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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STATEMENT: U.S. Senate Republicans’ Pandemic Relief Proposal Is an Inadequate Response to the Current Crisis
STATEMENT: U.S. Senate Republicans’ Pandemic Relief Proposal Is an Inadequate Response to the Current Crisis and Insufficient to Assist...
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RELEASE: PA Legislative Leader, Policy Experts, & Residents Impacted by COVID Crisis Call for Senate Action on Relief Package
July 23, 2020 Pennsylvania Legislative Leader, Policy Experts, & Residents Impacted by COVID Crisis Call for Senate Action...
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MEMO FROM STATE LEGISLATORS: Federal Pandemic Relief and Recovery to State Governments
MEMO TO: The United States Congressional Delegation from Pennsylvania FROM: Members of the General Assembly of Pennsylvania DATE: Monday,...
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A Status Update on Pennsylvania’s Policy Response to COVID-19: Economic Relief, Health Care and Worker Protections
The COVID-19 crisis has laid bare the inequities and inadequacies that exist in our Commonwealth, from the precarity of...
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The Economy Is Dropping Like a Stone—Even More Aggressive Policies Are Needed
The economy, almost literally, is dropping like a stone. This blog summarizes the most recent evidence and points to...
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What Not to Do in the Face of a COVID-19 Driven Recession: Lessons from the Corbett Years
As COVID-19 hurtles us towards a global recession, Pennsylvania will need to make difficult decisions about how to handle...
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The Likely Impact of COVID-19 on Pennsylvania
A recent study from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington projects the...
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Webinar: 2020 Governor’s Budget Analysis
We were in the last two weeks of work on this analysis of the governor’s proposed budget for the...
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Calm Before the Storm: An Analysis of Governor Wolf’s Proposed Budget for 2020-21
We were in the last two weeks of work on this analysis of the governor’s proposed budget for the...
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The Moral Equivalent of Wartime Equality: Public Policies in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic in Pennsylvania
The coronavirus poses a number of serious challenges to every country and to every state in the nation, and...
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RELEASE: Corporate Tax Cuts Since 2002 Cost PA $4.2B Annually
Closing Delaware loophole, instituting worldwide combined reporting would level the playing field for small businesses and generate over $700...
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