Research and Publications

In a move in line with Trump’s typical bait-and-switch—purporting to be a defender of the American working class but...

• Health Care
• U.S. Economy

Governor Tom Wolf proposed a severance tax as a part of his 2018-19 Executive Budget. This policy brief presents...

• Severance Tax
• Environment
• PA Budget

• Democracy

Representative democracy in Pennsylvania is under attack. This week, on a straight party-line vote, Republican senators passed a constitutional...

• Democracy

There seems to be an overall optimism among state legislators that the Pennsylvania budget will pass on time given...

• PA Budget

Republicans today added a second constitutional amendment to, in effect, gerrymander the Supreme Court to a bill, SB22, that...

• Reform
• Redistricting

  This press release highlights how policymakers can reduce child poverty in Pennsylvania by raising the minimum wage. Pennsylvania’s...

• Minimum Wage
• PA Economy
• Wages