Research and Publications

To: State legislators, editorial board writers, political reporters, and interested parties From: Marc Stier, Director, Pennsylvania Budget and Policy...

• Democracy

As we have showed previously, low levels of state funding for public higher education in Pennsylvania has led to...

• Higher Education

Originally published by the PA Capital-Star on October 3, 2019. By Marc Stier While raising the minimum wage has been...

• Minimum Wage

HARRISBURG — Stephen Herzenberg, economist and executive director of the Keystone Research Center, issued the following statement in the...

• 40-Hour Work Week

In June 2018, the Supreme Court ruled in South Dakota v. Wayfair, Inc. that states may tax purchases made by...

The legalization of the adult use of cannabis in Pennsylvania has been debated vigorously over the past year, during...

• Adult-Use Cannabis

A one-page version of this piece can be found here. Raising the minimum wage is not a hand-out to...

• Minimum Wage
• PA Budget 2021-2022
• Minimum Wage Basics