Reflections on the One-Day Work Week
At the Keystone Research Center, we closed the office last week except for Friday, Jan. 2, giving our team...
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A New Year’s Resolution That Lawmakers Should Find Easy to Keep: Increase the PA Minimum Wage in 2015
As we close in on the end of 2014, here’s our suggestion for a New Year’s Resolution PA lawmakers...
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Public School Poverty: The New Normal
The Great Recession may be over but many in Pennsylvania are still suffering from its effects. This is most...
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The Empire Strikes Back: Shale Industry Minimizes Potential Severance Tax Revenue, But It’s Still More than Impact Fee
Pennsylvania would benefit from switching from its current impact fee to a severance tax. Depending on the estimate, the...
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It’s Official: Zogby Confirms $2 Billion Budget Gap
Budget Secretary Charles Zogby confirmed today during his final mid-year budget briefing that Pennsylvania will face a $2 billion...
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President’s Actions on Immigration Will Benefit the Pennsylvania Economy
Last week President Obama announced that he will use the power of the executive office to shield millions of...
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New Study Suggests Low Wages Imperil Future of U.S. Manufacturing and Innovation
Debates about manufacturing wages and jobs require the ability to walk and chew gum at the same time. Let’s...
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Pennsylvania Ranked 3rd Worst in Student Debt
Yesterday, the Washington Post reported on the toll student debt is taking on students on a state-by-state level. Not...
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State Sued Over School Funding
Six school districts, seven parents, the Pennsylvania NAACP, and the Pennsylvania Association of Rural and Small Schools filed suit...
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Cutting Corporate Taxes Won’t Spur Economic Growth
Flying in the face of the often heard rhetoric that tax cuts are the cure for all ills, a...
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Pennsylvania Needs to Stop Shortchanging Its Future and Invest Smartly in Higher Education
While there’s been a lot of focus recently on K-12 school funding cuts in Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania higher education has...
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Down Memory Lane: Larry Summers on Why Some People Mow Lawns and Others Don’t
While searching for something else online, I just tripped over a letter to the editor from 1988. The letter...
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