New Census Data on Poverty, Income, and Health Coverage Show Need for Robust Federal Recovery Package
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Contact: Kirstin Snow; snow@pennbpc.org; 215.510.9336 New Census Data on Poverty, Income, and Health Coverage Show Need for Robust Federal...
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Not According to Need: PA Again Shorts Counties with More Renters, Higher Rents, and Larger Black Populations
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New Data on Jobs and Small Businesses Show the Need for American Rescue Plan
Updated April 22, 2021: Since the publishing date of this blog, there has been new state jobs data released for...
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A Guide to the $1.9 Trillion American Rescue Plan: UPDATE with PA-Specific Data
The American Rescue Plan, as put forward by President Biden and about to be approved by the U.S. Congress,...
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A Guide to the $1.9 Trillion Rescue Bill
The $1.9 trillion rescue bill passed by the Senate this morning provides a wide range of critical improvements to...
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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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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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OPEN LETTER FROM PA ORGANIZATIONS TO SENS CASEY/TOOMEY: Federal Relief & Recovery to State Governments
Dear Senator Casey and Senator Toomey, We are grateful for your efforts to help people in Pennsylvania and across...
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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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Here Is What We Know About the COVID-19 Stimulus Bill
Here is what we think we know about the bipartisan COVID-19 stimulus / relief bill that we expect the...
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How did the Pennsylvania Labor Market Perform in 2016
Last Friday, The Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry released preliminary estimates of December payrolls which show Pennsylvania created...
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Pennsylvania Job Growth in June
This morning the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry reported that nonfarm payrolls grew in June by 20,000 and...
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