RELEASE – State of Working PA 2019: Troubling Long-Term Trends Continue, But Businesses Offer an Opening for a Shift
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. HARRISBURG, PA – Ahead of Labor Day weekend, the Keystone Research Center today released the...
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State of Working Pennsylvania 2019
Executive Summary In just the past few weeks, leading American business leaders appear to have experienced a sudden and...
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Review of IFO’s Minimum Wage Analysis
In what follows we review estimates published by the Independent Fiscal Office (IFO) of the number of workers affected,...
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NEW REPORT: Medicaid Expansion Has Averted an Estimated 369 Deaths a Year of Near-Elderly Low-Income Individuals in Pennsylvania
HARRISBURG – New evidence shows that 1,467 lives were saved in the four years since Medicaid was expanded in...
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Pennsylvania’s Identity Crisis: Rushed Implementation of Voter ID Law Putting Voting Rights at Risk
Pennsylvania’s voter ID law disenfranchises Pennsylvania voters. This law is restrictive, and complicated to implement for Pennsylvania’s large population...
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Winners and Losers Under Single Sales Factor
Budget negotiators are considering adopting the Single Sales Factor (SSF)1, a targeted tax break promoted by a small group...
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Special Interest Tax Break Will Cost $100 Million, Make Tax System Less Fair
Tom Wolf called on the governor and state Legislature today to reject a special interest tax break that will...
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Pennsylvania’s Identity Crisis: Rushed Implementation of Voter ID Law Putting Voting Rights at Risk
Pennsylvania’s voter ID law is restrictive and complicated to implement for Pennsylvania’s large population in such a short period...
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97% of Top Pennsylvania Companies Use Combined Reporting
Companies that claim that closing corporate tax loopholes is too complicated already operate in states that have closed loopholes,...
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How to Structure a Severance Tax that is Fair to Pennsylvanians
The Pennsylvania General Assembly is drafting legislation to institute a severance tax on the natural gas extracted from the...
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A Look at the Bridge Budget Signed by the Governor
Governor Ed Rendell signed Senate Bill 850 into law, providing a ”bridge” budget for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. This...
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Single Sales Factor Creates Windfall for a Few, Worsens State Deficit
Budget negotiators are considering a change in the way companies calculate their corporate income tax liability. Adoption of the...
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