PA Needs Immediate Action From Congress to Pass the American Rescue Plan
Pennsylvania needs immediate action from Congress to pass the American Rescue Plan It’s been one year since the first...
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RELEASE: Pennsylvania Billionaires Got $4.3 Billion Richer Over First 10 Months of Pandemic
Download the release here.
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STATEMENT: On Governor Wolf’s 2021-22 Legislative Agenda
Harrisburg, PA — Statement on the governor’s newly released agenda by Marc Stier, Director, PA Budget and Policy Center...
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Deflection by Constitutional Amendment: On HB 55
Republicans this week will seek to advance a constitutional amendment that would enable the General Assembly to act by...
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STATEMENT: New COVID-19 Stimulus Bill Is Not Enough for PA
Marc Stier, director of the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center, has released the following statement about the COVID-19 stimulus...
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The Need for Federal Aid to the States: A Statement
Marc Stier delivered the following remarks at a press event held by Senator Bob Casey. Thank you, Senator Casey,...
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PRESS RELEASE: Keystone Research Center Releases 2020 Report on Working Families, COVID-19 Crisis
Contact: Kirstin Snow at snow@pennbpc.org, 215-510-9336 Keystone Research Center Releases Annual Report on Working Families, COVID-19 Crisis “State...
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Kitchen Table Issues and the 2020 Presidential Election
There has been a lot of discussion about character issues in this election. But kitchen table issues are likely...
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Shared Work, Shared Benefits: Why Expanding Work Sharing Would Pay Off for Employees, Employers, and Pennsylvania in the COVID Recession and Beyond
Expanding Pennsylvania’s use of work sharing—reduced work hours and pay combined with partial unemployment benefits so that workers experience...
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COVID-19: The False Choice Between Our Health and the Economy
For six months now, Republican legislators in Harrisburg have been telling a false story about COVID-19 and the economy....
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The State of Working Pennsylvania 2020
Scroll down to read Executive Summary and see pdf of full report; click here to download. Read press...
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Congressional Republicans Rally to Herbert Hooverism: Starve the Poor, Crush the Economy!
News flash: extending enhanced federal unemployment benefits, due to expire today, won’t discourage workers from returning to their jobs,...
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