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Selling “Gator Oil” in Philadelphia — and Why Pennsylvania Has Nothing to Worry About

Type: Blog
Author: Stephen Herzenberg
Date: February 23, 2015

Florida Gov. Rick Scott is in Philadelphia today and tomorrow peddling the attractions of the Sunshine State to Pennsylvania...

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Pa. Leaves Money on the Table by not Enacting a Natural Gas Severance Tax

Date: February 21, 2015

Responding to overwhelming public support for enacting a severance tax on natural gas production, Governor Wolf and several members...

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Racial and Class Segregation Worsen in PA Public Schools

Type: Blog
Author: Waslala Miranda
Date: February 20, 2015

A report by UCLA’s Civil Rights Project shows that racial and economic class segregation continue to worsen in Pennsylvania’s...

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Pennsylvania to Expand Medicaid Beyond Healthy PA

Type: Blog
Date: February 10, 2015

Yesterday, the Wolf administration announced that it is changing the state’s course on Medicaid expansion. Under Governor Corbett, Pennsylvania...

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2015 Could be the Year of the Natural Gas Severance Tax

Type: Blog
Date: February 09, 2015

Enacting a severance tax on natural gas would raise much-needed funding for education, environmental, and other critical services and...

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Education Fact: Public School Enrollment Falls Across PA

Type: Blog
Author: Waslala Miranda
Date: February 06, 2015

Across the state, public school enrollment continued its long, downward trend with a 2.9% decrease since 2007-08.  This isn’t...

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Just the Facts: Sen. Wagner’s Proposal Is Not a Real Increase in Minimum Wage

Type: Blog
Author: Stephen Herzenberg
Date: February 06, 2015

There are two fresh proposals circulating in the Pennsylvania State Senate this week which seek to raise the minimum...

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