Outstanding Issues to be Addressed in 2015-16 Budget Negotiations
Date: November 12, 2015Property Tax Relief, Severance Tax, Education, among issues to be addressed in 2015-2016 PA Budget negotiations.
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The Severance Tax & the Budget: Flat on Our Backs Again?
Type: BlogAuthor: Jan Jarrett
Date: November 11, 2015
Will Charlie Brown end up on his back again as Lucy whisks the football from the tee?
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PA Liquor Control Board Transfer of Nearly $550 Million to State Coffers in 2014-15 No Fairy Tale
Type: BlogAuthor: Stephen Herzenberg
Date: November 09, 2015
A new financial report for 2014-15 reveals that the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board is still a cash cow that...
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Nursing Home Jobs That Pay
Type: Reports and PapersAuthor: Stephen Herzenberg
Date: November 05, 2015
The KRC’s report, “Nursing Home Jobs That Pay,” updates and deepens our understanding of Pennsylvania’s nursing home industry and...
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If the Robots Actually Were to Come … We Could Enjoy Shorter Work Time
Type: BlogAuthor: Stephen Herzenberg
Date: November 03, 2015
There’s been a lot of hand-wringing recently with people saying, “the robots are coming” with fear that they are...
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Undermining Educational Opportunity: Pennsylvania’s Unequal Restoration of School Funding
Type: Reports and PapersAuthor: Waslala Miranda
Date: November 02, 2015
This policy brief examines the distribution of budget cuts per student by school district and finds large inequities. Specifically,...
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Economic Policies That Raise Wages — Part II
Type: BlogAuthor: Mark Price
Date: November 02, 2015
The following is the fifth and final excerpt in a series reprinting The State of Working Pennsylvania 2015 report,...
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