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...
read more
Who Are the 1.46M PA Workers Who’d Benefit from a $15/Hr Minimum Wage Increase by 2028?
Access the full-page, downloadable version here.
read more
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...
read more
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,...
read more
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...
read more
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...
read more
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...
read more
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...
read more
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...
read more
On Juneteenth: White Supremacy Survives in Pennsylvania
Juneteenth, the newest federal holiday, is a day to remember. It’s a day to remember the end of slavery...
read more
PBPC-State Innovation Exchange Poll on Budget and Democracy Issues
The poll we are releasing today was commissioned by the State Innovation Exchange and the PA Budget and Policy...
read more
This Year We Need to Pass a Budget for the People, Not the Powerful
Originally published by the PA Capital-Star on June 16, 2021 The General Assembly has two more weeks to pass...
read more