The Update: What’s Happening in Harrisburg and DC – February 4 , 2022
MESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTOR Last Friday, as many of you saw, the Fern Hollow bridge in Pittsburgh collapsed because...
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STATEMENT: Economic Update—PA Needs Action to Sustain Demand and Make Jobs Worth Taking to Achieve Economic Health Beyond Pre-pandemic Levels
Following the release of December job numbers for Pennsylvania last Friday, Keystone Research Center research analyst Maisum Murtaza released...
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Economic Update: PA Needs Action to Sustain Demand and Make Jobs Worth Taking to Achieve Economic Health Beyond Pre-pandemic Levels
For two years, the COVID pandemic has shaped many aspects of Americans’ lives, including the health of our economy....
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Bridge Collapse, Biden Visit Highlight Need for Infrastructure Investment, Chance for Pittsburgh Manufacturing Rebound
The collapse of Fern Hollow Bridge in Pittsburgh last week vividly illustrated the dilapidated state of infrastructure in Pennsylvania...
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New Mayor, New Opportunity—for a Pittsburgh That Works for All
On Monday, January 3, 2022, Mayor Ed Gainey was sworn into office as the 61st mayor of the City...
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Statement: The Democratic Education Funding Plan
Senator Vince Hughes, Democratic chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, Sen. Lindsey Williams, Democratic chair of the Senate Ed...
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The Outrageous Decision on Vote by Mail
The party-line Commonwealth Court decision declaring mail-in ballots unconstitutional is immediately outrageous and portends a deepening crisis in our...
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The Update: What’s Happening in Harrisburg and DC – January 10, 2022
MESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTOR This last week, we marked the anniversary of “January 6th” when insurrectionists stormed the U.S....
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PaSW’s 2022-23 School Funding Proposal: A Bigger Step Toward Adequate and Equitable State Funding for Schools
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A minimum wage hike would reverse 40-year pay stagnation for working people
Originally published in The Morning Call on March 11, 2021 Raising the minimum wage is about helping low-income workers...
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