEN WORSE THAN THELAST ONE
Marc Stier | 04/26/2017 OUR UPSIDE-DOWN TAX SYSTEM Diana Polson | 04/25/2017 ATTACKS ON PUBLIC SECTOR WORKERS HURT WORKING PEOPLE AND BENEFIT THERICH
Stephen Herzenberg | 04/22/2017HEALTH CARE AGAIN
Marc Stier | 04/21/2017 FACTS, NOT HYSTERIA, ABOUT THE SODA TAX Marc Stier, Diana Polson | 04/11/2017 HOUSE GOP BUDGET UNITES PENNSYLVANIANS ACROSS THE POLITICAL SPECTRUM … IN CONDEMNING IT Jeff Garis | 04/11/2017 GUEST BLOGGER: WE MUST HAVE MISSED THE MEMO Jin David Kim | 04/10/2017 WHY DO RURAL LEGISLATORS VOTE FOR VOUCHER PROGRAMS THAT DELIVER NO BENEFITS TO THEIR COUNTIES? Stephen Herzenberg | 04/07/2017 THE (WHOLLY INADEQUATE) GOP BUDGET PROPOSAL (HB 218) Marc Stier | 04/06/2017 A TEACHABLE MOMENT IN THE PLCB DEBATE Marc Stier | 04/05/2017 KRC ON U.S. SENATE ACTION TO PREVENT CITIES FROM IMPROVING RETIREMENT SECURITY FOR PRIVATE SECTOR WORKERS Stephen Herzenberg | 03/21/2017 ESSENTIAL BENEFITS ARE… ESSENTIAL Marc Stier | 03/24/2017 TRUMP BUDGET SLASHES STATE AND LOCAL GRANTS AT TOUGH TIME FOR STATES Iris J. Lav | 03/20/2017 REPEAL OF THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT: A $31 BILLION TAX CUT FOR A HANDFUL OF THE WEALTHIEST TAXPAYERS Mark Price | 03/20/2017 HEALTH CARE MUST BE PROVIDED COMMUNALLY Marc Stier | 03/19/2017 NEW REPORT CONFIRMS ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT PA COVERAGE LOSSES UNDER GOPHEALTH CARE PLAN
Marc Stier | 03/17/2017 DID YOUR STATE REPS’ VOTES MAKE BETSY DEVOS PROUD? Susan Spicka | 03/16/2017 PBPC ON CBO SCORE FOR GOP HEALTHCARE PLAN Marc Stier | 03/13/2017 DID I MISS A CONTRIBUTION FROM THE ARNOLD FOUNDATION TO THE NEW YORKTIMES?
Stephen Herzenberg | 03/09/2017 ANALYSIS OF EFFECTS OF HOUSE GOP HEALTH CARE PLAN ON PENNSYLVANIA Marc Stier | 03/07/2017 ON RETIREMENT SECURITY, SENATORS CASEY AND TOOMEY, WHICH SIDE ARE YOUON?
Stephen Herzenberg | 02/26/2017 EARLY RETURNS LOOK GOOD IN PHILADELPHIA’S NATION-LEADING FIGHT FOR ASODA TAX
Marc Stier | 02/23/2017 IMPACT OF REPEAL ON THE NUMBER OF INSURED PENNSYLVANIANS John Neurohr | 02/06/2017 THE OBAMACARE REPEAL IS A STATE BUDGET TIME BOMB John Neurohr | 01/26/2017 HOW DID THE PENNSYLVANIA LABOR MARKET PERFORM IN 2016 Mark Price | 01/24/2017 WHAT ACA REPEAL MEANS IN PENNSYLVANIA Marc Stier | 01/14/2017 THE STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT WORKFORCE IN PENNSYLVANIA IS THE 2ND SMALLEST IN THE COUNTRY Mark Price | 01/11/2017 OP-ED: COMBINE SPENDING RESTRAINT WITH NEW REVENUE Marc Stier | 01/05/2017 TWO APPROACHES TO THE STATE BUDGET Marc Stier | 01/03/2017 OP-ED: IS THIS THE YEAR PA. RESOLVES ITS PERENNIAL BUDGET CRISIS? Marc Stier | 01/04/2017 OP-ED: THE RICH CAN TAKE THE HIT – TO FIX THE BUDGET, THEY SHOULD PAY THEIR FAIR SHARE Marc Stier | 01/17/2017 OP-ED: TIME TO FIX OUR UPSIDE-DOWN TAX SYSTEM Marc Stier | 01/04/2017 OP-ED: PENNSYLVANIA NEEDS A FAIRER TAX SYSTEM Marc Stier | 01/04/2017 THE BUDGET OUR DEMOCRACY DESERVES Marc Stier | 12/23/2016 BROAD AND NARROW TAXES Marc Stier | 12/23/2016 NEW REPORT: A FAIR SHARE TAX PLAN FOR PENNSYLVANIA John Neurohr | 12/21/2016 UNEQUAL PENNSYLVANIA Mark Price | 12/16/2016 ON THE MID-YEAR BUDGET BRIEFING: THE FULL PICTURE IS EVEN MORE GRIM Marc Stier | 12/15/2016 REFLECTIONS ON THE ELECTION AND THE WHITE WORKING CLASS…AND SOMELINKS WORTH READING
Stephen Herzenberg | 11/16/2016 ON THE INACTION BY STATE SENATE TO FUND UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION CALLCENTERS
John Neurohr | 11/18/2016 IFO REPORT: DEFICITS NOW AND IN THE FUTURE Marc Stier | 11/15/2016 IN ELECTION’S WAKE: TIME TO JUDGE ELECTED OFFICIALS ON WHETHER THEY DELIVER AN ECONOMY LESS RIGGED TO BENEFIT POLITICAL INSIDERS Stephen Herzenberg | 11/09/2016 ADVICE FOR THE VOTING BOOTH: CONSIDER WHO WILL SUPPORT THE AGENDA TO RAISE PENNSYLVANIA’S PAY? Stephen Herzenberg | 11/07/2016 SWPA 2016: COLLEGE NO LONGER GUARANTEES RISING WAGES—DEGREE HOLDERS NEED AGENDA TO RAISE PA’S PAY TOO John Neurohr | 10/28/2016 AGAINST HB 530 — ONCE MORE WITH FEELING Marc Stier | 10/24/2016 ON HB 1885 — THE SANCTUARY BILL Marc Stier | 10/24/2016 REP. BRAD ROAE COMPARES SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS TO HITLER Marc Stier | 10/19/2016 CONGRATULATIONS TO BOARD MEMBER JORDAN YEAGER ON ACT 13 DECISION Stephen Herzenberg | 10/18/2016 THE REVENUE SHORTFALL AND THE BUDGET Marc Stier | 10/07/2016 SNAP WORKS FOR PENNSYLVANIA CHILDREN John Neurohr | 10/03/2016 SWPA 2016 HIGHLIGHT: NON-COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA WOMEN STILL PLAYINGCATCH UP
John Neurohr | 09/23/2016 AN EXTRAORDINARY YEAR OF INCOME GROWTH IN PENNSYLVANIA Mark Price | 09/16/2016 EDUCATION VOTERS OF PA STATEMENT ON THE ORAL ARGUMENT BEFORE THE PA SUPREME COURT FOR THE SCHOOL FUNDING LAWSUIT Susan Spicka | 09/14/2016 SWPA 2016 HIGHLIGHT: NON-COLLEGE EDUCATED MEN IN PA FALLING FARTHERBEHIND
John Neurohr | 09/14/2016 NEW DATA, GOOD NEWS: HEALTH INSURANCE Marc Stier | 09/14/2016 TOP UNIVERSITIES SUED BECAUSE…401(K)-STYLE RETIREMENT PLANS PROVIDE LESS BANG FOR THE RETIREMENT BUCK Stephen Herzenberg | 08/12/2016 A MISSED RECURRING REVENUE OPPORTUNITY ON THE BUDGET – RAISING THEMINIMUM WAGE
Stephen Herzenberg | 07/22/2016 PENNSYLVANIA JOB GROWTH IN JUNE Mark Price | 07/22/2016 YOUR ACTIVISM (AND C3 DOLLARS) AT WORK Marc Stier | 07/18/2016 WE HAVE A BUDGET FOR 2016-2017. WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR SCHOOLS? Susan Spicka | 07/15/2016VICTORIES
Marc Stier | 07/15/2016 A BUDGET BALANCED IN NAME ONLY? Marc Stier | 07/13/2016 ON THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY PASSING A REVENUE BILL (HB 1198) John Neurohr | 07/13/2016 STATEMENT ON GOV. WOLF’S DECISION TO ALLOW THE APPROPRIATIONS BILLTO BECOME LAW
Marc Stier | 07/11/2016 BAD IDEAS UNDER ANY LABEL Marc Stier | 07/11/2016 BOOM AND BUST: LESSONS FROM THE GAS PATCH Jan Jarrett | 07/06/2016 REVENUE OPTIONS REAL AND FAKE: A MINIMUM WAGE INCREASE AND GAMINGEXPANSION
Marc Stier | 06/29/2016 THE EMPEROR’S NEW LIQUOR STORES Marc Stier | 06/29/2016 SCHOOL FUNDING: WHAT ONE HAND GIVES ANOTHER TAKES AWAY Marc Stier | 06/29/2016 SOME THINGS ARE WORSE THAN A LATE BUDGET Marc Stier | 06/21/2016 WHY PHILLY NEEDS THE SUGARY DRINK TAX Marc Stier | 05/25/2016 MAKE BELIEVE BUDGETING IN HARRISBURG Marc Stier | 05/24/2016 FINALLY: WASTE, FRAUD, AND ABUSE!!! Marc Stier | 05/24/2016 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR SCORES A VICTORY FOR WORKING PEOPLE Mark Price | 05/19/2016 ADVOCACY UPDATE: HUNGER TRANSCENDS POLITICAL BOUNDARIES Sheila Christopher | 05/11/2016 PBPC RESEARCH PROMPTS SENATORS TO INTRODUCE TAX FAIRNESS LEGISLATION Marc Stier | 05/11/2016 NEED A DATA-DRIVEN BREAK FROM THE ELECTION? LET’S TALK EDUCATIONFUNDING…
