Congressional Republicans Rally to Herbert Hooverism: Starve the Poor, Crush the Economy!
News flash: extending enhanced federal unemployment benefits, due to expire today, won’t discourage workers from returning to their jobs,...
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RELEASE: PA Legislative Leader, Policy Experts, & Residents Impacted by COVID Crisis Call for Senate Action on Relief Package
July 23, 2020 Pennsylvania Legislative Leader, Policy Experts, & Residents Impacted by COVID Crisis Call for Senate Action...
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MEMO FROM STATE LEGISLATORS: Federal Pandemic Relief and Recovery to State Governments
MEMO TO: The United States Congressional Delegation from Pennsylvania FROM: Members of the General Assembly of Pennsylvania DATE: Monday,...
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The Economy Is Dropping Like a Stone—Even More Aggressive Policies Are Needed
The economy, almost literally, is dropping like a stone. This blog summarizes the most recent evidence and points to...
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COVID Collapse Likely to Cost Pennsylvania More Than 750,000 Jobs by Summer
Updated: 04/23/2020 On April 16, the U.S. Department of Labor reported “hard” numbers on the economic impact of the...
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Good Jobs, Strong Industries, a Better Pennsylvania: Towards a 21st-Century State Economic Development Policy
Pennsylvania lawmakers today face two challenging pressures that are difficult to reconcile: a) a deep recession that has eroded...
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State of Working Pennsylvania 2019
Executive Summary In just the past few weeks, leading American business leaders appear to have experienced a sudden and...
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STATEMENT: In Response to PA GOP Attacks on Working Pennsylvanians and Today’s Budget Day of Action
HARRISBURG—PA Budget and Policy Center director Marc Stier made the following statement in response to a press release sent...
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A $15/HR Minimum Wage Increase by 2025 Would Raise Wages for Over 2 Million Workers in PA. Who Are They?
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. The Demographic Impacts of a Minimum Wage Increase Wrapped into his 2019 budget...
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A New Proposal Would Give a Much-Needed Boost to Pennsylvania’s Working Families
Senator Bob Casey today joined Senators Sherrod Brown, Michael Bennet, Dick Durbin, and Ron Wyden to introduce the Working...
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STATEMENT: About 300,000 Pennsylvania Workers Left Behind by New Trump Admin Proposal on Overtime for Salaried Workers
Last week, the United States Department of Labor (USDOL) unveiled a proposal to set the overtime salary threshold, beneath...
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Report Looks at Role of Apprenticeship in Filling Pennsylvania Construction Jobs
Go here to read the full report. Executive Summary: After a deep industry decline in and after the Great...
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