Type of Document: Blog

Number of Uninsured Pennsylvanians Rises for Third Consecutive Year

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,...

Including Immigrants in Pandemic Relief is Essential for America’s Public Health and Economic Recovery

The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed numerous ways in which our political community is unfair to many people—and especially those...

Ineligible for Relief: #FundExcludedWorkers

  We are living in a time where collective loss and heartache are everyday occurrences as people lose their...

Legal Brief by PA Budget and Policy Center and Keystone Research Center Supports Gov. Wolf in Stay-at-Home Order Court Case

The Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center and Keystone Research Center submitted an amicus curia brief in Wolf v. Scarnatti,...

How Many Lives Have We Saved?

While Republican legislators have been insisting on an early reopening of businesses in Pennsylvania, we have seen one of...

Pennsylvania’s COVID-19 Economy- An Update

This blog provides an update on the impact of the COVID Crash on the Pennsylvania economy. The “good news”...

Racism in America and the Current Moment

The attention of the public and political leaders in our state and country has understandably been focused in the...

Our Opportunity to Re-evaluate: Pennsylvania’s COVID-19 Policy Response and Priorities Moving Forward

The COVID-19 pandemic has turned our lives upside down. Many of us worry about the health and well-being of...

Statement on HB 2412: Is Real Estate Really Essential?

We want to reiterate our opposition to HB 2412 even as amended, a bill to require the secretary of...