Appalachia Needs Build Back Better, the Climate Infrastructure, Jobs and Workforce Support Package
Originally published on reimagineapplachia.org, December 16, 2021. For more than a century, Appalachia has been exploited by absentee...
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The Update: What’s Happening in Harrisburg and DC – November 1, 2021
MESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTOR Progress has been made in coming together on a deal for Build Back Better...
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The Fair Share Tax Proposal is Uniform Under the PA Constitution
For a number of years, the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center has been proposing a replacement for Pennsylvania’s Personal...
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An End-of-Year Gift for PA Construction Workers: Tens of 1,000s of Jobs from the Infrastructure Bill
As 2021 ends, we are taking stock of what the federal government achieved this year. (See our list of...
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The Ten Worst PA Legislative Initiatives of 2021
The year coming to an end will go down as among the worst in the long history of the...
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The 2021 Top 10 List of Federal Policy Victories
President Biden, operating with a razor-thin Democratic majority in the United States Congress, did not get everything he wanted...
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For Your Holiday Gift to Working People, Encourage Your Local Starbucks Baristas to Unionize!
Over the past few weeks, Starbucks workers in and around Buffalo, New York, have begun to unionize. As noted...
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Fair Districts 2; Gerrymandering 0
The Pennsylvania Legislative Reapportionment Commission released new district maps for the Pennsylvania House and Senate today. As we predicted,...
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The Update: What’s Happening in Harrisburg and DC – December 14, 2021
MESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTOR Happy holidays! Here’s the update for this week, we will now be on a break...
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Senate Bill 106 Is Legislative Tyranny in Action
MEMO – December 15, 2021 To: Members of the General Assembly, editorial board writers, and other interested parties...
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Here’s our Wish List for the 12 Days of Build Back Better!
President Biden’s Build Back Better plan is making its way through Congress now. The Build Back Better bill already...
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The PA Department of Labor and Industry’s Newly Proposed Minimum Wage Regulations: An Explainer
In late November, PA Department of Labor & Industry Secretary Jennifer Berrier announced proposed regulations regarding tipped work and...
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