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State of Working Pennsylvania 2013

Type: Reports and Papers
Author: Mark Price, Stephen Herzenberg
Date: August 28, 2013

The State of Working Pennsylvania, Keystone’s annual Labor Day check-in on how working Pennsylvanians are faring in today‰’s economy,...

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Video: Debating Liquor Privatization

Type: Blog
Author: Stephen Herzenberg
Date: August 23, 2013

I am a guest on PA Newsmakers this weekend along with Katrina Anderson of the Commonwealth Foundation debating the...

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Life on Welfare: Cato Gets It Very Wrong

Type: Blog
Author: Sharon Ward
Date: August 21, 2013

It’s great to be poor. That’s the finding of a Cato Institute report released this week claiming to calculate...

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Separating Fact from Fiction on Nutrition Assistance

Type: Blog
Author: Chris Lilienthal
Date: August 20, 2013

Check out this short video separating fact from fiction in the ongoing debate over nutrition assistance for low-income Americans....

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Can the Right Afford to Acknowledge Low Upward Mobility in the U.S.?

Type: Blog
Author: Stephen Herzenberg
Date: August 15, 2013

Michael Laracy of the Annie E. Casey Foundation emailed around an opinion piece by Fareed Zakaria on the boffo...

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An Unbalanced Pension Proposal: ‰”Universities‰” Proposal Would Erode Retirement Security, Weaken Schools‰’ Ability to Retain Talented Teachers, and Create New Threat to Financial Sustainability of Illinois Pension Funds

Type: Reports and Papers
Author: Howard Wial, Stephen Herzenberg
Date: August 14, 2013

The “Universities” proposal to alter public employee pension systems in Illinois would significantly undermine the retirement security of teachers...

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State Predicts Increase in Sales, Income Tax Collections

Type: Blog
Author: Sharon Ward
Date: August 08, 2013

As I previously blogged here and here, Pennsylvania General Fund revenue collections are projected to grow very little in...

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