Research and Publications

How is the Pennsylvania economy performing from the perspective of regular workers? Pretty well. This blog will focus on...

In January 2024, Pennsylvania’s elected executives, legislators, and judges saw their pay increase 3.5% thanks to a 1995 law...

• Minimum Wage
• Minimum Wage Basics

As we close out 2023 and usher in the new year, Pennsylvania stands out in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic region for...

• Minimum Wage Basics
• Minimum Wage

At the end of 2023 more than 16 months have passed since the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act...

• Renewable Energy
• Inflation Reduction Act
• Rural Pennsylvania
• ReImagine Appalachia

As we come to the end of 2023, 16½ months have passed since the passage of the Inflation Reduction...

• Environment
• Rural Pennsylvania
• ReImagine Appalachia

Over the past several years, federal funding via the American Rescue Plan (ARP) has temporarily boosted City of Pittsburgh...

• Fair Taxation
• Taxation
• Wealth Taxation
• Pittsburgh Budget
• Pittsburgh

Other States Enact Pro-Worker, Pro-Union Laws in 2023 That Pennsylvania Should Consider In early November, the Center for American...