Research and Publications

Governor Wolf’s proposed state budget addresses the Commonwealth’s structural deficit and raises the money needed to strategically invest in...

• PA Economy
• PA Taxes

In Pennsylvania, the very highest-income residents are getting richer. They also pay less of their income in taxes than...

• PA Budget

Governor Wolf’s proposed 2015-16 state budget, unveiled last week, proposes to reform cyber charter school funding so that it...

• Education
• Reform

David Letterman would have been proud. The “drown government in a bathtub” crowd put on a show earlier this...

• PA Budget

While a lower unemployment is sometimes good news, the decline in Pennsylvania’s unemployment rate over the last two years...

Environmental protection and conservation are winners in Governor Wolf’s proposed state budget. His proposal to levy a 5% severance...

• Environment
• PA Budget

The U.S. and Pennsylvania economies are finally recovering from the Great Recession, but virtually none of the benefits of...

• Infrastructure
• PA Economy