STATEMENT: On the PA Legislative Reapportionment Commission Maps
For Immediate Release February 4, 2022 Contact: Kirstin Snow, snow@pennbpc.org Statement of PA Budget and Policy...
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PA Is Flush with Cash and It’s Time to Use It
We head into this year’s budget season with one difference from last year: Pennsylvania is flush with cash. What...
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STATEMENT: Commonwealth Court Decision on Act 77 Points To Crisis of Democracy
For Immediate Release January 28, 2022 Contact: Kirstin Snow STATEMENT: Commonwealth Court Decision on Act 77 Points...
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The Update: What’s Happening in Harrisburg and DC – February 4 , 2022
MESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTOR Last Friday, as many of you saw, the Fern Hollow bridge in Pittsburgh collapsed because...
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STATEMENT: Economic Update—PA Needs Action to Sustain Demand and Make Jobs Worth Taking to Achieve Economic Health Beyond Pre-pandemic Levels
Following the release of December job numbers for Pennsylvania last Friday, Keystone Research Center research analyst Maisum Murtaza released...
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Economic Update: PA Needs Action to Sustain Demand and Make Jobs Worth Taking to Achieve Economic Health Beyond Pre-pandemic Levels
For two years, the COVID pandemic has shaped many aspects of Americans’ lives, including the health of our economy....
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Initial Response to Gov. Wolf’s Proposed 2021-22 PA State Budget | Thursday, February 4, 2021
The Pennsylvania Budget & Policy Center’s director Marc Stier and senior policy analyst Diana Polson provide an initial overview...
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PBPC’s Analysis of Governor Wolf’s Proposal for Pennsylvania’s 2021-22 Budget
Watch our initial response to Governor Wolf’s 2021-22 budget proposal and February 3, 2021, budget address. Participating in this...
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RELEASE: Keystone Research Center Decries Racist “Zoom-Bombing”
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 25, 2021 Contact: Kirstin Snow, snow@pennbpc.org Harrisburg, PA: Stephen Herzenberg, executive director of the Keystone...
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PA Needs Immediate Action From Congress to Pass the American Rescue Plan
Pennsylvania needs immediate action from Congress to pass the American Rescue Plan It’s been one year since the first...
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States Can Choose a Better Path for Higher Ed Funding in COVID-19 Recession: A Pennsylvania Perspective
LINK TO THE CENTER ON BUDGET & POLICY PRIORITIES REPORT: “STATES CAN CHOOSE A BETTER PATH FOR HIGHER ED...
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