Mark Price | 04/26/2016 END HARRISBURG’S SCHOOL FUNDING HUNGER GAMES Susan Spicka | 04/15/2016 GLOBAL…AND PENNSYLVANIA…FIGHT FOR $15 STILL GROWING THIS 4-15 Stephen Herzenberg | 04/15/2016 DIVERSE COALITION OF ORGANIZATIONS LAUNCH “PA’S CHOICE” BUDGETCAMPAIGN
John Neurohr | 04/13/2016#NAMETHECUTS
Marc Stier | 04/04/2016 FAQS ABOUT THE $75 MILLION CUT IN STATE FUNDING TO SCHOOLS IN THE 2015-2016 REPUBLICAN BUDGET Susan Spicka | 04/01/2016 AN EXPLANATION OF OUR INFOGRAPHIC, “ESPECIALLY FOR POOR DISTRICTS, DRASTIC CORBETT EDUCATION CUTS REMAIN” Marc Stier | 03/31/2016 GOV. WOLF SHOULD VETO HIDDEN TAX INCREASE THAT COULD HIKE WATER RATES BY HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS Stephen Herzenberg | 03/28/2016WINNERS AND LOSERS
Marc Stier | 03/24/2016 NO ONE WANTS LEVIATHAN Marc Stier | 03/18/2016 GOVERNOR WOLF’S MINIMUM WAGE EXECUTIVE ORDER — A STEP IN THE RIGHTDIRECTION
Marc Stier | 03/09/2016 THE RISING FISCAL COST OF THE BUDGET IMPASSE Mark Price | 03/09/2016 ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. THE COURTS MUST INTERVENE. Susan Spicka | 03/04/2016 HOW LOW WILL THEY GO? Marc Stier | 03/04/2016 IMMIGRATION FACT CHECK: UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS ALREADY PAYING BILLIONS IN STATE/LOCAL TAXES John Neurohr | 02/26/2016 IN MEMORY OF RUTH MATHEWS Stephen Herzenberg | 02/24/2016 SENATOR CORMAN’S BUDGET FANTASY Marc Stier | 02/23/2016 PENNSYLVANIA AT THE CROSSROADS Marc Stier | 02/09/2016 MORE ON COUNTING SHALE JOBS AND DECIPHERING WHO COOKS THE BOOKS Stephen Herzenberg | 02/05/2016 SENATOR FROM YORK PREDICTS A RECESSION Mark Price | 01/20/2016 GAS DRILLERS’ NEW YEAR’S EVE Jan Jarrett | 12/31/2015 A NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTION FOR PA LAWMAKERS – PASS A FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE STATE BUDGET Stephen Herzenberg | 12/30/2015 PENSION’S HYBRID PENSION PLAN – WE TOLD YOU SO Stephen Herzenberg | 12/18/2015 LEAD, FOLLOW, OR GET OUT OF THE WAY Marc Stier | 12/17/2015 WHY CONSERVATIVES CAN LIKE PENNSYLVANIA’S PERSONAL INCOME TAX Marc Stier | 12/14/2015 MAYBE THE LEFT HAND OF PEW TRUST NEEDS TO TALK TO THE RIGHT HAND… Stephen Herzenberg | 12/11/2015 BACKROOM BUDGET DEAL ATTEMPTS TO DERAIL ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS Jan Jarrett | 12/10/2015 NATURAL GAS SEVERANCE TAX OR IMPACT FEE – A FALSE CHOICE Jan Jarrett | 12/04/2015 SEN. CORMAN OFF BASE ON WHY PROPERTY TAX DEAL COLLAPSED Stephen Herzenberg | 11/24/2015 THE WEALTH STRIPPERS ARE BACK!!! Mark Price | 11/25/2015 OCTOBER PAYROLLS UP OVERALL BUT DOWN IN MINING, LOGGING AND SCHOOLS Mark Price | 11/20/2015 UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES? PROPERTY TAX ELIMINATION INCREASES TAXES ON THE MIDDLE CLASS TO REDUCE TAXES FOR HIGH-INCOME FAMILIES Mark Price | 11/20/2015 WHO PAYS FOR AN INCREASE IN THE SALES TAX: ANALYSIS OF THE TAX INCIDENCE OF AN INCREASE IN THE SALES TAX FROM 6% TO 7.25% Mark Price | 11/18/2015 WHAT’S IT TO BE ON PROPERTY TAX RELIEF, PA LAWMAKERS? REVERSE ROBIN HOOD OR RELIEF FOR RENTERS AND MIDDLE-CLASS HOMEOWNERS Stephen Herzenberg | 11/13/2015 THE SEVERANCE TAX & THE BUDGET: FLAT ON OUR BACKS AGAIN? Jan Jarrett | 11/11/2015 PA LIQUOR CONTROL BOARD TRANSFER OF NEARLY $550 MILLION TO STATE COFFERS IN 2014-15 NO FAIRY TALE Stephen Herzenberg | 11/09/2015 IF THE ROBOTS ACTUALLY WERE TO COME … WE COULD ENJOY SHORTER WORKTIME
Stephen Herzenberg | 11/03/2015 ECONOMIC POLICIES THAT RAISE WAGES — PART II Mark Price | 11/02/2015 WHY THE BUDGET MATTERS: NO. 4 — PRE-KINDERGARTEN FUNDING Stephen Herzenberg | 10/22/2015 ECONOMIC POLICIES THAT RAISE WAGES Mark Price | 10/21/2015 WHY THE BUDGET MATTERS: NO. 3 — WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT FUNDING Stephen Herzenberg | 10/15/2015THE ROAD NOT TAKEN
Mark Price | 10/06/2015 WEDNESDAY’S TAX VOTE – LEGISLATORS’ GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY TO HONORTHEIR WORDS
Jan Jarrett | 10/05/2015 COLLAPSE OR GROWTH – WHAT’S AT STAKE IN NEXT WEDNESDAY’S REVENUEVOTE
Stephen Herzenberg | 10/01/2015 WHY THE BUDGET MATTERS: WAY NO. 2 — HIGHER EDUCATION Stephen Herzenberg | 09/25/2015 STOPGAP VETO – A HARD DECISION FOR THE RIGHT REASONS Jan Jarrett | 09/29/2015 WHY THE BUDGET MATTERS: WAY NO. 1 — BASIC EDUCATION Stephen Herzenberg | 09/28/2015 THE STATE OF WORKING PENNSYLVANIA Mark Price | 09/22/2015 SIGNIFICANT EXCESS CAPACITY REMAINS IN PA LABOR MARKET Mark Price | 09/17/2015 PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING AND THE DONALD’S POPULARITY Stephen Herzenberg | 09/14/2015 THE STATE OF THE PENNSYLVANIA ECONOMY Mark Price | 09/10/2015 RESOLUTION OF STATE BUDGET MUST INCLUDE MINIMUM WAGE INCREASE AND GREATER INVESTMENTS IN HIGHER EDUCATION Mark Price | 09/04/2015 GOV. WOLF’S EDUCATION BUDGET HELPS PA SCHOOLS RECOVER FROM FORMER GOV. CORBETT’S CUTS Waslala Miranda | 09/01/2015 MAJORITY OF VOTERS BLAME LEGISLATURE FOR BUDGET IMPASSE, POLL SHOWS Stephen Herzenberg | 08/27/2015 PROPOSED PA SEVERANCE TAX MEETS MODIFIED GOLDILOCKS STANDARD – NOT TOO BIG OR TOO SMALL, BUT JUST RIGHT Jan Jarrett | 08/26/2015 THE UNION OF THE FUTURE Stephen Herzenberg | 08/11/2015 HOW ABOUT A BLIND TASTE TEST OF TWO PROPERTY TAX RELIEF PROPOSALS? Stephen Herzenberg | 08/05/2015 IN HONEST & CONSTRUCTIVE DEBATE YOU’RE NOT SUPPOSED TO MAKE UP STUFF Jan Jarrett | 08/03/2015 HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MEDICARE AND MEDICAID Jan Jarrett | 07/30/2015 VETO OVERRIDE – 7 REASONS REPUBLICANS SHOULD BE CAREFUL WHAT THEYWISH FOR
Jan Jarrett | 07/29/2015 UNCONVENTIONAL DRILLING IS ASSOCIATED WITH INCREASED HOSPITALUTILIZATION RATES
