Research and Publications

The director of Pennsylvania Working Families wrote an excellent op-ed calling for the General Assembly to raise the minimum...

• Minimum Wage
• Higher Education
• PA Budget

The State of Working Pennsylvania 2015 brings both good news and a caution to legislators and policymakers. Although job...

• PA Economy

Note: This blog post has been updated since its initial posting.

• K-12 Education
• PA Budget

In a story on Lancasteronoline today, East Hempfield Township resident Duane Smith made the same observation that our analysis...

• PA Budget
• Property Taxes
• Marcellus Shale
• K-12 Education

To restore funding for education, boost economic development and strengthen oversight of the gas drilling industry, Governor Wolf proposed...

• Marcellus Shale
• PA Budget

Kati Sipp’s latest blog post on “Hack the Union” has a link to a thought-provoking interview with Michelle Miller, founder...

• PA Economy
• Income Inequality
• Unions

Blind taste tests often produce surprising results. In our family, for example, the men often struggle to discern which...

• Property Taxes
• PA Budget