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

• Reform
• Redistricting

Update Monday June 11, 11:00 am Some advocacy groups are supporting an omnibus amendment from Senator Folmer and others....

• Democracy
• Reform
• Redistricting

Last Friday, June 8, the Senate Agricultural Committee came out with its plan for the Senate Farm Bill. Keeping...

• U.S. Economy
• SNAP
• Human Services

This press statement, released on June 11, 2018, reflects PBPC director Marc Stier’s position on the state of Senate...

• Democracy

Both the political class in Harrisburg and the progressive community around the state are focused today on the redistricting...

• Redistricting
• Democracy

Governor Tom Wolf signed an executive order yesterday aimed at combating pay equity in Pennsylvania. The order, called “Equal...

• Unemployment
• Wages
• Jobs
• Race and Gender

We at the PBPC have been very critical of the effort to pass SB22, a constitutional amendment to change...

• Democracy
• Redistricting