Jan Jarrett | 07/23/2015 CONSERVATIVE THINK TANK CONFIRMS THAT PA NEEDS A BUDGET THAT BOOSTS STATE’S FISCAL CONDITION Stephen Herzenberg | 07/20/2015 CFPB OWES CONSUMERS A STRONG FEDERAL PAYDAY LENDING RULE Stephen Herzenberg | 07/17/2015 THE SKY WON’T FALL IF WE RAISE REVENUE TO INVEST IN EDUCATION Mark Price | 07/13/2015 WARNING: DRINKING THE “SHRINK-REVENUES-AT-ALL-COSTS-KOOL-AID” IS DANGEROUS TO YOUR CHILDREN’S – AND YOUR STATE’S – HEALTH Stephen Herzenberg | 07/13/2015 TEN REASONS WHY GOV. WOLF SHOULD VETO THE REPUBLICAN BUDGET Stephen Herzenberg | 06/30/2015 BACKROOM REPUBLICAN BUDGET SCORES ZERO ON VOTERS’ MAIN PRIORITIES Jan Jarrett | 06/30/2015 55 MILLION REASONS (AND COUNTING) WHY PA DOES NOT HAVE A SEVERANCE TAX Jan Jarrett | 06/29/2015 THE TOP FIVE FACTS ABOUT DRILLING AND TAXES IN PENNSYLVANIA Jan Jarrett | 06/26/2015 SECOND OF TOP FIVE FACTS ABOUT DRILLING AND TAXES IN PA Jan Jarrett | 06/25/2015 THIRD OF TOP FIVE FACTS ABOUT DRILLING AND TAXES IN PA Jan Jarrett | 06/25/2015 FOURTH OF TOP FIVE FACTS ABOUT DRILLING AND TAXES IN PA Jan Jarrett | 06/25/2015 FIFTH OF TOP FIVE FACTS ABOUT DRILLING AND TAXES IN PA Jan Jarrett | 06/25/2015 A VICTORY FOR THE HEALTH OF AMERICA: SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS AFFORDABLE CARE ACT SUBSIDIES IN ALL STATES Stephen Herzenberg | 06/25/2015 FIRST OF TOP FIVE FACTS ABOUT DRILLING AND TAXES IN PA. Jan Jarrett | 06/25/2015 COMMONWEALTH FOUNDATION DOESN’T UNDERSTAND WHAT PENNSYLVANIA’S VOTERS DO: WE NEED MORE EDUCATION FUNDING Waslala Miranda | 06/25/2015 VOTERS LIKE GOV. WOLF’S BUDGET PLAN Jan Jarrett | 06/18/2015 BURSTING THE SHALE JOBS’ BALLOON Jan Jarrett | 06/17/2015 REPORT RANKS PA. 23RD AMONG STATES, GIVES IT C+ GRADE, FOR STATUS OFWOMEN
Stephen Herzenberg | 06/15/2015 GENERAL FUND REVENUES ONCE AGAIN EXCEED ESTIMATE IN MAY, BUT LITTLE HELP LIKELY FOR THE 2015-16 BUDGET Stephen Herzenberg | 06/12/2015 WHILE DRILLERS’ PRODUCTION SOARS, PENNSYLVANIA’S IMPACT FEESTUMBLES
Jan Jarrett | 06/10/2015 SCHOOLS REPORT ON HOW THEY WOULD PUT RESTORED FUNDING TO USE Stephen Herzenberg | 05/29/2015 POWERFUL STUDY SHOWS WHY MORE STATE DOLLARS ARE NEEDED FOR SCHOOLS Stephen Herzenberg | 05/22/2015 HOW THE ACHIEVEMENT GAP HAS COST PENNSYLVANIA BILLIONS OF DOLLARS Waslala Miranda | 05/15/2015 MONSTER WELLS AND SOARING REVENUES Jan Jarrett | 05/14/2015 WHY PENNSYLVANIA NEEDS TO REINVEST IN EDUCATION — AN INTERACTIVE MAP Stephen Herzenberg | 05/14/2015 ONE-TIME REVENUE CAUSES APRIL GENERAL FUND COLLECTIONS TO SURGE; REVENUE SURPLUS CONTINUES FOR 2014-15 Stephen Herzenberg | 05/01/2015 SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE: PART III OF AN EDUCATION BUDGETPREVIEW
Waslala Miranda | 04/24/2015 SOMETIMES PERSISTENCE PAYS OFF Kathy Fisher | 04/24/2015 THIS PRICE IS RIGHT — ABOUT REDUCING CEO PAY SO COMPANIES CAN PAY MORE TO THEIR LOWEST PAID Stephen Herzenberg | 04/20/2015 SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE: PART II OF AN EDUCATION BUDGETPREVIEW
Waslala Miranda | 04/16/2015 FIGHT FOR $15 – AND THE BIRTH OF THE NEXT AMERICAN MIDDLE CLASS Stephen Herzenberg | 04/15/2015 THE FIGHT FOR $15 IS ALREADY LIFTING WAGES Mark Price | 04/15/2015 SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE: PART I OF AN EDUCATION BUDGET PREVIEW Waslala Miranda | 04/10/2015 THE STATE OF SCHOOL FUNDING INEQUALITY IN PA Waslala Miranda | 04/03/2015 MARCH COLLECTIONS SHOW WHY WE NEED CORPORATE TAX REFORM INPENNSYLVANIA
Anonymous | 04/03/2015 PENN BRIEF ON PA SCHOOL FUNDING POLICY: THREE THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW Waslala Miranda | 03/27/2015 PENNSYLVANIA RANKS WORST IN EDUCATION FUNDING INEQUALITY Waslala Miranda | 03/17/2015 OK, SO IT’S NOT THE SWIMSUIT ISSUE…BUT MARK PRICE MADE SI (SPORTSILLUSTRATED)
Stephen Herzenberg | 03/15/2015 SOMETHING BORROWED: GOVERNOR WOLF’S REVENUE IDEAS Jan Jarrett | 03/12/2015 GOV. WOLF’S CYBER CHARTER REFORM PLAN WOULD HELP PUBLIC SCHOOLSTUDENTS
Waslala Miranda | 03/11/2015 BUDGET CRITICS’ STUPID MATH TRICKS| 03/10/2015
PENNSYLVANIA’S ECONOMY STILL NEEDS A TURNAROUND: FALLING UNEMPLOYMENT RESULTS FROM PEOPLE LEAVING THE JOB MARKET Stephen Herzenberg | 03/05/2015 ENVIRONMENT IS A WINNER IN WOLF’S BUDGET Jan Jarrett | 03/03/2015 DO STANDARDIZED TESTS MEASURE UP? Waslala Miranda | 02/27/2015 PA LEAVES MONEY ON THE TABLE BY NOT ENACTING A NATURAL GAS SEVERANCETAX
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SELLING “GATOR OIL” IN PHILADELPHIA — AND WHY PENNSYLVANIA HAS NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT Stephen Herzenberg | 02/23/2015 RACIAL AND CLASS SEGREGATION WORSEN IN PA PUBLIC SCHOOLS Waslala Miranda | 02/20/2015 PENNSYLVANIA TO EXPAND MEDICAID BEYOND HEALTHY PA| 02/10/2015
2015 COULD BE THE YEAR OF THE NATURAL GAS SEVERANCE TAX| 02/09/2015
IFO FORECASTS LOWER PROPERTY TAX REVENUE IN FUTURE| 02/06/2015
EDUCATION FACT: PUBLIC SCHOOL ENROLLMENT FALLS ACROSS PA Waslala Miranda | 02/06/2015 JUST THE FACTS: SEN. WAGNER’S PROPOSAL IS NOT A REAL INCREASE INMINIMUM WAGE
Stephen Herzenberg | 02/06/2015 JANUARY REVENUES STAY ON TRACK—BARELY| 02/06/2015
MAKING WORK PAY COALITION FORMS TO HELP WORKING FAMILIES Jeff Garis | 02/03/2015 PA’S TAX SYSTEM GROWS MORE UNFAIR: LOW-INCOME PAY PRICE Sharon Ward | 01/16/2015 PA FAILS LOW-INCOME PRESCHOOLERS Waslala Miranda | 01/16/2015 NY GOV PROPOSES PROPERTY TAX ‘CIRCUIT BREAKER’—WILL PA FOLLOW? Sharon Ward | 01/15/2015 FOR PA SCHOOL DISTRICTS, THE RICH GET RICHER & THE POOR GET POORER Waslala Miranda | 01/09/2015 CRUSH UNIONS AND YOU CRUSH THE GROWTH IN EARNINGS FOR WORKERS Mark Price | 01/07/2015 REFLECTIONS ON THE ONE-DAY WORK WEEK Stephen Herzenberg | 01/05/2015 PUBLIC SCHOOL POVERTY: THE NEW NORMAL Waslala Miranda | 12/12/2014 A NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTION THAT LAWMAKERS SHOULD FIND EASY TO KEEP: INCREASE THE PA MINIMUM WAGE IN 2015 Stephen Herzenberg | 12/31/2014 THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK: SHALE INDUSTRY MINIMIZES POTENTIAL SEVERANCE TAX REVENUE, BUT IT’S STILL MORE THAN IMPACT FEE Sharon Ward | 12/10/2014 IT’S OFFICIAL: ZOGBY CONFIRMS $2 BILLION BUDGET GAP Sharon Ward | 12/03/2014 PRESIDENT’S ACTIONS ON IMMIGRATION WILL BENEFIT THE PENNSYLVANIAECONOMY
Mark Price | 11/26/2014 NEW STUDY SUGGESTS LOW WAGES IMPERIL FUTURE OF U.S. MANUFACTURING ANDINNOVATION
Stephen Herzenberg | 11/21/2014 PENNSYLVANIA RANKED 3RD WORST IN STUDENT DEBT Waslala Miranda | 11/21/2014 STATE SUED OVER SCHOOL FUNDING| 11/11/2014
CUTTING CORPORATE TAXES WON’T SPUR ECONOMIC GROWTH| 10/29/2014
PENNSYLVANIA NEEDS TO STOP SHORTCHANGING ITS FUTURE AND INVEST SMARTLYIN HIGHER EDUCATION
Stephen Herzenberg | 10/27/2014 DOWN MEMORY LANE: LARRY SUMMERS ON WHY SOME PEOPLE MOW LAWNS ANDOTHERS DON’T
Stephen Herzenberg | 10/21/2014 PENNSYLVANIA IS NOW DEAD LAST IN JOB GROWTH SINCE JANUARY 2011 Stephen Herzenberg | 10/21/2014 SEPTEMBER MARKS THREE CONSECUTIVE MONTHS OF JOB LOSS IN PENNSYLVANIA Mark Price | 10/20/2014 ANOTHER VICTORY IN THE FIGHT TO KEEP PREDATORY PAYDAY LENDING OUT OFPENNSYLVANIA!
