Keeping Property Taxes Lower in Philly Is the Right Idea
Philadelphia is currently debating what to do with the additional revenues generated by the increase in property assessments. One...
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Pennsylvanians from Across the Commonwealth Joined We The People – PA Campaign & Partners to Call for Fair Budget for All Pennsylvanians
Harrisburg, PA – For the first time in years, the Commonwealth will have a surplus of more than $15...
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One-and-a-Half Million Workers Would Benefit from Raising Pennsylvania’s Minimum Wage
New Keystone Research brief profiles workers who would benefit Harrisburg, PA – Yesterday at a press conference with Sen....
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KRC Research Update Shows BIG Earnings Gains From Higher NY Minimum Wage But No Employment Effects
In 2019, researchers at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York released a study of minimum wage impacts along...
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Who Are the 1.46M PA Workers Who’d Benefit from a $15/Hr Minimum Wage Increase by 2028?
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The Update: What’s Happening in Harrisburg and DC – June 6, 2022
MESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTOR As the close of the state’s fiscal year draws closer, we are releasing analyses...
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The Update: What’s Happening in Harrisburg and DC – June 21, 2021
MESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTOR As we celebrated the designation of Juneteeth as a federal holiday for the first time,...
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STATEMENT: PBPC Supports Gov Wolf’s Veto of the HB 1300 Voting Bill
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 30, 2021 Contact: Kirstin Snow snow@pennbpc.org Statement by Marc Stier, Director, Pennsylvania Budget and Policy...
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The Update: What’s Important in Harrisburg & D.C. – June 28, 2021
MESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTOR This week greets us with profound disappointment. When handed the opportunity to potentially transform the...
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The PA Budget: A Disgrace and Dereliction of Duty
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 25, 2021 Contact: Adrienne Standley standley@pennbpc.org 717-805-8466 Statement by Marc Stier, Director, Pennsylvania Budget and...
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Memo: The Budget No One Wants
To: Editorial boards, columnists, political reporters, and other interested parties From: Marc Stier, Director, PA Budget and Policy Center...
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PA’s Emergency Rental Assistance Shorts Counties with Most Renters in Need
As Pennsylvania lawmakers wrangle over how our state should use American Rescue Plan funds, we must look at the...
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