Statement on Gov. Wolf’s Decision to Allow the Appropriations Bill to Become Law
Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center Director Marc Stier made the following statement on Governor Wolf’s decision to allow the...
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Bad Ideas Under Any Label
We are hearing that some of the provisions in a House school code bill, HB530, are being included in...
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Boom and Bust: Lessons From the Gas Patch
In 2011, the town of Towanda in Bradford County was at the epicenter of the shale drilling boom. A...
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Happy Birthday, Medicare and Medicaid
On July 30, 1965, President Lyndon Johnson signed into law the Medicare and Medicaid programs that gave millions of...
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Veto Override – 7 Reasons Republicans Should Be Careful What They Wish For
Yesterday, Representative Turzai, speaker of the House, said that Republicans may attempt to override Governor Wolf’s veto of the...
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Unconventional Drilling Is Associated with Increased Hospital Utilization Rates
A new study by the University of Pennsylvania and Columbia University finds that people living near active gas drilling...
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Conservative Think Tank Confirms that PA Needs a Budget that Boosts State’s Fiscal Condition
One sticking point in Pennsylvania’s budget battle is whether the next state budget needs to improve the state’s fiscal...
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CFPB Owes Consumers a Strong Federal Payday Lending Rule
Keystone Research Center was among more than 75 organizations in 14 states and the District of Columbia that signed...
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WARNING: Drinking the “Shrink-Revenues-at-All-Costs-Kool-Aid” Is Dangerous to Your Children’s – and Your State’s – Health
The implicit, and sometimes explicit, claim of some of those raising the alarm about increasing revenues to invest in...
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The Sky Won’t Fall If We Raise Revenue to Invest in Education
Total revenues in Pennsylvania were up in the fiscal year that just ended by $94 million, compared to 2007-08...
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The Real-Life Impact of Undermining Public Schools: A Philadelphia Inquirer Profile
A profile of a teacher in this morning’s Philadelphia Inquirer brings to life the real-life consequences, for teachers and...
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Internet Access Taxes – Let State and Local Government Decide
Since 1998 when it passed the Internet Tax Freedom Act (ITFA), Congress has banned state and local governments from...
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