Mark Price | 10/10/2014 EDUCATIONAL TAX CREDITS: INCREASING PUBLIC FUNDING OF PRIVATE SCHOOLS AT THE EXPENSE OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS Waslala Miranda | 10/10/2014 A FUNNY THING HAPPENED TO OUR DATA ON THE WAY TO PHILADELPHIA Mark Price | 10/06/2014 ANOTHER THUMBS DOWN ON RIDE SHARING…UNLESS IT CATALYZES NEW (OK,OLD) UNION FORMS
Stephen Herzenberg | 09/25/2014 PHILLY CIGARETTE TAX HIKE BECOMES LAW Sharon Ward | 09/23/2014 AUGUST JOB GROWTH DISAPPOINTS IN PENNSYLVANIA Mark Price | 09/19/2014 NUMBER OF POOR PENNSYLVANIANS HIGH, INCOME GROWTH NOT WIDELY SHARED Sharon Ward | 09/18/2014 PROPERTY TAX ELIMINATION BILL ADVANCES IN SENATE Sharon Ward | 09/16/2014 SHORTSIGHTED POLICIES LED TO PA’S MONEY WOES| 09/16/2014
GIVING AWAY THE GOLDEN EGG: SHALE TAX REVENUE COULD TOP $1 BILLION BY2015-16
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CUTTING YOUR WAY TO A MORE SLUGGISH RECOVERY Mark Price | 08/19/2014 PENNSYLVANIA’S REVENUE-ESTIMATING PROCESS DOESN’T ADD UP Sharon Ward | 08/12/2014 THE REAL-LIFE IMPACT OF UNDERMINING PUBLIC SCHOOLS: A PHILADELPHIAINQUIRER PROFILE
Stephen Herzenberg | 07/15/2014 INTERNET ACCESS TAXES – LET STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT DECIDE Jan Jarrett | 07/14/2014 PENSION UPDATE – TIME TO GO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD Stephen Herzenberg | 06/26/2014 THIS IS WHAT THE BUSINESS LOBBY LOOKS LIKE ON DRUGS Mark Price | 06/25/2014 EXPANDING MEDICAID: CLOSE THE BUDGET GAP. CHECK. INSURE THOUSANDS OF PENNSYLVANIANS. CHECK. Michael Passiment | 06/24/2014 SEVERANCE TAX IS NO BURDEN TO BOOMING INDUSTRY|
BUSINESS TAX BREAKS ARE BURNING THE PA BUDGET PIE Sharon Ward | 06/17/2014 CEO PAY IN AMERICA: UP UP AND AWAY! Natalie Sabadish | 06/16/2014 PITTSBURGH AGAIN ON THE FOREFRONT OF LABOR INNOVATION TO BUILD THENEXT MIDDLE CLASS
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SEATTLE HAS ADOPTED A CITY MINIMUM WAGE OF $15 AN HOUR Mark Price | 06/06/2014 MORE BARK THAN BITE: FEDS BACK PENNSYLVANIA’S GROSS RECEIPTS TAX AFTER INSPECTOR GENERAL REPORT Sharon Ward | 06/05/2014 FOUR ACTUARIES AND A PENSION PLAN: TOBASH PLAN IS A NON-STARTER Stephen Herzenberg | 06/03/2014 MINIMUM WAGE INCREASES DIDN’T HURT JOB GROWTH IN OTHER STATES; IT’S TIME FOR PA TO JOIN THE CLUB Natalie Sabadish | 06/02/2014 IS YET ANOTHER VEHICLE TO EXPAND PAYDAY LENDING IN THE HOPPER INHARRISBURG?
Mark Price | 06/02/2014 $1.3 BILLION LESS FOR 2014-15 BUDGET ACCORDING TO IFO Sharon Ward | 05/15/2014 SENATE BILL 76: A SCHOOL DEFUNDING FORMULA BILL? Sharon Ward | 05/09/2014 POCKET MONEY FOR A BUSINESS LOBBYIST IS REAL MONEY FOR WORKINGFAMILIES
Mark Price | 05/08/2014 REPORT RELEASED “LIVING ON THE EDGE: WHERE VERY LOW WAGE WORKERS LIVE IN PENNSYLVANIA” Mark Price | 05/07/2014 PENNSYLVANIA FAMILIES COME FIRST IN ALTERNATIVE BUDGET Jan Jarrett | 05/02/2014 APRIL REVENUES AND CORPORATE TAXES PLUMMET BELOW 2012-13 LEVELS| 05/02/2014
PITTSBURGH: ONE OF AMERICA’S NEW LABORATORIES OF DEMOCRACY Stephen Herzenberg | 04/30/2014 YOU CAN’T PAY THE HOSPITAL WITH YOUR VARSITY LETTER: THE UNION VOTE AT NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY Stephen Herzenberg | 04/25/2014 EDUCATION IS THE NEW BLACK Sharon Ward | 04/24/2014 MORNING MUST READS: A NATURAL GAS SEVERANCE TAX THIS YEAR? Chris Lilienthal | 04/17/2014 A GUIDE TO THE CREATIVE USE OF NUMBERS BY THE BUSINESS LOBBY Mark Price | 04/16/2014 A LOOK AT SHALE DRILLING’S MIXED LEGACY|
HOUSTON, WE HAVE A (REVENUE) PROBLEM|
APOCALYPSE NOT: STUDY FINDS SEVERANCE TAX UNLIKELY TO SCARE AWAY DRILLERS FROM MARCELLUS SHALE|
NFIB’S FLAWED MINIMUM WAGE STUDY DOESN’T TELL US MUCH|
SOME MAJOR CORPORATIONS PAY LITTLE OR NOTHING IN STATE INCOME TAXES Chris Lilenthal | 03/20/2014 MAKERS OF THE U.S. UNITE: THE UAW VOTE AT VW ONE MORE TIME|
UNDERSTANDING THE UNION VOTE AT VW IN TENNESSEE|
LOOKING BEYOND THE KINDER, GENTLER BUDGET|
ANOTHER REALITY CHECK ON PA MARCELLUS SHALE EMPLOYMENT|
STUDY FINDS MANY PROFITABLE CORPORATIONS PAY LITTLE OR NO U.S. INCOMETAXES
Chris Lilienthal | 02/27/2014 INTERESTING REPORT ON THE MIDDLE CLASS IN PHILADELPHIA Mark Price | 02/26/2014 MORNING MUST READS: A FEW INCONVENIENT SHALE TRUTHS Chris Lilienthal | 02/25/2014 CAN YOU FEEL THE MINIMUM WAGE MOMENTUM? Mark Price | 02/21/2014 FROM CALIFORNIA TO THE NEW YORK ISLAND, TOP INCOMES ARE ON THE RISE Mark Price | 02/19/2014 WHO’S RIGHT ABOUT REVENUE GROWTH? Michael Wood | 02/12/2014 HISTORIC UNION VOTE AT VOLKSWAGEN IN TENNESSEE Stephen Herzenberg | 02/14/2014 TOWARDS A MORAL ECONOMY: IS NOW THE TIME? Stephen Herzenberg | 02/11/2014 UNLIKE OTHER STATES, NO REVENUE SURPLUSES IN PA Chris Lilienthal | 02/10/2014 WHAT’S IN THE GOVERNOR’S 2014-15 BUDGET? Chris Lilienthal | 02/05/2014 CAMELOT: WHERE KING ARTHUR…I MEAN QUEEN DIANNE…EARNS A COOL £2.1MILLION
Stephen Herzenberg | 01/31/2014 MINIMUM WAGE RAISE WOULD PRIMARILY BENEFIT ADULT WORKERS IN PA Mark Price | 01/30/2014 SMALL REVENUE SHORTFALL PREDICTED FOR 2013-14 BUT NO NEED TO PANIC —YET
Michael Wood | 01/29/2014 PA SAW LESS JOB GROWTH, SHRINKING LABOR FORCE IN 2013 Mark Price | 01/24/2014 FUZZY SHALE JOBS MATH. ONE MORE TIME…IN PA’S NEW STATE ENERGY PLAN Stephen Herzenberg | 01/21/2014 EDUCATION LOVE FEST STARTS, BUT IS IT THE REAL THING? Sharon Ward | 01/21/2014 IT’S GREAT TO HAVE GAS Sharon Ward | 01/17/2014 DON’T GIVE UP THE FIGHT Sharon Ward | 01/15/2014 STATE REVENUE COLLECTIONS STILL ON TRACK, BUT REVENUE SURPLUS IS NOWGONE
Sharon Ward | 01/02/2014 MORE ECONOMY BOOSTING JOBS, LESS AUSTERITY Stephen Herzenberg | 12/20/2013 PA SHOULD NOT PRE-EMPT PROGRESS ON EARNED SICK LEAVE Diana Polson | 12/16/2013 A $15-PER-HOUR FAST-FOOD WAGE GETS THE TIME OF DAY Stephen Herzenberg | 12/10/2013 ARE ECONOMIC ELITES AWAKING TO THE NEED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUTINEQUALITY?
