Unequal Unemployment:Unemployment Disparities in Pennsylvania
The Pennsylvania economy has shed 182,000 jobs since the start of the recession, leading to the worst labor market...
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State of Working Pennsylvania 2014
Our “State of Working Pennsylvania 2014” report makes clear that our economy is not performing well from the perspective...
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Pennsylvania Higher Education at a Crossroads: To Boost Opportunity and Growth, Pennsylvania Needs to Invest in Higher Education
Pennsylvania’s public four-year colleges currently confront a funding and enrollment crisis, with three of the most distressed universities in...
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Wolf Proposal Would Restore 40-Hour Work Week and Fair Overtime Pay for 465,000 PA Salaried Workers
In June of 2018, Governor Tom Wolf issued a notice of his intention to restore guaranteed overtime pay for...
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State of Working Pennsylvania 2018
“The State of Working Pennsylvania 2018,” the Keystone Research Center’s 23rd annual review of the Pennsylvania economy and...
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Let’s Not Let Cranky Uncle Mike Raid the State Budget
Last November we elected a President who reminds many of us of a cranky uncle who sits at the...
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Evidently You Can Make This Stuff Up: The Commonwealth Foundation (and the House GOP) on the State Budget
The Commonwealth Foundation, in recent op-eds and website posts, has presented a misleading analysis of the state budget, one...
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A Victory for Seattle “For-Hire” Drivers…and for the Next Labor Movement
One regular theme on this blog is that area-wide unions that lift wages and benefits in industries that cannot...
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Top Universities Sued Because…401(k)-Style Retirement Plans Provide Less Bang for the Retirement Buck
Earlier this week, MIT, Yale, and New York University were sued because their 401(k)-style retirement plans have had excessive...
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Majority of Voters Blame Legislature for Budget Impasse, Poll Shows
In a story on Lancasteronoline today, East Hempfield Township resident Duane Smith made the same observation that our analysis...
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Proposed PA Severance Tax Meets Modified Goldilocks Standard – Not Too Big or Too Small, But Just Right
To restore funding for education, boost economic development and strengthen oversight of the gas drilling industry, Governor Wolf proposed...
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The Union of the Future
Kati Sipp’s latest blog post on “Hack the Union” has a link to a thought-provoking interview with Michelle Miller, founder...
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