Research and Publications

For two years, the COVID pandemic has shaped many aspects of Americans’ lives, including the health of our economy....

• PA Economy
• Jobs
• Economy
• COVID-19 Virus

Senator Vince Hughes, Democratic chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, Sen. Lindsey Williams, Democratic chair of the Senate Ed...

The collapse of Fern Hollow Bridge in Pittsburgh last week vividly illustrated the dilapidated state of infrastructure in Pennsylvania...

• Pittsburgh

The party-line Commonwealth Court decision declaring mail-in ballots unconstitutional is immediately outrageous and portends a deepening crisis in our...

• PA Constitution
• Elections
• Voting

For Immediate Release   January 28, 2022   Contact: Kirstin Snow STATEMENT: Commonwealth Court Decision on Act 77 Points...

• Voting
• Democracy

Originally published by the PA Capital-Star on January 24, 2021 Those of us who have been fighting the judicial...

• Judicial Gerrymandering

On Monday, January 3, 2022, Mayor Ed Gainey was sworn into office as the 61st mayor of the City...

• Pittsburgh Budget
• Pittsburgh