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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Who Are the 1.46M PA Workers Who’d Benefit from a $15/Hr Minimum Wage Increase by 2028?
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New PA Regulation Will Provide a Pay Bump for Some Tipped & Salaried Workers
On Monday, March 21, the Pennsylvania Independent Regulatory Review Commission voted 5-0 to enact a modest new Pennsylvania minimum...
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Majority of PA Minimum Wage Advisory Board Members Recommend That Legislature Raise PA Minimum Wage to $15
Two thirds of the members of the Pennsylvania Minimum Wage Advisory Board sent a letter to state lawmakers today...
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