The Update: What’s Happening in Harrisburg and DC – February 8 , 2022
MESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTOR Governor Wolf released his budget this week, and now we enter what we at KRC/PBPC...
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The GOP Design
“When people show you who they are, believe them.” It’s time to believe what Pennsylvania Republicans have shown us...
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The Update: What’s Happening in Harrisburg and DC – December 14, 2021
MESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTOR Happy holidays! Here’s the update for this week, we will now be on a break...
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The PA Department of Labor and Industry’s Newly Proposed Minimum Wage Regulations: An Explainer
In late November, PA Department of Labor & Industry Secretary Jennifer Berrier announced proposed regulations regarding tipped work and...
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The Update: What’s Happening in Harrisburg and DC – June 21, 2021
MESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTOR As we celebrated the designation of Juneteeth as a federal holiday for the first time,...
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The Update: What’s Going On in Harrisburg and D.C. – Sept. 13, 2021
MESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTOR As Congress debates the best way to address our nation’s twin climate and economic crises,...
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We The People – PA: People’s Budget Statewide Roll-Out and Town Hall
A budget is a moral document; it is a statement of our values and priorities. We The People –...
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The minimum wage was created during the Great Depression. We need to raise it during the Pandemic Recession
Originally published at the PA Capital-Star on March 7, 2021 Opponents of raising the minimum wage seem to have...
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Minimum Wage Increase to $15 Means More Income for 1.6M in PA
DOWNLOAD DOCUMENT HERE. Read our “Fast Facts” sheet about the minimum wage increase here.
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Fast Facts: This Is Who Benefits From an Increased Minimum Wage in PA
DOWNLOAD DOCUMENT HERE. Read our report “Minimum Wage Increase to $15 Means More Income for 1.6M in PA” here....
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Pizza and the Minimum Wage
Originally published at Penn-Live on April 09, 2019 Spend a little time talking to Republican (and some Democratic) legislators about...
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