Research and Publications

Senate leaders rejected the compromise within the severance tax plan and have refused to budge from a plan that...

• Severance Tax

Poverty holds steady for Pennsylvania, although some communities see increases. Unemployment compensation played a pivotal role in blunting the...

• PA Economy
• Poverty

According to The U.S. Census Bureau, the number of individuals in poverty and without health insurance increased and median...

• Poverty
• Health Care

“The State of Working Pennsylvania 2010” is the KRC’s 15th annual check-up on the Pennsylvania economy.

• PA Economy

The Pennsylvania General Assembly is drafting legislation to institute a severance tax on the natural gas extracted from the...

• Severance Tax

The Community Health Reinvestment (CHR) Agreement is due to expire, which would cut the primary funding source for adultBasic,...

• Health Care
• Safety Net

Pennsylvania’s 2010-2011 budget increases funding to meet mandated expenditures for public health care and corrections. It offsets those increases...

• PA Budget