Research and Publications

Type: Reports and Papers
Date: June 06, 2014

Pennsylvania should move ahead with a severance tax that is comparable to that imposed by neighboring West Virginia. General...

Type: Blog
Author: Sharon Ward
Date: June 05, 2014

CMS Is Not Asking for Its Money Back A report issued by the Office of Inspector General (OIG) at...

Type: Blog
Author: Stephen Herzenberg
Date: June 03, 2014

Last week, the Public Employee Retirement Commission (PERC) released a cover memo and reports from four actuaries analyzing the...

Type: Reports and Papers
Author: Stephen Herzenberg
Date: June 02, 2014

This policy brief analyzes the impact of the latest pension proposal from Representative Mike Tobash. In analyzing the Corbett-Tobash...

Type: Blog
Author: Natalie Sabadish
Date: June 02, 2014

Last week, Michigan passed a bill to increase its minimum wage from $7.40 an hour to $9.25 an hour...

Type: Blog
Author: Mark Price
Date: June 02, 2014

First there was HB2191 in 2012, followed by SB975 in 2013, and now Senator Jake Corman is soliciting his...

Type: Blog
Author: Sharon Ward
Date: May 15, 2014

On May 1, the Pennsylvania Independent Fiscal Office (IFO) released updated revenue estimates for the remainder of 2013-14 and...

Know The Issues