Research and Publications

Pennsylvania must brace itself for a substantial decrease in federal Medicaid payments that would devastate our state budget and...

• Health Care
• Safety Net
• PA Budget

This piece was originally posted on the Economic Policy Institute’s Working Economics Blog here: http://www.epi.org/blog/trump-apprenticeship-proposal/. Everyone loves apprenticeships (including me)...

• Unemployment
• Jobs
• Workforce Development

Nearly 70 Pennsylvania organizations signed on to the letter below asking members of the Pennsylvania congressional delegation to reject...

• Federal Taxes
• Federal Budget

Pennsylvania has been considering a severance tax on natural gas for years. Here are four reasons it is long...

• PA Budget
• Marcellus Shale

The main reason that Pennsylvania’s tax system is so upside down — with the top 1% paying only 4.3%...

• PA Budget
• Poverty
• Income Inequality

What Would an Adequate Pennsylvania Budget Look Like This Year? A really good budget for Pennsylvania would begin addressing...

• PA Budget

President Trump’s budget would make deep cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), also known as food stamps,...

• Safety Net
• PA Budget
• Federal Budget