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STATEMENT: Budget Falls Short on Education, Health Care, Tax Reform

Type: Press Release
Author: Sharon Ward
Date: July 02, 2013

The PA budget for 2013-2014 fails to adequately address the enormity of the funding crisis facing Pennsylvania schools. Eighty...

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Connecting the Dots Between Unemployment and Wage Growth

Type: Blog
Author: Mark Price
Date: July 02, 2013

Colin Gordon of the Iowa Policy Project (and the Tell Tale Chart) has a new graphic illustrating the connection...

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Senate Approved Medicaid Expansion But It Faces Hurdle in the House

Type: Blog
Author: Chris Lilienthal
Date: July 01, 2013

The Pennsylvania Senate on Sunday approved legislation to expand Medicaid to hundreds of thousands of low-income Pennsylvanians in accordance...

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Philadelphia School Funding Agreement Comes with Strings Attached

Type: Blog
Author: Sharon Ward
Date: June 30, 2013

The Philadelphia School District will receive new state funding, but with strings attached that leave some key decisions in...

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Philadelphia School Funding Agreement Comes with Strings Attached

Type: Policy Brief
Date: June 30, 2013

The Philadelphia School District will receive new state funding, but with strings attached that leave some key decisions in...

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PA Needs to Get Serious about Closing Loopholes

Type: Blog
Author: Sharon Ward
Date: June 29, 2013

Check out my recent op-ed for PennLive.com on the opportunity — and obligation — the Pennsylvania Senate has to really close...

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$2-$2.5 Billion in Funding for Transportation Being Negotiated with Budget

Type: Blog
Author: Sharon Ward
Date: June 29, 2013

Dueling transportation funding plans from the Pennsylvania Senate and House are still being hashed out in the Capitol this...

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