Elimination of Straight-Ticket Voting and Related Matters
To: State legislators, editorial board writers, political reporters, and interested parties From: Marc Stier, Director, Pennsylvania Budget and Policy...
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No Longer the Great Equalizer: New Study Highlights How Pennsylvania’s Low and Declining Investment in Higher Ed Threatens Access to College, Especially for Black and Hispanic Families
As we have showed previously, low levels of state funding for public higher education in Pennsylvania has led to...
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STATEMENT: Keystone Research Applauds Governor Wolf’s Final Rule Which Will Restore the 40-Hour Work Week and Overtime Pay for Hundreds of Thousands of Additional Pennsylvania Salaried Workers
HARRISBURG — Stephen Herzenberg, economist and executive director of the Keystone Research Center, issued the following statement in the...
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Corporate Tax Change will Bring Additional Revenue into Pennsylvania, How Much is Still Not Known
In June 2018, the Supreme Court ruled in South Dakota v. Wayfair, Inc. that states may tax purchases made by...
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Five myths about raising the minimum wage — debunked
Originally published by the PA Capital-Star on October 3, 2019. By Marc Stier While raising the minimum wage has been...
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Exploring the Potential Benefits of Adult-Use Cannabis Legalization in Pennsylvania
The legalization of the adult use of cannabis in Pennsylvania has been debated vigorously over the past year, during...
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Fact vs. Myth on the Minimum Wage
A one-page version of this piece can be found here. Raising the minimum wage is not a hand-out to...
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STATEMENT: More than 300,000 Pennsylvania Workers Left Behind by New Trump Admin Rule on Overtime for Salaried Workers
HARRISBURG — Today, the U.S. Department of Labor announced its final overtime rule, which will set the threshold under which salaried...
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PA Protects Against Insurance Losses Caused by Trump
A census bureau report released on Tuesday shows that 1.9 million more Americans were uninsured in 2018 than in 2017,...
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Some Steps Forward Amid Major Disappointments: Pennsylvania’s Enacted Budget 2019-2020
Pennsylvania enacted a $33.997 billion budget on June 28, 2019. And for the second year in a row, the...
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Pennsylvania Can Strengthen Its Economy and Communities with Four Inclusive Policies for Immigrants
HARRISBURG – State and local policymakers can take four key steps to better integrate immigrants, including immigrants who are...
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RELEASE – State of Working PA 2019: Troubling Long-Term Trends Continue, But Businesses Offer an Opening for a Shift
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. HARRISBURG, PA – Ahead of Labor Day weekend, the Keystone Research Center today released the...
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