The Big Lie Is the Problem, Not Nonprofit Funding of PA Elections
Senate Bill 982, introduced by Senators Baker and Phillips-Hill, looks like an innocuous bill to ban “third-party funding” of...
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Counties Need Money to Run Elections: The State Should Provide More Funds
We need to work together to affirm our commitment to elections. Lawmakers should increase funding for elections at both...
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Economic Update: PA Economic Health Approaches Pre-Pandemic Levels on the Back of Sustained Relief, but Actions to Make Jobs Worth Taking Are Still Crucial
Economic Update—PA Needs Action to Sustain Demand and Make Jobs Worth Taking to Achieve Economic Health Beyond Pre-Pandemic Levels...
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New PA Regulation Will Provide a Pay Bump for Some Tipped & Salaried Workers
On Monday, March 21, the Pennsylvania Independent Regulatory Review Commission voted 5-0 to enact a modest new Pennsylvania minimum...
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Majority of PA Minimum Wage Advisory Board Members Recommend That Legislature Raise PA Minimum Wage to $15
Two thirds of the members of the Pennsylvania Minimum Wage Advisory Board sent a letter to state lawmakers today...
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Every Kid Deserves a Chance; Republicans Don’t Agree
Originally published in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on February 25, 2022. Before he became the great liberator, Sen. Thaddeus Stevens...
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The GOP Challenge to Legislative and Congressional District Maps Shows Us Who They Are
This is a revised version of an op-ed published in the PA Capital-Starr on February 24, 2022 Yesterday, the...
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The GOP showed us who they are with challenge to Pa. House map
Originally published by the Pennsylvania Capital-Star on February 24, 2022 Pennsylvania House Majority Leader Kerry Benninghoff, R-Centre, recently filed...
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The GOP Design
“When people show you who they are, believe them.” It’s time to believe what Pennsylvania Republicans have shown us...
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PA Is Flush with Cash and It’s Time to Use It
We head into this year’s budget season with one difference from last year: Pennsylvania is flush with cash. What...
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Economic Update: PA Needs Action to Sustain Demand and Make Jobs Worth Taking to Achieve Economic Health Beyond Pre-pandemic Levels
For two years, the COVID pandemic has shaped many aspects of Americans’ lives, including the health of our economy....
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Bridge Collapse, Biden Visit Highlight Need for Infrastructure Investment, Chance for Pittsburgh Manufacturing Rebound
The collapse of Fern Hollow Bridge in Pittsburgh last week vividly illustrated the dilapidated state of infrastructure in Pennsylvania...
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