Stephen Herzenberg | 12/09/2013 MANY CORE DRILLING JOBS EXISTED BEFORE EMERGENCE OF HYDROFRACKING Chris Lilienthal | 12/04/2013 CALIFORNIA CONSERVATIVE PROPOSES $12 PER HOUR MINIMUM WAGE Stephen Herzenberg | 12/02/2013 SHALE DRILLING HIGHLY SENSITIVE TO PRICE, MEANING JOB GAINS MAY NOT BELASTING
Chris Lilienthal | 11/25/2013 SIX-STATE STUDY FINDS INDUSTRY SUPPORTERS EXAGGERATED JOBS IMPACT OFSHALE DRILLING
Chris Lilienthal | 11/22/2013 LITTLE GOOD NEWS FOR PA JOBS IN SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER Mark Price | 11/25/2013 BUSINESS TAX CUTS SLOW PA REVENUE GROWTH, CREATING FUTURE BUDGET GAPS Sharon Ward | 11/15/2013 PA DEREGULATION BILL WILL HURT RURAL BROADBAND ACCESS AND INCREASEPHONE RATES
Stephen Herzenberg | 11/14/2013 CORPORATE TAX CUTS SLOWING YEAR-OVER-YEAR REVENUE GROWTH|
WITH EMPLOYER HEALTH SYSTEM FRAYING, ACA IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER|
CUT TO FEDERAL FOOD AID IMPACTS FAMILIES AND CHILDREN IN EVERY PACOUNTY
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JUST THE STORIES … DEBATING THE COMMONWEALTH FOUNDATION ON MINIMUMWAGE
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‘ONE-SIZE-FITS-ALL’ BUSINESS TAX RANKINGS DON’T HAVE PA’S BESTINTERESTS IN MIND
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VIDEO: DON’T LET PROPERTY TAX PLAN DERAIL PA SCHOOLS Chris Lilienthal | 10/29/2013DEATH OF AN ADJUNCT
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MORE FUN WITH SHALE JOBS NUMBERS|
OHIO MOVES FORWARD WITH MEDICAID EXPANSION|
FUNDING UNCERTAINTY IN PROPERTY TAX PLAN|
WHEN UNIONS ARE STRONG, THE ECONOMY IS STRONG|
WHAT’S AT STAKE FOR SCHOOLS IN PROPERTY TAX PLAN?|
A CALL FOR AN EDUCATION FUNDING FORMULA IN PA|
VIDEO: ECONOMY BOOSTING JOBS|
VIDEO: WHAT THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT MEANS FOR PA Chris Lilienthal | 10/04/2013 A PROLONGED SHUTDOWN WILL DAMAGE PA ECONOMY|
STATE GENERAL FUND COLLECTIONS ON TARGET THROUGH FIRST QUARTER OF2013-14
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PA HOUSE VOTES ON PROPERTY TAX BILLS WITH IMPORTANT IMPLICATIONS FORSCHOOL FUNDING
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‘HOW LIFE CHANGING THIS WILL BE FOR PEOPLE WHO THOUGHT THEY WOULD DIE WITHOUT HEALTH INSURANCE’ Chris Lilienthal | 10/01/2013 EMPLOYMENT IN SHALE-RELATED INDUSTRIES FELL IN MOST RECENT YEAR Mark Price | 09/30/2013 PROPERTY TAX ELIMINATION BILL THREATENS LONG-TERM PUBLIC SCHOOLFUNDING
Sharon Ward | 09/26/2013 SCHOOL FUNDING SHOULD BE HARRISBURG’S TOP FALL PRIORITY Chris Lilienthal | 09/24/2013 HIGH ROAD RESTAURANT OWNERS SPEAK OUT FOR HIGHER MINIMUM WAGE Stephen Herzenberg | 09/23/2013 PROPERTY TAX SHIFT BILLS ON THEIR WAY TO HOUSE FLOOR FOR CONSIDERATIONTHIS WEEK
Sharon Ward | 09/23/2013 LATEST INCOME NUMBERS IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE Stephen Herzenberg | 09/20/2013 MORNING MUST READ: BETTER TO EXPAND MEDICAID Chris Lilienthal | 09/19/2013 SECRETARY FOR THE SELECTIVE USE OF STATISTICS Mark Price | 09/19/2013 GOVERNOR ANNOUNCES MEDICAID PLAN Chris Lilienthal | 09/17/2013 PA’S HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE RATES STILL BELOW PRE-RECESSIONLEVELS
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A RECOVERY FOR SOME BUT NOT ALL Chris Lilienthal | 09/12/2013 HOW DOES JOB GROWTH IN PENNSYLVANIA MEASURE UP? Mark Price | 09/11/2013 JUST HOW MUCH WILL A FAST FOOD WAGE INCREASE COST? Stephen Herzenberg | 09/11/2013 PUBLIC BENEFIT PROGRAMS ENCOURAGE WORK Chris Lilienthal | 09/10/2013 WITH UNEMPLOYMENT HIGH, PENNSYLVANIA’S ECONOMY HAS BEEN CREATINGLOTS OF BAD JOBS
Mark Price | 09/05/2013 THE STATE OF WORKING PA THIS LABOR DAY Chris Lilienthal | 08/30/2013 VIDEO: DEBATING LIQUOR PRIVATIZATION Stephen Herzenberg | 08/23/2013 LIFE ON WELFARE: CATO GETS IT VERY WRONG Sharon Ward | 08/21/2013 SEPARATING FACT FROM FICTION ON NUTRITION ASSISTANCE Chris Lilienthal | 08/20/2013 CAN THE RIGHT AFFORD TO ACKNOWLEDGE LOW UPWARD MOBILITY IN THE U.S.? Stephen Herzenberg | 08/15/2013 STATE PREDICTS INCREASE IN SALES, INCOME TAX COLLECTIONS Sharon Ward | 08/08/2013 HEALTH LAW SAVES CONSUMERS BY REQUIRING INSURERS TO SPEND PREMIUM DOLLARS ON MEDICAL CARE Chris Lilienthal | 08/07/2013 SALES, INCOME TAXES TO RISE; CORPORATE TAXES NOT SO MUCH Sharon Ward | 08/06/2013 NEARLY 1.8 MILLION IN PA WILL SEE FOOD ASSISTANCE CUT Chris Lilienthal | 08/02/2013 ‘THIS IS WHAT THE MIDDLE CLASS LOOKS LIKE’ … FAST FOOD ONE-DAY STRIKES AND THE NEXT UPSURGE IN UNIONISM Stephen Herzenberg | 08/01/2013 MORNING MUST READ: HOUSE PLAN WOULD COST 5 MILLION AMERICANS NEEDEDFOOD ASSISTANCE
Chris Lilienthal | 07/31/2013 PENNSYLVANIA, LAND OF OPPORTUNITY Stephen Herzenberg | 07/25/2013 GUEST POST: IT WASN’T THE SHALE, YINZ Tim Stuhldreher | 07/24/2013 DIVERSION POLITICS AND FACTUAL ERRORS WITH ‘AMERICANS FOR A TINY SLIVER OF RICH PEOPLE’ Stephen Herzenberg | 07/23/2013 $1 TRILLION IN STUDENT LOAN DEBT HAMPERING YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS Jamar Thrasher | 07/16/2013 TOSHI SEEGER AND RESPECT FOR THE WORKING MAN AND WOMAN Stephen Herzenberg | 07/15/2013 PENNSYLVANIA’S UNREMARKABLE PRIVATE-SECTOR JOB PERFORMANCE Stephen Herzenberg | 07/11/2013 AMERICA’S FOOD SECURITY PROGRAM IN DANGER Sharon Ward | 07/11/2013 EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT 2013-14 BUDGET Sharon Ward | 07/10/2013 SMALL STEPS TOWARD REFORM BUT SPECIAL TAX BREAKS REMAIN Sharon Ward | 07/09/2013 PAYDAY LENDERS MAKE FEW FRIENDS IN PA SENATE Mark Price | 07/08/2013 CONNECTING THE DOTS BETWEEN UNEMPLOYMENT AND WAGE GROWTH Mark Price | 07/02/2013 SENATE APPROVED MEDICAID EXPANSION BUT IT FACES HURDLE IN THE HOUSE Chris Lilienthal | 07/01/2013 HOUSE DERAILS MEDICAID EXPANSION BUT THE FIGHT GOES ON Sharon Ward | 07/09/2013 PA. SENATE APPROPRIATIONS APPROVES $28.375 BILLION BUDGET Sharon Ward | 06/29/2013 PHILADELPHIA SCHOOL FUNDING AGREEMENT COMES WITH STRINGS ATTACHED Sharon Ward | 06/30/2013 PENNSYLVANIA MOVES ONE STEP CLOSER TO EXPANDING MEDICAID Chris Lilienthal | 06/29/2013 PA NEEDS TO GET SERIOUS ABOUT CLOSING LOOPHOLES Sharon Ward | 06/29/2013 $2-$2.5 BILLION IN FUNDING FOR TRANSPORTATION BEING NEGOTIATED WITHBUDGET
