PBPC on CBO Score for GOP Healthcare Plan
Marc Stier, Director of the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center, made the following statement following the release of the...
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Did I Miss a Contribution from the Arnold Foundation to the New York Times?
Over the past half-dozen years, former Enron billionaire John Arnold has spent up to $50 million for research and communications aimed...
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Analysis of Effects of House GOP Health Care Plan on Pennsylvania
The following is an analysis of how the recently-released House GOP proposal, the “American Health Care Act,” would affect...
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On Retirement Security, Senators Casey and Toomey, Which Side Are You On?
There’s another “which side are you on?” issue under consideration in Washington D.C., and it could come before Senators...
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Early Returns Look Good in Philadelphia’s Nation-leading Fight for a Soda Tax
I wasn’t surprised by the substantial revenues that the soda tax is bringing in, even while there is some...
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Impact of Repeal on the Number of Insured Pennsylvanians
The below blog post is take from the PBPC report, “Devastation, Death, and Deficits: The Impact of ACA Repeal...
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The Obamacare repeal is a state budget time bomb
This piece originally ran in Pennlive on January 26, 2017. You think Pennsylvania has budget problems now? Wait until...
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How did the Pennsylvania Labor Market Perform in 2016
Last Friday, The Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry released preliminary estimates of December payrolls which show Pennsylvania created...
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What ACA Repeal Means in Pennsylvania
We have seen politics in America take strange turns in the last few years, turns that often seem to...
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The State and Local Government Workforce in Pennsylvania is the 2nd Smallest in the Country
As we begin to debate the 2017-18 state budget, the anti-government spin merchants will (yet again) paint a picture...
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OP-ED: Combine spending restraint with new revenue
This piece originally appeared in the Erie Times-News, December 28, 2016. Pennsylvania has been struggling with persistent budget deficits...
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Two Approaches to the State Budget
It’s becoming more and more rare to see serious attempts on the part of newspapers (and their virtual counterparts)...
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