Pennsylvania’s Unremarkable Private-Sector Job Performance
Philadelphia Daily News Columnist John Baer is right to suggest that Governor Corbett’s jobs performance since January 2011 is...
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Connecting the Dots Between Unemployment and Wage Growth
Colin Gordon of the Iowa Policy Project (and the Tell Tale Chart) has a new graphic illustrating the connection...
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May’s Job Picture Is Mixed in Pennsylvania
Unemployment in Pennsylvania fell by one-tenth of a percentage point to 7.5% in May, while non-farm payrolls fell by...
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Expansion of Health Care Will Boost PA Economy, Hospital Study Finds
Acting on the federal opportunity to expand Medicaid health coverage will give Pennsylvania’s economy a real shot in the...
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PA Budget in Fair Shape as Midyear Approaches, but Business Tax Cuts Loom
The Pennsylvania General Fund tax and other revenue collections are slightly ahead of official estimates through November. This is...
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Imagine…PA Chamber and Conservative Administration Lead Major New PA Renewable Energy Policy
“This package will send a strong signal to investors that the government is serious about providing firms with the...
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Beware of Misinformation Campaigns
The battle over collective bargaining rights in Wisconsin has included claims that public servants in that state are overpaid. ...
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Strengthening the Middle Class
On Thursday, Derek Thompson, an associate editor at the Atlantic, wrote a guest post at Ezra Klein’s blog discussing...
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Welcome to Third and State
Welcome to Third and State, a joint blog of the Keystone Research Center and Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center....
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