Sharon Ward | 06/29/2013 NEW DATA: JOB GROWTH IN MARCELLUS SHALE SLOWS AGAIN IN LAST QUARTER OF2012
Mark Price | 06/28/2013 TIME IS RUNNING OUT FOR STUDENTS ACROSS PA Chris Lilienthal | 06/28/2013 6-28-13: UPDATE ON PENNSYLVANIA BUDGET Sharon Ward | 06/28/2013 PA SHOULDN’T MISS A REAL OPPORTUNITY TO CLOSE LOOPHOLES Sharon Ward | 06/27/2013 RETIREMENT GAMBLE: THE PROBLEM WITH 401(K) PLANS Sharon Ward | 06/27/2013 NEW POLL: SCHOOL FUNDING TOP CONCERN FOR PENNSYLVANIANS Chris Lilienthal | 06/25/2013 MAY’S JOB PICTURE IS MIXED IN PENNSYLVANIA Mark Price | 06/24/2013 PA. HOUSE BUDGET LOCKS IN MOST OF THE SCHOOL FUNDING CUTS Chris Lilienthal | 06/20/2013 PENNSYLVANIANS SHORTCHANGED BY DRILLING FEE Sharon Ward | 06/18/2013 10 REASONS GOVERNOR CORBETT’S PENSION PLAN WILL DIG A DEEPER HOLEFOR TAXPAYERS
Stephen Herzenberg | 06/13/2013 HOUSING ISSUES DISCUSSED ON RADIO SMART TALK Mark Price | 06/12/2013 ANOTHER DAY OLDER AND DEEPER IN DEBT| 06/11/2013
PA PENSIONS INJECT MILLIONS INTO LOCAL ECONOMIES Stephen Herzenberg | 06/06/2013 BY ANY NAME, PREDATORY PAYDAY LENDING IS STILL A DEBT TRAP Mark Price | 06/04/2013 WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE HOUSE BUDGET PLAN Sharon Ward | 05/29/2013 PITTSBURGH FARES BETTER THAN OTHER RUST-BELT CITIES THANKS TOEDUCATION
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WILL THERE BE NEW CUTS IN PA HOUSE BUDGET BILL?|
LOOPHOLE BILL DOES NOT GET THE JOB DONE|
UNPAID INTERNS DOING FULL-TIME WORK|
EXPANDING MEDICAID COVERAGE IN PA WILL SAVE LIVES|
A MISSED OPPORTUNITY TO CLOSE CORPORATE TAX LOOPHOLES|
PA STUDY FINDS NONPROFITS AREN’T GETTING RICH OFF THE PUBLIC DOLLAR|
MORE EVIDENCE THAT EXPANDING HEALTH CARE IS GOOD FOR PA’S ECONOMYAND BUDGET
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WHY SOME POOR STUDENTS AREN’T GRADUATING COLLEGE|
DID YOUR REPRESENTATIVE VOTE TO CLOSE THE DELAWARE LOOPHOLE?|
PA HOUSE MOVING GOVERNOR’S COSTLY CORPORATE TAX CUT PLAN|
GOVERNOR’S PENSION PLAN HAS SERIOUS CASE OF ‘PENSION DEFICITDISORDER’
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ON TAX DAY, UNDERSTANDING WHERE OUR TAX DOLLARS GO|
WHY PENNSYLVANIA SHOULD CLOSE TAX LOOPHOLES|
GOVERNOR’S CORPORATE TAX CUT PLAN WILL COST $800 MILLION Sharon Ward | 04/11/2013 EXPANSION OF HEALTH CARE WILL BOOST PA ECONOMY, HOSPITAL STUDY FINDS Chris Lilienthal | 04/09/2012 EXPANDING HEALTH COVERAGE SMART THING TO DO IN PA|
‘TAX FREEDOM DAY’ OVERSTATES TAXES MOST AMERICANS PAY|
NEW DATA ON NATURAL GAS-RELATED EMPLOYMENT IN PA|
PENNSYLVANIA COULD LOSE BILLIONS UNDER RYAN BUDGET|
NATION’S TOP POOR STUDENTS ARE NOT IN NATION’S TOP SCHOOLS|
THREE NEW TAX BREAKS WILL COST PA SCHOOLS AND SERVICES|
HOW SEQUESTRATION GOT ITS NAME|
A GROWING COST FOR CORPORATE TAX CUTS IN PA|
PENSION REFORMS IN 2010 ACHIEVED MAJOR LONG-TERM SAVINGS|
GOVERNOR’S PLAN DIGS A DEEPER PENSION HOLE|
EXPANDING MEDICAID WOULD ADD 41,000 NEW PA JOBS|
ALEC POLICIES SELL ‘SNAKE OIL TO THE STATES’|
WITH THE PRESIDENT PROMISING TO REDUCE INEQUALITY, THE DEVIL WILL BEIN THE DETAILS
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IMAGINE…A MINIMUM WAGE YOUR DAUGHTER COULD LIVE ON|
A NEW DIRECTION FOR PENNSYLVANIA’S BUDGET|
MISPLACED PRIORITIES: ANOTHER RUN AT PRIVATIZING ALCOHOL DISTRIBUTION Stephen Herzenberg | 01/31/2013 PENNSYLVANIA AMONG ‘TERRIBLE 10’ MOST REGRESSIVE TAX STATES Chris Lilienthal | 01/30/2013 THE REPORTS OF UNIONS’ DEATH ARE GREATLY EXAGGERATED|
PUBLIC SCHOOL EMPLOYMENT HITS DECADE LOW IN PENNSYLVANIA|
PENNSYLVANIA LOTTERY PRIVATIZATION COULD CUT FUNDS FOR SENIOR PROGRAMS BY A BILLION DOLLARS OR MORE|
MIND THE GAP: OPTING OUT OF MEDICAID EXPANSION LEAVES LOW-INCOMEFAMILIES BEHIND
Sharon Ward | 01/11/2013 WHAT TO MAKE OF THE FISCAL CLIFF DEAL? Sharon Ward | 01/03/2013 SLOW DOWN LOTTERY PRIVATIZATION FOR FULL AND TRANSPARENT REVIEW|
A MINIMUM WAGE INCREASE? IT’S HAPPENED IN NEARLY 20 STATES.|
THE BUSH TAX CUTS IN CHARTS, PART 2|
FEW IN PA WOULD BE AFFECTED BY ENDING HIGH-INCOME TAX CUTS Sharon Ward | 12/20/2012 THE BUSH TAX CUTS IN CHARTS, PART 1|
MORE AMERICANS SCRAPING BY ON $2 A DAY|
PA BUDGET IN FAIR SHAPE AS MIDYEAR APPROACHES, BUT BUSINESS TAX CUTSLOOM
Sharon Ward | 12/13/2012 GREAT RECESSION TOOK A TOLL ON YOUTH EMPLOYMENT|
HOW ABOUT SOME REAL SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS THAT DO EXIST? Mark Price | 12/06/2012 IMAGINE…PA CHAMBER AND CONSERVATIVE ADMINISTRATION LEAD MAJOR NEW PA RENEWABLE ENERGY POLICY Stephen Herzenberg | 11/30/2012 PULLING APART: INCOME INEQUALITY HAS GROWN IN PA Chris Lilienthal | 11/15/2012 PENNSYLVANIA PRIVATE JOB PERFORMANCE THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS|
PENNSYLVANIA TAX GIVEAWAYS AND AN ISLAND IN THE SUN|
SMALL BIZ OWNERS SUPPORT ENDING TOP TAX CUTS, POLL FINDS|
MORE ON PENNSYLVANIA’S ‘TSUNAMI OF JOBS’|
NOT EXACTLY A MAHOGANY-PANELED CORPORATE BOARDROOM|
MORE THAN 180 VOTER SUPPRESSION LAWS PROPOSED|
A VERITABLE TSUNAMI OF JOBS IN SEPTEMBER|
TWO JOBS SURVEYS OF ONE LABOR MARKET AND YES THEY CAN DISAGREE|
CHARTER BILL STALLS IN HOUSE AS LAWMAKERS FROM BOTH PARTIES RAISEQUESTIONS
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PAYING THE BOSS TO WORK|
THE YOUNG AND POOR HAVE MOST STUDENT DEBT|
CHANGING THE SUBJECT DOESN’T MAKE PAYDAY LENDING A BETTER IDEA|
COURT RULING AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF FLAWS IN VOTER ID IMPLEMENTATION|
PENNSYLVANIA FACES A SHORTAGE OF SKILLED PARROTS|
A LOOK AT POVERTY-WAGE JOBS IN PENNSYLVANIA|
FACT CHECKING THE CORBETT JOBS RECORD…AND SOME UNSOLICITED ADVICE|
SOME OF AMERICA’S COLLEGE STUDENTS GO HUNGRY|
THE MANUFACTURING JOBS SCORE SINCE 1948|
WHAT TO EXPECT IN CENSUS REPORT: FEWER AMERICANS UNINSURED BUT MORELIVING IN POVERTY
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PENNSYLVANIA TO CLOSE ONLINE SALES TAX LOOPHOLE — A LITTLE|
