Research and Publications

READ THE FULL REPORT BELOW OR DOWNLOAD HERE (PDF) EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Decades of chronic underfunding and inequitable funding have...

• Education
• EITC

Last week, Keystone Research Center’s Pittsburgh project, the Pittsburgh Budget and Policy Center, released this short brief outlining the...

Like cities across the country, Pittsburgh faces lost revenue because American Rescue Plan dollars run out this year and...

• Pittsburgh
• Pittsburgh Budget
• Taxation
• Wealth Taxation

When discussing the history of the labor movement, people often fall into a trap. Sometimes unconsciously, sometimes not, we...

How is the Pennsylvania economy performing from the perspective of regular workers? Pretty well. This blog will focus on...

In January 2024, Pennsylvania’s elected executives, legislators, and judges saw their pay increase 3.5% thanks to a 1995 law...

• Minimum Wage
• Minimum Wage Basics

At the end of 2023 more than 16 months have passed since the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act...

• Inflation Reduction Act
• ReImagine Appalachia
• Renewable Energy
• Rural Pennsylvania