Morning Must Read: House Plan Would Cost 5 Million Americans Needed Food Assistance
Legislation before the U.S. House would eliminate about 5.1 million people from a federal program that provides nutrition assistance...
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Pennsylvania, Land of Opportunity
We’re not always the “good news bears,” but today we’re thrilled to give greater visibility to a landmark new...
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Guest Post: It Wasn’t the Shale, Yinz
By Tim Stuhldreher Originally published at Tim Stuhldreher’s Blog Paul Krugman muses on why deindustrialization left Detroit a basket...
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Diversion Politics and Factual Errors with ‘Americans for a Tiny Sliver of Rich People’
Jennifer Stefano, the Pennsylvania director of Americans for Prosperity, published an op-ed in the Patriot-News Friday — the latest...
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$1 Trillion in Student Loan Debt Hampering Young Entrepreneurs
It appears more and more American college graduates are declining to start their own businesses due to the rising...
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Toshi Seeger and Respect for the Working Man and Woman
Toshi Seeger’s obituary last week in The New York Times brought a smile to my face. Toshi provided her...
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Pennsylvania’s Unremarkable Private-Sector Job Performance
Philadelphia Daily News Columnist John Baer is right to suggest that Governor Corbett’s jobs performance since January 2011 is...
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America’s Food Security Program in Danger
The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday voted 216-208 to pass a bill that separates agricultural support programs from...
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Everything You Need to Know about 2013-14 Budget
The Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center has released a full detailed analysis of the 2013-14 state budget plan spending...
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Small Steps Toward Reform But Special Tax Breaks Remain
Among the final pieces of the 2013-14 budget package now before the Governor is a Tax Code bill that...
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Payday Lenders Make Few Friends in PA Senate
Payday lenders convinced state House Republican leaders to slip a line into a Fiscal Code bill needed to implement...
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Connecting the Dots Between Unemployment and Wage Growth
Colin Gordon of the Iowa Policy Project (and the Tell Tale Chart) has a new graphic illustrating the connection...
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