PRIVATE SCHOOLS ABLE TO PICK AND CHOOSE STUDENTS GETTING OPPORTUNITYSCHOLARSHIPS
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CHAOS AT THE PENNDOT|
PENNSYLVANIA’S NATURAL GAS TAX GIVEAWAY EXCEEDS $500 MILLION MARK|
IT’S JOBS THURSDAY IN PENNSYLVANIA AND THE NEWS AIN’T GOOD|
RYAN BUDGET WOULD COST PENNSYLVANIA MORE THAN $1 BILLION IN FEDERALFUNDS
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MIDDAY MUST READS: COLLEGE GRADS COMPETE WITH OUTSOURCING, FACE DEBT|
THE JUNE LABOR MARKET IN PENNSYLVANIA (WARNING: WONKY)|
THREE YEARS AND COUNTING ON THE MINIMUM WAGE Alan Bowie | 07/26/2012 CHALLENGING THE CONVENTIONAL WISDOM ON PAYDAY LOANS Jamar Thrasher | 07/25/2012 PINK SLIPS FOR TEACHERS NOT SO GOOD FOR THE ECONOMY|
OUTSOURCING HITS SERVICE WORKERS IN THE PAYCHECK|
FAILING TO INVEST IN A STRONGER PA ECONOMY Chris Lilienthal | 07/16/2012 STATE STARTS NEW FISCAL YEAR WITH $400 MILLION IN THE BANK BUT NOTHING IN THE RAINY DAY FUND|
THE HUMAN COST OF ELIMINATING GENERAL ASSISTANCE|
A LOOK AT SCHOOL CODE CHANGES|
CORBETT ADMINISTRATION WANTS HUMAN SERVICES BLOCK GRANT LITE|
A CLOSER LOOK AT THE STATE BUDGET Shelley Aragoncillo | 06/27/2012 LAWMAKER PROPOSES PILOT PROGRAM FOR COUNTY BLOCK GRANT Chris Lilienthal | 06/26/2012 IMMIGRANTS CONTRIBUTE TO STATE’S ECONOMY AS SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS|
PA HOUSE SETS BUDGET PRIORITIES, LAYING GROUNDWORK FOR FINALNEGOTIATIONS
Sharon Ward | 06/13/2012 ALCOHOL PRIVATIZATION MORE COSTLY TO CONSUMERS AND COMES WITH GREATERSOCIAL HARM
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THE MYTHS BEHIND GOVERNOR CORBETT’S BUDGET MYTHS|
HOUSE PASSES PREDATORY PAY DAY LENDING BILL|
POSSIBLE VOTE TO PERMIT PREDATORY PAYDAY LENDING LOOMS AGAIN TODAY|
HOUSE TO VOTE ON 300% INTEREST RATE PAYDAY LOANS TODAY|
MISGUIDED STRATEGY: GROUPS LOBBYING STATES TO NOT PASS HEALTHINSURANCE EXCHANGES
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FINAL PUSH FOR STATE BUDGET STARTS NEXT WEEK|
PROTESTERS SHAME AMAZON INTO INSTALLING AIR CONDITIONING FORWAREHOUSES
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EDUCATIONAL TAX CREDITS ARE OFTEN A BAIT-AND-SWITCH|
UNCOMPENSATED CARE COSTS RISE AT PA HOSPITALS|
THE DREADED OMITTED VARIABLE BIAS RED CARD|
PA SENATE APPROVES BUDGET, BUT DEEP CUTS REMAIN|
PREDATORY PAYDAY LENDING BILL FLIES OUT OF CRAMPED HOUSE CONSUMERAFFAIRS HEARING
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LET THE GAMES BEGIN: PA SENATE ANNOUNCES DETAILS OF BUDGET PROPOSAL|
THE PATH TO FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY|
GOOD NEWS ON REVENUE BUT DON’T COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS JUST YET|
PA HOUSE APPROVES MAJOR CORPORATE TAX CUT BILL|
TAKE A RESPONSIBLE APPROACH TO CLOSING CORPORATE TAX LOOPHOLES|
PA HOUSE BILL WON’T CLOSE TAX LOOPHOLES|
A DECADE OF DEEP CUTS. DON’T LET IT HAPPEN.|
INEQUALITY AND INFRASTRUCTURE|
THINK YOU KNOW A LOT ABOUT FEDERAL TAXES?|
THIS TAX DAY, SAY NO TO LOOPHOLES|
A RECOVERY FOR THE 1%|
PA REVENUE PICTURE BRIGHTENS|
TAX BREAKS VS. BUDGET CUTS|
PREVAILING WAGE OPPONENTS FAIL TO LOOK AT THE RESEARCH|
PREVAILING WAGE OPPONENTS FAIL LABOR MARKET STATISTICS 101|
PREVAILING WAGE OPPONENTS FAIL THE LAUGH TEST|
ECONOMISTS’ ROUNDTABLE ON FEBRUARY JOBS REPORT|
LOTS TO CELEBRATE
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THE RETURN OF BIGFOOT: TELLING THE TRUTH ABOUT WELFARE SPENDING INPENNSYLVANIA
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SPENDING TWICE AS MUCH ON PRISONS AS ON UNIVERSITIES|
LET THE FACTS GET IN THE WAY OF A GOOD STORY: PRIVATE SCHOOL BUS SERVICES IN PENNSYLVANIA COST MORE|
COSTLY VOTER ID BILL NOW BEFORE PA HOUSE|
AS ECONOMY PICKS UP, PA REVENUES TAKE TURN FOR THE BETTER|
VIDEO: THE SKINNY ON PA BUDGET CUTS|
ADULTBASIC: A YEAR OF STRUGGLE|
SOME HOPE FOR PA REVENUE IN JANUARY BUT CORPORATE TAXES STILL LAG|
END OF MORTGAGE ASSISTANCE COULD UNDERMINE ECONOMIC RECOVERY|
COMBINE AND CUT: GOVERNOR’S BLOCK GRANT PLAN FOR COUNTY HUMANSERVICES
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PA. MARCELLUS SHALE FEE AMONG THE LOWEST IN THE NATION|
GOVERNOR’S BUDGET MOVES PA IN WRONG DIRECTION Sharon Ward | 02/08/2012 ABANDONING PENNSYLVANIANS|
MORE OF THE SAME? GOVERNOR CORBETT’S NEXT BUDGET|
WILL MICHAEL NUTTER BE THE DECIDING VOTE ON THE SHALE BILL?|
PA. LOSES $300 MILLION TO GAS DRILLING TAX IMPASSE|
PRICE OF SERVICE CUTS: DROWNING IN DEBT: BUDGET CUTS RAISE COST OFCOLLEGE
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PRICE OF SERVICE CUTS: FEWER PLACES TO TURN FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTICVIOLENCE
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PAYING THE PRICE OF SERVICE CUTS|
TAX LOOPHOLE BILL A FIRST STEP, MORE NEEDS TO BE DONE|
PA. REVENUE MIXED, AS GOVERNOR PREPARES 2012-13 BUDGET|
DEVELOPING STORY: BANK SWAPS AND PHILADELPHIA|
BANK SWAP DEALS COST PHILADELPHIA CITY, SCHOOL DISTRICT|
A JANUARY FREEZE
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ANOTHER $157 MILLION IN CUTS COULD BE ON THE WAY|
DÉJÀ VU ALL OVER AGAIN: MID-YEAR CUTS AND A BUDGET SHORTFALL ON TAPFOR 2012
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ANOTHER CORPORATE LOOPHOLE – THIS TIME FOR JETS|
PA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS RANK 40TH ON JOB CREATION, JOBQUALITY STANDARDS
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NO MARCELLUS SHALE FEE FOR 2011|
CORPORATE TAX AVOIDANCE ADDS TO STATE WOES|
GUTTING PREVAILING WAGE LAWS WILL HURT PA ECONOMY|
DON’T WEAKEN PA’S OVERSIGHT OF HEALTH INSURANCE RATE HIKES|
LIQUOR PRIVATIZATION FINDINGS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE|
HOW MUCH DOES CHILD POVERTY COST THE ECONOMY?|
USING TEMPORARY WORKERS TO FORECAST THE PA ECONOMY|
A $56 MILLION ‘OOPS’: PA REVENUE DEPARTMENT UPDATES MARCELLUSSHALE TAX ESTIMATES
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FOR SOME, READING IS HARD|
SENATE DRILLING FEE BILL MORE THAN INDUSTRY ASKED FOR|
WHAT IS PAT TOOMEY DOING? INEQUALITY AND AMERICA’S FUTURE|
HOW LOW CAN YOU GO?
