Testimony to Speaker Rozzi’s Workgroup on House Rules
Testimony by Marc Stier, Director of the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center, to Speaker Rozzi’s Workgroup on House Rules....
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The Update: What’s Going on That’s Important in Harrisburg and DC – January 30, 2023
MESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTOR We are starting 2023 off with a reminder that Pennsylvania still has the lowest minimum...
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Keystone Research Center Statement on UPMC’s Negative Impact on Healthcare Industry in PA
For Immediate Release January 20, 2023 Contact: Kirstin Snow, Communications Director, Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center snow@pennbpc.org Keystone...
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SWPA Blog #7: Policy—Pennsylvania’s Choice
Keystone Research Center released its annual report on the economy, “State of Working Pennsylvania 2022,” on August 30. This...
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SWPA Blog #4: The State of Pennsylvania’s Low-Wage Labor Market
Keystone Research Center released its annual report on the economy, “State of Working Pennsylvania 2022,” on August 30. This...
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The Update: What’s Happening that’s Important in Harrisburg & DC – August 31, 2022
MESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTOR This week marks the release of our annual “State of Working Pennsylvania” report, often cited...
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Who Runs Harrisburg? You or the Corporate Elite?
Originally published in the Pennsylvania Capital-Star, June 29, 2022. By Nick Pressley and Marc Stier Every rumor we hear...
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STATEMENT: New Poll Results on Corporate Taxes and the Minimum Wage
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 28, 2022 Contacts: Kirstin Snow, snow@pennbpc.org To: Members of the PA General Assembly, state...
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Poll: Should the PA Minimum Wage Be Raised to $15 Per Hour Over Four Years?
Projected opinion in each PA House and Senate district for likely midterm voters. From May 27 to June 13, 2022,...
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New PBPC Poll on Taxing Corporations and the Ultra-Rich and the Minimum Wage
PBPC commissioned Data for Progress to do a poll of likely voters on a limited number of issues that...
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One-and-a-Half Million Workers Would Benefit from Raising Pennsylvania’s Minimum Wage
New Keystone Research brief profiles workers who would benefit Harrisburg, PA – Yesterday at a press conference with Sen....
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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...
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