Fact Sheet on Voucher Programs—What Does the Evidence Show From Other States?
Fact Sheet on Voucher Programs—What Does the Evidence Show From Other States? The Pennsylvania General Assembly is once...
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Fast Facts: This Is Who Benefits From an Increased Minimum Wage in PA
DOWNLOAD DOCUMENT HERE. Read our report “Minimum Wage Increase to $15 Means More Income for 1.6M in PA” here....
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Fact Sheet: Pa. Should Take Federal Opportunity to Expand Medicaid Coverage
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) provides states with the opportunity to expand Medicaid coverage in 2014 to adults with...
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America’s Food Security Program in Danger
Cutting SNAP will increase hunger and poverty, hurt our local economy, and shift the pain of budget cuts onto...
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Employer-Sponsored Health Care Fact Sheet
Pennsylvania second only to Michigan in loss of employer health care coverage. Despite more Pennsylvania children losing employer coverage,...
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2012-13 Budget: A Look at County Human Services Pilot Program
Human Services Development Block Grant, to begin in July 2012. The programs include the Behavioral Health Services Initiative, Mental...
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2012-13 Budget: Welfare Code Adds Work Requirement for Parents with High Health Needs, Punitive Job Search Requirement for TANF Recipients
The Welfare Code bill that was adopted by the General Assembly on June 30 eliminated the General Assistance Program,...
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2012-13 Budget: Tax Code Changes Whittle Away at State’s Revenue Base
Changes to the state’s Tax Code, enacted in House Bill 761 (Act 85 of 2012), are projected by the...
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Property Tax Elimination Bill Threatens Long-term Public School Funding
House Bill 76 and Senate Bill 76 would create a funding gap that leaves Pennsylvania’s students permanently behind. Pennsylvania...
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Pa. House Approves Tax Cut Plan that Will Cost Hundreds of Millions
After a decade of business tax cuts that are costing Pennsylvania $3 billion this year alone, alone, Governor Tom...
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Senate Bill Eliminating Property Taxes Largely Unchanged by Amendment
The proposed amendment to SB 76 does not fundamentally alter the many structural deficiencies of the legislation. SB 76,...
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