Pennsylvania’s Revenue-Estimating Process Doesn’t Add Up
The Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center’s analysis last month of the state’s 2014-15 budget cites “myriad dubious revenue sources,...
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The Real-Life Impact of Undermining Public Schools: A Philadelphia Inquirer Profile
A profile of a teacher in this morning’s Philadelphia Inquirer brings to life the real-life consequences, for teachers and...
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Internet Access Taxes – Let State and Local Government Decide
Since 1998 when it passed the Internet Tax Freedom Act (ITFA), Congress has banned state and local governments from...
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Pension Update – Time to Go Back to the Drawing Board
We’re closing in on the end game of the Pennsylvania budget process and lawmakers are considering two different pension...
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This Is What the Business Lobby Looks Like on Drugs
I just read this Mother Jones story on a letter from the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC)...
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Expanding Medicaid: Close the Budget Gap. Check. Insure Thousands of Pennsylvanians. Check.
As lawmakers continue debating how to close a $1.5 billion budget gap, there is a particularly valuable and compassionate...
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Business Tax Breaks are Burning the PA Budget Pie
Deep cuts to critical human services, health care, and education loom in 2014-15 as lawmakers attempt to bridge a...
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Severance Tax is No Burden to Booming Industry
As Pennsylvania legislators scramble to identify ways to balance the budget (no small task with a $1.5 billion deficit)...
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CEO Pay in America: Up Up and Away!
According to recently released data, CEOs and executives in the United States have been recovering well since the end...
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Pittsburgh Again on the Forefront of Labor Innovation to Build the Next Middle Class
WESA in Pittsburgh has a radio feature airing today on union organizing among contingent faculty in higher education. It...
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Seattle Has Adopted a City Minimum Wage of $15 an Hour
As you may have heard by now, Seattle has adopted a city minimum wage of $15 an hour. As...
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More Bark than Bite: Feds Back Pennsylvania’s Gross Receipts Tax after Inspector General Report
CMS Is Not Asking for Its Money Back A report issued by the Office of Inspector General (OIG) at...
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