Economic Development Subsidies in Pennsylvania: Do they Fuel Sprawl?
Previously, the KRC published one of the only attempts to gauge the quality of jobs created by Pennsylvania economic...
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Does Pennsylvania Invest Adequately in Its Community Colleges?
This chartbook benchmarks Pennsylvania state and local government appropriations for public two-year colleges- “community colleges”- against that of other...
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Unanswered Questions: In the Rush to Privatize the Pennsylvania Lottery, There Is Still a Lot We Don’t Know
The Corbett administration is expected to make a decision by the end of 2012 on a bid to operate...
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The Shale Tipping Point
This report examines the relationship between drilling activity in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia counties and the onset of...
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Four Key Facts: Why Pension Cuts in SB 1071 Are Bad For Taxpayers
Actuarial studies Press Released by Pennsylvania’s Public Employee Retirement Commission (PERC) confirm what the KRC has said for more...
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High Road WIOA: Building Higher Job Quality into Workforce Development
In this brief, we propose three concrete disbursement policies that allow for more effective and focused use of Workforce...
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Editorial Board Memo: Pennsylvania’s Proposed Hybrid Pension
Pennsylvania’s House of Representatives may shortly consider the proposed “hybrid pension” developed by the Pennsylvania Senate. In this editorial...
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Transparency Bills Could Help School Districts Avoid Outsourcing of Public Services That Lowers Quality and Raises Costs
Providing additional transparency when school districts consider outsourcing, and an escape route if savings do not result, can reduce...
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A Temporary Setback on the Way to a Just America
The Trump-GOP tax cut bill, which passed the House on a party-line vote with twelve Republicans voting against this...
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State Education Funding Matters – A Tale of Two States (PA and NJ)
A new “big-data” base on U.S. school districts provides new evidence that Pennsylvania has many high-performing schools but many...
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It redistributes from working people and the middle class to the rich. And that’s just wrong.
With all the controversy over the details of the tax cut bill that is moving towards a final vote...
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Limitations on the State and Local Tax Deduction Hurt Pennsylvania in Two Ways
A major issue in the debate over the Republican tax cut bill is whether the deduction for state and...
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