The State of Rural Pennsylvania: Summary
KRC’s report, “The State of Rural Pennsylvania,” reveals both good and bad news for the 28% of Pennsylvanians who...
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STATEMENT: Keystone Research Center Response to Senate Passage of SB 166
This press release issues a statement from Stephen Herzenberg, executive director of the Keystone Research Center, following the Senate’s...
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Transparency Bills Could Help School Districts Avoid Outsourcing of Public Services That Lowers Quality and Raises Costs
Providing additional transparency when school districts consider outsourcing, and an escape route if savings do not result, can reduce...
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Natural Gas Producers in PA Don’t Pay Their Fair Share
The natural gas industry and its allies continue to claim that Pennsylvania’s impact fee amounts to a tax that...
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The State of Working Pennsylvania 2017
The KRC’s 22nd edition of “The State of Working Pennsylvania” finds that low-to-middle income Pennsylvanians are not sharing in...
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At Students’ Expense: Rising Costs Threaten Pennsylvania Public Universities’ Role in Upward Mobility
The 14 four-year universities within Pennsylvania’s State System of Higher Education have been a pivotal engine of upward mobility...
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STATEMENT: KRC Condemns U.S. Senate Action to Prevent Cities from Improving Retirement Security for Private Sector Workers
This press release issues a statement by Keystone Research Center executive director Stephen Herzenberg on the Senate’s vote on...
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Pennsylvania’s Great Working-Class Colleges
This Reports and Briefing Papers establishes the historic importance of the 14 State System schools to working families in...
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Keystone Research Condemns U.S. House Action to Prevent States and Cities from Improving Retirement Security for Private Sector Workers
This press release issues a statement by Stephen Herzenberg, economist and executive director of the Keystone Research Center, on...
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Five Reasons Lawmakers Should Reject Three-Way Hybrid Pension Plan
Pennsylvania legislative leaders are considering trying to shoehorn into the end of the legislative session a pension proposal that...
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Pennsylvania’s Great Working-Class Colleges
This Reports and Briefing Papers establishes the historic importance of the 14 State System schools to working families in...
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A Temporary Setback on the Way to a Just America
The Trump-GOP tax cut bill, which passed the House on a party-line vote with twelve Republicans voting against this...
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