STATEMENT: Keystone Research Center Response to Senate Passage of SB 166
This press release issues a statement from Stephen Herzenberg, executive director of the Keystone Research Center, following the Senate’s...
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STATEMENT: Keystone Research Applauds Wolf Plan to Raise PA Overtime Threshold
In this press statement, Keystone Research Center executive director Stephen Herzenberg, responds to the announcement that Governor Wolf will...
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STATEMENT: Keystone Research Center on Announcement that UPMC Will Pay Workers At Least $15/Hour
This press release issues a statement from Stephen Herzenberg, executive director of the Keystone Research Center, following UPMC’s announcement...
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Press Release: Analysis of New Pension Bill Shows No Savings for State, Major Benefit Cuts for Workers
As GOP lawmakers ready a new “three-way hybrid” pension bill, the Keystone Research Center released a report that shows...
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Top 1% in PA captured 89.2 percent of income growth since 2009
A new report authored by Estelle Sommeiller, Mark Price, and Ellis Wazeter finds that the top 1 percent of...
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New Overtime Rule Will Benefit Nearly Half a Million PA Workers, Keystone Reports and Research Paperss
The U.S. Department of Labor raised the salary threshold under which working people can earn overtime pay. According to...
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Raise the Wage PA urges General Assembly to increase minimum wage
The Keystone Research Center Press Released a Policy Watch Brief analyzing the impact on state revenues of raising the...
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Four Key Facts: Why Pension Cuts in SB 1071 Are Bad For Taxpayers
Actuarial studies Press Released by Pennsylvania’s Public Employee Retirement Commission (PERC) confirm what the KRC has said for more...
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Editorial Board Memo: Pennsylvania’s Proposed Hybrid Pension
Pennsylvania’s House of Representatives may shortly consider the proposed “hybrid pension” developed by the Pennsylvania Senate. In this editorial...
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STATEMENT: If the New Budget Raises the Sales Tax, It Should Also Raise the Minimum Wage
In light of news reports indicating a state budget agreement will include an increase in the sales tax, Keystone...
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Keystone Research: PA Budget Framework’s Pension Deal Needs Major Upgrade
Keystone Research Center’s 15th pension primer analyzes a proposed agreement to create a “side-by-side” hybrid pension for new public...
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STATEMENT: KRC Condemns U.S. Senate Action to Prevent Cities from Improving Retirement Security for Private Sector Workers
This press release issues a statement by Keystone Research Center executive director Stephen Herzenberg on the Senate’s vote on...
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