Bursting the Shale Jobs’ Balloon
The Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry has corrected “glaring errors” in the way it counts jobs related to...
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Report Ranks Pa. 23rd Among States, Gives It C+ Grade, for Status of Women
A new report by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research ranked the 50 states and the District of Columbia...
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General Fund Revenues Once Again Exceed Estimate in May, But Little Help Likely for the 2015-16 Budget
General Fund revenue collections exceeded official revenue targets by just under $50 million in May. This pushes the fiscal-year-to-date...
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While Drillers’ Production Soars, Pennsylvania’s Impact Fee Stumbles
The impact fee isn’t working for Pennsylvania, but it is for the gas drillers.
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Pension Update – Time to Go Back to the Drawing Board
We’re closing in on the end game of the Pennsylvania budget process and lawmakers are considering two different pension...
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This Is What the Business Lobby Looks Like on Drugs
I just read this Mother Jones story on a letter from the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC)...
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Expanding Medicaid: Close the Budget Gap. Check. Insure Thousands of Pennsylvanians. Check.
As lawmakers continue debating how to close a $1.5 billion budget gap, there is a particularly valuable and compassionate...
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Business Tax Breaks are Burning the PA Budget Pie
Deep cuts to critical human services, health care, and education loom in 2014-15 as lawmakers attempt to bridge a...
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CEO Pay in America: Up Up and Away!
According to recently released data, CEOs and executives in the United States have been recovering well since the end...
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Seattle Has Adopted a City Minimum Wage of $15 an Hour
As you may have heard by now, Seattle has adopted a city minimum wage of $15 an hour. As...
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More Bark than Bite: Feds Back Pennsylvania’s Gross Receipts Tax after Inspector General Report
CMS Is Not Asking for Its Money Back A report issued by the Office of Inspector General (OIG) at...
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Four Actuaries and a Pension Plan: Tobash Plan Is a Non-Starter
Last week, the Public Employee Retirement Commission (PERC) released a cover memo and reports from four actuaries analyzing the...
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