Economic Policies That Raise Wages
Below is the fourth in a series of excerpts from The State of Working Pennsylvania 2015 report, released by...
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Why the Budget Matters: No. 3 — Workforce Development Funding
Gov. Wolf would restore $10 million in funds for industry partnerships. The Republican budget would provide only $1.67 million...
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The Road Not Taken
Over the past few years, many other states, similar to Pennsylvania in 2011 and again today, have faced critical...
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Wednesday’s Tax Vote – Legislators’ Golden Opportunity to Honor Their Words
Gov. Corbett’s first budget, passed by the Republican-controlled General Assembly, cut funding for education by nearly $860 million. Two-thirds...
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Collapse or Growth – What’s at Stake in Next Wednesday’s Revenue Vote
Pennsylvania does not bring in enough revenue through current taxes and other fees to support budgets that adequately fund...
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Cutting Corporate Taxes Won’t Spur Economic Growth
Flying in the face of the often heard rhetoric that tax cuts are the cure for all ills, a...
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Pennsylvania Needs to Stop Shortchanging Its Future and Invest Smartly in Higher Education
While there’s been a lot of focus recently on K-12 school funding cuts in Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania higher education has...
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Down Memory Lane: Larry Summers on Why Some People Mow Lawns and Others Don’t
While searching for something else online, I just tripped over a letter to the editor from 1988. The letter...
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Pennsylvania Is Now Dead Last in Job Growth Since January 2011
As we reported on Monday, new jobs data for September were not encouraging with payrolls in Pennsylvania falling 9,600...
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September Marks Three Consecutive Months of Job Loss in Pennsylvania
On Friday the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry reported that the unemployment rate fell from 5.6% to 5.7%...
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Another Victory in the Fight to Keep Predatory Payday Lending Out of Pennsylvania!
As many of you are aware Pennsylvania law prohibits lenders from charging exorbitantly high interest and fees on small...
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Educational Tax Credits: Increasing Public Funding of Private Schools at the Expense of Public Schools
In the last few days of the legislative session, state lawmakers are fast-tracking a bill that would expand and...
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