Economic Performance in Pennsylvania Is Stronger When Democrats Hold the White House
When polled by Gallup in Spring 2024, more than half of Americans reported that they worry “a great deal”...
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Getting Big Nonprofits to Pay Fair Share Can Keep City on Track to a Pittsburgh for All
Like cities across the country, Pittsburgh faces lost revenue because American Rescue Plan dollars run out this year and...
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Pennsylvania Budget Outlook: Short-Term and Long-Term
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Inequity and Inadequacy in K-12 Education Funding in Pennsylvania: Fiscal Year 2022-23 Update
This paper updates the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center’s analysis of the inadequacy and inequity in school funding to...
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Eviction Filings in Pittsburgh and Allegheny County Return to Pre-pandemic Levels
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Economic Messaging for Progressives
PBPC has long focused not just on what policies to adopt but how we can build support for them....
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Fair Taxation for Pittsburgh — A Foundation for a More Just City Beyond American Rescue Plan Dollars
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It’s Time to Reinstate the Philadelphia Intangible Wealth Tax
CLICK HERE TO READ IN FULL-PAGE FORM OR PRINT. Wealth inequality in America, in Pennsylvania, and in our region...
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It’s Time to Help People, Not Oil Companies
Pennsylvania’s families and economy are currently being stressed by a rise in prices that’s the result of an unexpectedly...
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The PA Department of Labor and Industry’s Newly Proposed Minimum Wage Regulations: An Explainer
In late November, PA Department of Labor & Industry Secretary Jennifer Berrier announced proposed regulations regarding tipped work and...
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Economic, Racial, and Ethnic Inequality in Pennsylvania School Funding
It is well known that Pennsylvania’s K-12 schools are inadequately and inequitably funded. But the extent of the...
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A Quarter Century of Decline: School Funding In Pennsylvania 1993-94 to 2019-2020
After controlling for inflation in education costs, Pennsylvania’s public school districts are funded below the funding level they were...
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