Economic and Workforce Development

Report: States Spend Billions on Economic Development Subsidies that Don’t Require Job Creation or Decent Wages

Type: Press Release

December 14, 2011 - 11:30am

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View All 50 States' Performance and Job Quality Scores (by Rank and Alphabetically)

Pennsylvania scored a D, tied for 40th place among the states
3 Ways the Next Recession Will Be Different

Type: Media Coverage

September 13, 2011 - 4:42pm
Obama's Jobs Plan: What He Should Say

Type: Media Coverage

September 13, 2011 - 4:30pm

The Street

President Barack Obama will give a major speech next month outlining proposals to create jobs and help the unemployed and laying out a framework for improving the U.S. economy that will likely set the grounds for debate going into the 2012 elections.
No overnight miracle

Type: Media Coverage

January 5, 2011 - 2:56pm

Northeast Pennsylvania Business Journal

Karla Porter, director of workforce development and human resources with the Greater Wilkes-Barre Chamber of Commerce, is skeptical that employment in the private sector will increase due to the recent Republican election victories.
PA Ranks High in Economic Development Disclosure But...

Type: Media Coverage

December 29, 2010 - 12:35pm

WDUQNews
New Report on Economic Development Disclosure Ranks Pa. High But Improvement Needed

Type: Press Release

December 8, 2010 - 2:48pm

HARRISBURG, PA (December 8, 2010) – Pennsylvania ranks 10^th among the 50 states in a new report from Good Jobs First sizing up states’ online disclosure of the companies receiving state and local tax breaks, cash grants, and other job creation subsidies.
On the Right Track?

Type: Media Coverage

November 1, 2010 - 10:00am

Site Selection Magazine
KRC Testimony to Joint Economic Development and Fiscal Accountability Hearings

Type: Briefing Paper

June 29, 2010 - 12:00am

Testimony of Stephen Herzenberg, Keystone Research Center,

on House Bill 2340 and Senate Bill 1279
Media Coverage of Keystone Research Center Report: Making Smart State Investments: The Geographic Distribution of Business Subsidies in Pennsylvania

Type: Media Coverage

June 17, 2010 - 1:03pm

Pennsylvania makes a smart bet: more state economic development dollars to older areas, Smart Growth America, June 11th, 2010

Cities get more aid than 'burbs’, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, June 09, 2010
Pa. Makes Progress Incorporating Smart Growth Policies into Economic Development

Type: Press Release

June 9, 2010 - 12:26pm

HARRISBURG, PA (June 9, 2010) - Pennsylvania has made progress in applying smart growth policies toward the distribution of economic development assistance, according to a new report from the Keystone Research Center (KRC).

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Economic and Workforce Development

Keystone Research Center

The Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center

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The Pennsylvania Fund for Workforce Solutions (PFWS)