Changing the Subject Doesn’t Make Payday Lending a Better Idea
In legislative hearings last month, proponents of a bill to legalize high-interest payday loans tried to change the subject...
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Court Ruling an Acknowledgement of Flaws in Voter ID Implementation
A Commonwealth Court ruling today has halted enforcement of Pennsylvania’s Voter ID Law in the November election. Sharon Ward,...
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Pennsylvania Faces a Shortage of Skilled Parrots
The economist J.R. McCulloch once quipped that to pass for an economist, a parrot need only learn the phrase:...
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A Look at Poverty-Wage Jobs in Pennsylvania
In this year’s State of Working Pennsylvania, we explored the prevalence of poverty-wage jobs in the commonwealth. We define...
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Fact Checking the Corbett Jobs Record…and Some Unsolicited Advice
The Corbett administration has a new summary of Pennsylvania’s recent job performance. Today’s news that Pennsylvania’s unemployment rate is...
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Some of America’s College Students Go Hungry
You may have heard of the “Freshman 15,” the idea that students who head off to college are bound to...
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The Manufacturing Jobs Score Since 1948
After former President Bill Clinton claimed the “jobs score” was better in Democratic presidential administrations than in Republican ones, Colin Gordon...
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What to Expect in Census Report: Fewer Americans Uninsured But More Living in Poverty
The U.S. Census Bureau will release new data Wednesday on poverty, income and health insurance rates for 2011 based...
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Pennsylvania to Close Online Sales Tax Loophole — a Little
Over the years, online retailers have been resistant to collecting sales tax from Pennsylvania customers for otherwise taxable purchases....
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Private Schools Able to Pick and Choose Students Getting Opportunity Scholarships
Advocates of Pennsylvania’s new Opportunity Scholarship Program often say the goal is to give parents more choice in where...
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Chaos at the PennDOT
Now that Commonwealth Court Judge Robert Simpson has given the green light to Pennsylvania’s strictest in-the-nation Voter ID Law,...
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Pennsylvania’s Natural Gas Tax Giveaway Exceeds $500 Million Mark
Blog post updated: September 11, 2012 The state’s Department of Environmental Production (DEP) recently published a biannual report on...
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