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The Severance Tax & the Budget: Flat on Our Backs Again?

Type: Blog
Author: 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: Blog
Author: 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 Papers
Author: 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: Blog
Author: 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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Economic Policies That Raise Wages — Part II

Type: Blog
Author: 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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Undermining Educational Opportunity: Pennsylvania‰’s Unequal Restoration of School Funding

Type: Reports and Papers
Author: 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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Why the Budget Matters: No. 4 — Pre-Kindergarten Funding

Type: Blog
Author: Stephen Herzenberg
Date: October 22, 2015

14,000 more children statewide would gain entrance into pre-kindergarten.

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