More on Counting Shale Jobs and Deciphering Who Cooks the Books
As the saying goes, “It’s better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than open it and remove...
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Do Standardized Tests Measure Up?
The House Committee on Education is considering two bills that could change how student performance is measured in public...
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PA Leaves Money on the Table by Not Enacting a Natural Gas Severance Tax
Responding to overwhelming public support for enacting a severance tax on natural gas production, Governor Wolf and several members...
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Selling “Gator Oil” in Philadelphia — and Why Pennsylvania Has Nothing to Worry About
Florida Gov. Rick Scott is in Philadelphia today and tomorrow peddling the attractions of the Sunshine State to Pennsylvania...
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Racial and Class Segregation Worsen in PA Public Schools
A report by UCLA’s Civil Rights Project shows that racial and economic class segregation continue to worsen in Pennsylvania’s...
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Pennsylvania to Expand Medicaid Beyond Healthy PA
Yesterday, the Wolf administration announced that it is changing the state’s course on Medicaid expansion. Under Governor Corbett, Pennsylvania...
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2015 Could be the Year of the Natural Gas Severance Tax
Enacting a severance tax on natural gas would raise much-needed funding for education, environmental, and other critical services and...
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IFO Forecasts Lower Property Tax Revenue in Future
Act 1 may not be perfect, but it has slowed the growth of school property taxes. Since the passage...
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Education Fact: Public School Enrollment Falls Across PA
Across the state, public school enrollment continued its long, downward trend with a 2.9% decrease since 2007-08. This isn’t...
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Just the Facts: Sen. Wagner’s Proposal Is Not a Real Increase in Minimum Wage
There are two fresh proposals circulating in the Pennsylvania State Senate this week which seek to raise the minimum...
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January Revenues Stay on Track—Barely
General Fund revenue collections exceeded revenue targets by $90 million in January, pushing the fiscal year-to-date revenue surplus to...
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Making Work Pay Coalition Forms to Help Working Families
More than two dozen advocacy and direct-service organizations from across the Commonwealth, including the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center,...
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