OK, So It’s Not the Swimsuit Issue…But Mark Price Made SI (Sports Illustrated)
This may be a first for an economist. A map based on a report by our very own Mark...
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Something Borrowed: Governor Wolf’s Revenue Ideas
Governor Wolf’s proposed state budget addresses the Commonwealth’s structural deficit and raises the money needed to strategically invest in...
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Gov. Wolf’s Cyber Charter Reform Plan Would Help Public School Students
Governor Wolf’s proposed 2015-16 state budget, unveiled last week, proposes to reform cyber charter school funding so that it...
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Budget Critics’ Stupid Math Tricks
David Letterman would have been proud. The “drown government in a bathtub” crowd put on a show earlier this...
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Pennsylvania’s Economy Still Needs a Turnaround: Falling Unemployment Results from People Leaving the Job Market
While a lower unemployment is sometimes good news, the decline in Pennsylvania’s unemployment rate over the last two years...
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Environment Is a Winner in Wolf’s Budget
Environmental protection and conservation are winners in Governor Wolf’s proposed state budget. His proposal to levy a 5% severance...
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Do Standardized Tests Measure Up?
The House Committee on Education is considering two bills that could change how student performance is measured in public...
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PA Leaves Money on the Table by Not Enacting a Natural Gas Severance Tax
Responding to overwhelming public support for enacting a severance tax on natural gas production, Governor Wolf and several members...
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Selling “Gator Oil” in Philadelphia — and Why Pennsylvania Has Nothing to Worry About
Florida Gov. Rick Scott is in Philadelphia today and tomorrow peddling the attractions of the Sunshine State to Pennsylvania...
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Racial and Class Segregation Worsen in PA Public Schools
A report by UCLA’s Civil Rights Project shows that racial and economic class segregation continue to worsen in Pennsylvania’s...
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Pennsylvania to Expand Medicaid Beyond Healthy PA
Yesterday, the Wolf administration announced that it is changing the state’s course on Medicaid expansion. Under Governor Corbett, Pennsylvania...
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2015 Could be the Year of the Natural Gas Severance Tax
Enacting a severance tax on natural gas would raise much-needed funding for education, environmental, and other critical services and...
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