Monster Wells and Soaring Revenues
There’s wonderful news coming out of Pennsylvania’s gas fields, if you’re an investor. Range Resources is boasting about its...
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Why Pennsylvania Needs to Reinvest in Education — an Interactive Map
The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities has just uploaded an interactive graphic that makes clear why Pennsylvania needs...
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One-Time Revenue Causes April General Fund Collections to Surge; Revenue Surplus Continues For 2014-15
April is typically one of the more important months for tax collections in the General Fund. This year, April...
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Senate Appropriations Committee: Part III of an Education Budget Preview
The Senate Appropriations Committee met on March 30 to discuss the proposed 2015-16 education budget with Acting Education Secretary...
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Sometimes Persistence Pays Off
You may have seen in the news this week that Governor Tom Wolf eliminated the so-called asset test, which...
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This Price Is Right — About Reducing CEO Pay So Companies Can Pay More to Their Lowest Paid
No, not Keystone Research Center labor economist Mark Price. Dan Price. CEO and owner of Gravity Payments, a credit...
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Senate Appropriations Committee: Part II of an Education Budget Preview
The Senate Appropriations Committee met on March 30 to discuss the proposed 2015-16 education budget with Acting Education Secretary...
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Fight for $15 – and the Birth of the Next American Middle Class
Today, low-wage worker protests across Pennsylvania, the nation, and the globe will reach their greatest scale yet. Mobilizing behind...
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The Fight for $15 Is Already Lifting Wages
Today, in 200 U.S. cities, workers will rally for higher pay and a union. These actions, which started in...
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Senate Appropriations Committee: Part I of an Education Budget Preview
The Senate Appropriations Committee met on March 30 to discuss the proposed 2015-16 education budget with Acting Education Secretary...
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The State of School Funding Inequality in PA
The Education Trust, an independent national education policy organization, recently released a report on the nation’s growing funding inequalities...
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March Collections Show Why We Need Corporate Tax Reform in Pennsylvania
March is always the most important month for the collection of corporate taxes because nearly half of all corporate...
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