SWPA 2016 Highlight: Non-College Educated Men in PA Falling Farther Behind
The post below is one of a series of posts about specific trends examined in the recently-released annual edition...
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New Data, Good News: Health Insurance
Most news is bad news. And political campaigns are more likely to flag what is wrong with our country...
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Top Universities Sued Because…401(k)-Style Retirement Plans Provide Less Bang for the Retirement Buck
Earlier this week, MIT, Yale, and New York University were sued because their 401(k)-style retirement plans have had excessive...
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A Missed Recurring Revenue Opportunity on the Budget – Raising the Minimum Wage
This is the third in a series of blog posts assessing the 2016-17 budget and the budget negotiation process...
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Pennsylvania Job Growth in June
This morning the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry reported that nonfarm payrolls grew in June by 20,000 and...
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Your Activism (and c3 Dollars) at Work
This is the second in a series of blog posts assessing the 2016-17 budget and the budget negotiation process...
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We Have a Budget for 2016-2017: What Does it Mean for Schools?
The 2016-2017 PA budget is now complete. Yesterday a bipartisan group of lawmakers from the PA House and Senate approved a revenue package...
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Victories
This is the first in a series of blog posts assessing the 2016-17 budget and the budget negotiation process...
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A Budget Balanced in Name Only?
Finally, with the passage of a revenue bill to fund the appropriates bill passed last wee, we can say...
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On the General Assembly Passing a Revenue Bill (HB 1198)
Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center Director Marc Stier made the following statement on the General Assembly Passing a Revenue...
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Statement on Gov. Wolf’s Decision to Allow the Appropriations Bill to Become Law
Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center Director Marc Stier made the following statement on Governor Wolf’s decision to allow the...
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Bad Ideas Under Any Label
We are hearing that some of the provisions in a House school code bill, HB530, are being included in...
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