Don’t Fix What’s Not Broken
Type: MemoAuthor: Stephen Herzenberg
Date: January 21, 2015
Indiana’s legislature is considering drastic action to eliminate defined benefit pensions for new public employees, forcing them to enroll...
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Author: Stephen Herzenberg
Date: January 21, 2015
PA Fails Low-Income Preschoolers
Type: BlogAuthor: Waslala Miranda
Date: January 16, 2015
A national education report card gave Pennsylvania a grade of D+ and a ranking of 41st among states for...
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PA’s Tax System Grows More Unfair: Low-Income Pay Price
Type: BlogAuthor: Sharon Ward
Date: January 16, 2015
Pennsylvania often falls near the bottom of state rankings—for instance, 47th in job growth and 48th in funding for...
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NY Gov Proposes Property Tax ‘Circuit Breaker’—Will PA Follow?
Type: BlogAuthor: Sharon Ward
Date: January 15, 2015
This week, New York governor Andrew Cuomo proposed a $1.66 billion property tax “circuit breaker” as part of his...
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For PA School Districts, the Rich Get Richer & the Poor Get Poorer
Type: BlogAuthor: Waslala Miranda
Date: January 09, 2015
According to an Associated Press analysis, the gap between the haves and have-nots in public schools grew much worse...
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Crush Unions and You Crush the Growth in Earnings for Workers
Type: BlogAuthor: Mark Price
Date: January 07, 2015
New analysis by David Cooper and Lawrence Mishel explores differences by state in wage trends and changes in union...
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Reflections on the One-Day Work Week
Type: BlogAuthor: Stephen Herzenberg
Date: January 05, 2015
At the Keystone Research Center, we closed the office last week except for Friday, Jan. 2, giving our team...
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