Friday’s Five Fast Facts about Federal Priorities: What’s Been Happening in Washington, DC, this Week? | Friday, February 3,...
read moreTestimony by Marc Stier, Director of the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center, to Speaker Rozzi’s Workgroup on House Rules....
read moreOn December 19, 2022, Pittsburgh City Council passed the 2023 final budget for the city. This enacted budget is...
read moreFriday’s Five Fast Facts about Federal Priorities: What’s Been Happening in Washington, DC, this Week? | Friday, January 27,...
read moreThe murder of Tyre Nichols by five Memphis police officers took place in another state far from Pennsylvania. But...
read moreStatement by PBPC director Marc Stier at a press conference with US Representatives Brendan Boyle and Mary Gay Scanlan,...
read moreFriday, January 20, 2023 The US House and Senate have been in recess this week, but there have been...
read moreAfter 14 failed attempts and numerous concessions to MAGA Republicans, Kevin McCarthy was elected US speaker of the House...
read moreOriginally published by the Pennsylvania Capital Star on October 24, 2022 Violent crime—especially murder—shocks us all. Not only does...
read moreA decision by the Pennsylvania House of Representatives to impeach Larry Krasner is wrong on so many levels that...
read moreTuesday, November 8, is Election Day. Please make your plan to vote—and if you have already voted by mail, make...
read moreSometimes it takes some personal experience to recognize a policy problem. My experience securing a medical marijuana card has...
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