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PUTTING THE BRAKES ON PENNSYLVANIA’S RECOVERY|
GROWING ECONOMIES, STAGNANT WAGES: PENNSYLVANIA EDITION|
AN IMPACT FEE GIFT WRAPPED FOR DRILLERS|
THE BAD EMPLOYMENT NEWS KEEPS ON COMING|
MARCELLUS SHALE UPDATE: GIVING AWAY THE STORE|
WHAT THE 99% ARE ABOUT ONE MORE TIME: THE SOCIAL IMPACT OF INEQUALITY|
MAKING THE CASE FOR BETTER MARCELLUS SHALE PROTECTIONS AND A DRILLINGTAX
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A RESPONSE TO ERIC CANTOR ON INEQUALITY|
STATE INSURANCE REGULATORS DENY RATEPAYERS PUBLIC HEARING ON HIGHMARKRATE HIKE
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LOSING THE PA ADVANTAGE AS UNEMPLOYMENT RATE CLIMBS|
DON’T WANT TO GIVE GAS DRILLERS A FREE PASS? SIGN OUR LETTER TOLAWMAKERS
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A MORE TRANSPARENT LABOR MARKET|
PENNSYLVANIA RECORDS FIRST QUARTER REVENUE GROWTH|
GOVERNOR’S DRILLING FEE PLAN SELLS PENNSYLVANIANS SHORT|
HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT LEADS TO MORE STUDENT LOAN DEFAULTS|
PA TAX COLLECTIONS STRONG SO FAR, SEPTEMBER WILL TELL US MORE|
PA. REVENUE GROWTH STRONG IN 2011-12, DESPITE MISSING OFFICIALESTIMATES
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RECESSIONS DRIVE UP POVERTY RATES|
TWO PA GOP HOUSE MEMBERS TO INTRODUCE STRONG DRILLING TAX BILL|
POVERTY RISES SHARPLY IN MOST AREAS OF PENNSYLVANIA|
NATIONAL WEAKNESS IN ECONOMY SPREADS TO PA IN AUGUST|
FROM HIS MOUTH TO LAWMAKERS’ EARS: GOVERNOR CORBETT CALLS FOR GASDRILLING FEE
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POVERTY WORST IN DECADES BY SEVERAL MEASURES|
WEAK NATIONAL ECONOMY BEING FELT IN PA|
NATIONAL POVERTY RATES HITS 15.1%, HIGHEST LEVEL SINCE 1993|
A LOOK AT TODAY’S CENSUS REPORT|
SIX MONTHS AFTER THE END OF ADULTBASIC|
HOW ABOUT A SITDOWN STRIKE ACROSS HERSHEY’S SUPPLY CHAIN?|
SCHOOL’S OPEN BUT THERE’S LESS FUNDING FOR KIDS|
OBAMA JOBS PLAN A STEP TOWARD BOOSTING ECONOMY|
THE LABOR MARKET IS A BUYER’S MARKET|
SIZING UP THE AUGUST JOBS PICTURE|
OUT WITH AUSTERITY ECONOMICS, IN WITH A ‘MORAL ECONOMY’|
PAINTING A FULLER PICTURE OF GAS DRILLING IN PA ECONOMY|
NEWS FLASH: PA PUBLIC-SECTOR JOBS NOT PATH TO RICHES|
BUILDING A COMPETITIVE INSURANCE MARKETPLACE IN PA|
IF ENERGY INVESTMENT BANKERS HAVE DOUBTS, SO SHOULD WE|
PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT JOB LOSSES A DRAG ON ECONOMY|
THE STANDARD AND POOR’S DOWNGRADE|
TAX FLIGHT IS A MYTH, REPORT FINDS|
MORE AMERICANS DRAWING INCOME FROM UNEMPLOYMENT, SOCIAL SECURITY|
STATE CUTS TO EDUCATION, HEALTH CARE WILL SLOW RECOVERY|
A MANUFACTURED CRISIS|
MORE ANALYSIS OF PA.’S JUNE JOBS REPORT|
THE MIDDLE CLASS ‘UNDER ATTACK’|
PENNSYLVANIA’S JUNE JOBS REPORT MORE CAUSE FOR CONCERN|
RESPONSE TO INDUSTRY STUDY ON MARCELLUS IMPACT|
STATE SPENDING CUTS KILL PRIVATE SECTOR JOBS|
STUDY SHOWS MEDICAID HAS POSITIVE HEALTH, FINANCIAL IMPACTS|
LEGISLATIVE INACTION ON DRILLING TAX COSTS PA. $200 MILLION|
A DETAILED LOOK AT PENNSYLVANIA’S 2011-12 BUDGET|
‘A LITANY OF BAD NEWS’: WHAT THE EXPERTS ARE SAYING ABOUT THE JUNEJOBS REPORT
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LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR REPEATS MISLEADING MARCELLUS JOBS NUMBER|
2011-12 STATE BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS|
PHILADELPHIA MAYOR VETOES PAID SICK LEAVE BILL|
PA.’S 2011-12 BUDGET: DOING LESS WITH MORE|
SOME DETAILS EMERGE ON 2011-12 PA. BUDGET DEAL|
SOME KEY POINTS TO KEEP IN MIND ON MARCELLUS IMPACT FEE|
CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT PROCEEDS OVER BENEFIT CUTS FOR 359,000 LOW-INCOMEPENNSYLVANIANS
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NOW THAT WE’VE READ THE FINE PRINT … ANOTHER LOOK AT PENNSYLVANIA’S UNEMPLOYMENT COMPROMISE|
11 THINGS TO HATE ABOUT THE SENATE DRILLING FEE BILL|
MAY JOBS REPORT CAUSE FOR CONCERN|
SENATE DRILLING FEE MOVES FORWARD, WITH CHANGES THAT FURTHER WEAKENBILL
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THE BENEFITS OF PAID SICK DAYS|
FASTING FOR PENNSYLVANIA’S MOST VULNERABLE|
PUBLIC HEALTH EXPERTS ADVISE AGAINST FURTHER PRIVATIZATION OF ALCOHOLSALES
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PAID SICK DAYS CAN HELP MAKE PHILADELPHIA A HIGH ROAD CITY OFOPPORTUNITY
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THE SAFETY NET IS A GOOD THING: YORK COUNTY EDITION|
USING NFIB ECONOMIST’S ESTIMATES ON PAID SICK DAYS: IT’S NOTCRICKET
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PA. HOUSE APPROVES $27.3 BILLION BUDGET|
PA. HOUSE REJECTS 20% CUT TO UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS|
TEACHER SALARIES AND THE MEDIEVAL BLOODLETTING OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS|
GETTING CHEEKY WITH TAX DATA, PART 3|
GETTING CHEEKY WITH TAX DATA, PART 2|
GETTING CHEEKY WITH TAX DATA, PART 1|
TAKING STOCK OF DRILLING TAX PLANS|
A DETAILED LOOK AT THE HOUSE GOP BUDGET PLAN|
VOTER ID LAW COSTLY TO TAXPAYERS|
A QUICK TAKE ON HOUSE GOP BUDGET PLAN|
DRILLERS LIKELY MORPHING INTO PASS-THROUGH ENTITIES TO CUT TAXES, REVENUE SECRETARY SAYS|
MEXICAN TRADE DEFICIT COSTS PA. 26,000 JOBS SINCE 1994|
STRONG APRIL PUTS PENNSYLVANIA’S FISCAL SURPLUS AT $506 MILLION|
REVENUE ANALYSIS GOES WELL BEYOND TAXES PAID BY DRILLERS|
CONCERNS RAISED ABOUT SEN. SCARNATI’S LOCAL IMPACT FEE|
OBAMA RELEASES BIRTH CERTIFICATE, NOW GAS DRILLERS SHOULD DISCLOSETAXES
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MILLIONAIRE TAX DIDN’T CHASE THE RICH FROM JERSEY, SO WHY NOT A HIGHER TAX RATE ON PA.’S TOP EARNERS?|
ZOMBIE IDEAS: ONLY THE RICH PAY TAXES|
YES, GOVERNOR, TEXAS LEVIES PROPERTY TAXES|
DESPITE CHANGES, SENATE VOUCHER PLAN DEEPLY FLAWED|
ON TAX DAY, A FRESH PERSPECTIVE ON TAXES|
‘CLOSE THE TAX LOOPHOLES’ DAY|
IN DELCO, A SUCCESS STORY THAT RAISES BIG QUESTIONS ABOUT BUDGETPRIORITIES
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FACT CHECKING WEST VIRGINIA DRILLING CLAIMS|
NOT SO SPECIAL CARE
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DON’T KNOW MUCH ABOUT HISTORY … Stephen Herzenberg | 04/11/2011 CEO PAY SOARS WHILE WORKERS’ PAY STALLS|
OPPRESSIVE REGIMES AND INCOME INEQUALITY|
GOVERNOR NEEDS A ‘VISION’ CHECK ON MARCELLUS SHALE|
THE MINIMUM WAGE MATTERS|
TRICKLE DOWN ECONOMICS NOT HELPING MARCELLUS SHALE COMMUNITIES|
CONSUMERS TELL REAL STORY OF AFFORDABLE CARE ACT|
A ‘DOUBLE IRISH’ HERE, A ‘DUTCH SANDWICH’ THERE|
YES, YEARS OF BUDGET CUTS HAVE TAKEN A TOLL ON PENNSYLVANIANS|
WHAT’S THE REAL COST OF PRIVATIZATION?|
CAN BUSINESSES MAKE MORE MONEY BY PAYING THEIR WORKERS MORE? Mark Price | 03/10/2011 GOVERNOR CORBETT UNVEILS 2011-12 BUDGET PROPOSAL (UPDATED) Chris Lilienthal | 03/09/2011 WHAT’S GOOD FOR THE U.S. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ISN’T SO GOOD FOR YOU Mark Price | 03/03/2011 BEWARE OF MISINFORMATION CAMPAIGNS Mark Price | 02/24/2011 WE NEED MORE ACTION ON JOBS AND WAGES Mark Price | 02/18/2011 THE 2ND ANNIVERSARY OF THE RECOVERY ACT Mark Price | 02/17/2011 AMAZON TAKES ITS BALL AND GOES HOME OVER SALES TAX BILL Sharon Ward | 02/15/2011 FOR THE LONG-TERM UNEMPLOYED, THE JOBS JUST AREN’T THERE Mark Price | 02/10/2011 WHAT OBAMA SHOULD SAY TO THE U.S. CHAMBER Stephen Herzenberg | 02/07/2011 STRENGTHENING THE MIDDLE CLASS Mark Price | 02/05/2011 ANTI-HEALTH LAW BILL WOULD BE TREMENDOUS SETBACK FOR SMALL BUSINESSES, UNINSURED PENNSYLVANIANS Sharon Ward | 02/03/2011 WELCOME TO THIRD AND STATE Stephen Herzenberg | 02/01/2011 CAN WE STOP ATTACKING PEOPLE WHO LOST THEIR JOB BECAUSE OF THERECESSION?
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