What We Know About the Senate July 2020 COVID-19 Relief Bill
The House passed the HEROES Act in May, but it was only this week that the Senate came back...
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Ineligible for Relief: #FundExcludedWorkers
We are living in a time where collective loss and heartache are everyday occurrences as people lose their...
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Our Opportunity to Re-evaluate: Pennsylvania’s COVID-19 Policy Response and Priorities Moving Forward
The COVID-19 pandemic has turned our lives upside down. Many of us worry about the health and well-being of...
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A Status Update on Pennsylvania’s Policy Response to COVID-19: Economic Relief, Health Care and Worker Protections
The COVID-19 crisis has laid bare the inequities and inadequacies that exist in our Commonwealth, from the precarity of...
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A Compendium of State Action in Response to the COVID-19 Epidemic
This is a compendium of state action and public policies PBPC and KRC have recommended and endorsed as necessary...
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What Not to Do in the Face of a COVID-19 Driven Recession: Lessons from the Corbett Years
As COVID-19 hurtles us towards a global recession, Pennsylvania will need to make difficult decisions about how to handle...
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Calm Before the Storm: An Analysis of Governor Wolf’s Proposed Budget for 2020-21
We were in the last two weeks of work on this analysis of the governor’s proposed budget for the...
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Corporate Tax Cuts Since 2002 Now Cost PA $4.2 Billion Yearly: Pennsylvania Should Pass Worldwide Combined Reporting
This paper focuses on the details of one part of this story: the cuts in corporate taxes in Pennsylvania since 2002 that have reduced revenues by what is...
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Washington Launches Paid Family and Medical Leave: Pennsylvania Should Follow Suit
We all know things come up in the course of our lives that can bring joy and/or create stress—welcoming...
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The 2019-20 Enacted Budget: How Did Education Fare?
While this 2018-19 budget increase moves us in the right direction with increased funding for education, it still does...
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The Public College Affordability Gap Looms Large for Pennsylvania Students
This time of year, high school seniors are applying to colleges, and some are even beginning to hear back...
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