STATEMENT: Keystone Research Center on Announcement that UPMC Will Pay Workers At Least $15/Hour
This press release issues a statement from Stephen Herzenberg, executive director of the Keystone Research Center, following UPMC’s announcement...
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Raise the Wage PA urges General Assembly to increase minimum wage
The Keystone Research Center Press Released a Policy Watch Brief analyzing the impact on state revenues of raising the...
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STATEMENT: If the New Budget Raises the Sales Tax, It Should Also Raise the Minimum Wage
In light of news reports indicating a state budget agreement will include an increase in the sales tax, Keystone...
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EDITORIAL BOARD MEMO: Broad Support for Increasing the Minimum Wage in Pennsylvania
A statewide poll commissioned by the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center shows strong support in Pennsylvania for raising the...
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The Right Choice for Giant Eagle and Western Pennsylvania
Prior to the 1980s, Giant Eagle provided family-sustaining careers to its employees. Over time, however, the company shifted to...
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The Pennsylvania Minimum Wage 2018
The KRC’s report “The Pennsylvania Minimum Wage in 2018” finds that the minimum wage in six border states and...
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A Higher Minimum Wage Would Reduce Child Poverty in Pennsylvania
This press release highlights how policymakers can reduce child poverty in Pennsylvania by raising the minimum wage. Pennsylvania’s...
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New Jersey and the $15 Minimum Wage
With yesterday’s news that the Garden State will move toward a $15 minimum wage next year as pledged by...
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Some bodice-ripping prose from the State of Working Pennsylvania you may have missed!
Ok, a bodice-ripping romance novel is not how anyone would describe the State of Working Pennsylvania, but now that...
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Unpacking the Right’s Breathless Embrace of New Seattle Minimum-Wage Study
A recent column by A. Barton Hinkle in the Richmond Times-Dispatch (and also on the Reason Foundation web page) about...
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In Election’s Wake: Time to Judge Elected Officials on Whether They Deliver an Economy Less Rigged to Benefit Political Insiders
What should Pennsylvanians and Americans take away from the Presidential election? While fully digesting Trump’s razor-thin victory will take...
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Advice for the Voting Booth: Consider Who Will Support the Agenda to Raise Pennsylvania’s Pay?
The day before the election, Pennsylvanians who go to the polls tomorrow have one last chance to consider the...
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