Research and Publications

I’ve been doing political advocacy for over ten years and have been a teacher and writer about politics for...

• PA Budget

After ribbing Senator Wagner and his fellow members of the taxpayer caucus for not understanding the basics of budgeting,...

• PA Budget

The U.S. Department of Labor raised the salary threshold under which working people can earn overtime pay. According to...

• Wages

On Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) raised the salary threshold under which working people can earn overtime...

• U.S. Economy
• Wages

Last month, the state’s 2015-16 budget impasse finally came to an end — more than nine months after it...

• PA Budget
• Poverty
• Income Inequality

Something new and unusual happened in Harrisburg today. Senators Art Haywood, Vincent Hughes and Jay Costa put forward an...

• PA Budget

For the education data geeks out there (admit it, you’re probably one) here is data comparing new classroom funding...

• Higher Education
• K-12 Education
• PA Budget