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Veto Override – 7 Reasons Republicans Should Be Careful What They Wish For

Type: Blog
Author: Jan Jarrett
Date: July 29, 2015

Yesterday, Representative Turzai, speaker of the House, said that Republicans may attempt to override Governor Wolf’s veto of the...

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Follow the Property Tax Money: The Wolf Plan and HB 504 Compared

Type: Policy Brief
Author: Michael Wood and Stephen Herzenberg
Date: July 28, 2015

Pennsylvania is highly reliant on local property taxes to fund its public schools, ranking near the bottom of all...

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Unconventional Drilling Is Associated with Increased Hospital Utilization Rates

Type: Blog
Author: Jan Jarrett
Date: July 23, 2015

A new study by the University of Pennsylvania and Columbia University finds that people living near active gas drilling...

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Conservative Think Tank Confirms that PA Needs a Budget that Boosts State’s Fiscal Condition

Type: Blog
Author: Stephen Herzenberg
Date: July 20, 2015

One sticking point in Pennsylvania’s budget battle is whether the next state budget needs to improve the state’s fiscal...

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CFPB Owes Consumers a Strong Federal Payday Lending Rule

Type: Blog
Author: Stephen Herzenberg
Date: July 17, 2015

Keystone Research Center was among more than 75 organizations in 14 states and the District of Columbia that signed...

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The Sky Won’t Fall If We Raise Revenue to Invest in Education

Type: Blog
Author: Mark Price
Date: July 13, 2015

Total revenues in Pennsylvania were up in the fiscal year that just ended by $94 million, compared to 2007-08...

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WARNING: Drinking the “Shrink-Revenues-at-All-Costs-Kool-Aid” Is Dangerous to Your Children’s – and Your State’s – Health

Type: Blog
Author: Stephen Herzenberg
Date: July 13, 2015

The implicit, and sometimes explicit, claim of some of those raising the alarm about increasing revenues to invest in...

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