Pennsylvania Is Now Dead Last in Job Growth Since January 2011
As we reported on Monday, new jobs data for September were not encouraging with payrolls in Pennsylvania falling 9,600...
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September Marks Three Consecutive Months of Job Loss in Pennsylvania
On Friday the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry reported that the unemployment rate fell from 5.6% to 5.7%...
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Another Victory in the Fight to Keep Predatory Payday Lending Out of Pennsylvania!
As many of you are aware Pennsylvania law prohibits lenders from charging exorbitantly high interest and fees on small...
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Educational Tax Credits: Increasing Public Funding of Private Schools at the Expense of Public Schools
In the last few days of the legislative session, state lawmakers are fast-tracking a bill that would expand and...
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A Funny Thing Happened to our Data on the Way to Philadelphia
If you have been following this gubernatorial election, or just watching television, you might have noticed that the Wolf...
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Another Thumbs Down on Ride Sharing…Unless It Catalyzes New (OK, Old) Union Forms
A good friend earlier this week shared this story on ride sharing. The story underscores the strong parallels between...
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Philly Cigarette Tax Hike Becomes Law
It’s finally law! Philadelphia can now raise its own local cigarette tax by $2 per pack to fund its...
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August Job Growth Disappoints in Pennsylvania
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported this morning that nonfarm payrolls in Pennsylvania grew by 100 jobs in August...
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Number of Poor Pennsylvanians High, Income Growth Not Widely Shared
Poverty remained high in the commonwealth last year, highlighting that many residents have not yet recovered from the recession...
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Property Tax Elimination Bill Advances in Senate
It was a good day for corporations that own land in Pennsylvania; not so much for individual Pennsylvanians who...
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Shortsighted Policies Led to PA’s Money Woes
Pennsylvania is already short of money and borrowing to pay bills less than three months into a new budget...
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Giving Away the Golden Egg: Shale Tax Revenue Could Top $1 Billion by 2015-16
Here’s one estimate that Pennsylvania exceeded in 2014—gas production in Pennsylvania’s Marcellus Shale region came in ahead of projections...
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