Undermining Educational Opportunity: Pennsylvania’s Unequal Restoration of School Funding
This policy brief examines the distribution of budget cuts per student by school district and finds large inequities. Specifically,...
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Property Tax Relief in Pennsylvania
One of the primary issues being negotiated in the 2015-16 budget is school property tax relief. There are several...
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The Shale Tipping Point: The Relationship of Drilling to Crime, Truck Fatalities, STDs, and Rents in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Ohio
Considerable evidence indicates that shale development in Pennsylvania has followed a similar trajectory as hydro-fracking, with documented increased traffic,...
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A Wage-Less and Income-Less Recovery for PA’s 99 Percent. New Study: Top 1% Only Group to See Income Gains Since 2009
Reports and Research Papers concludes that raising the minimum wage, strengthening unions, and requiring CEOs and other top earners...
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Cutting 90,000 Pennsylvania Women from the SelectPlan for Women Program Is Bad Policy
The Department of Public Welfare (DPW) will end family planning coverage for almost 90,000 low income women currently enrolled...
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A Must-Have for Pennsylvania, Part 2: Investment in Higher Education for Growth and Opportunity
Pennsylvania’s deep cuts in funding to K-12 education since 2010-11 have drawn a great deal of attention in recent...
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Understanding the Numbers in a Budget Crisis
This Reports and Briefing Papers compares the three budget propasls comimng out of Harrisburg: Governor Wolf’s budget proposal, the...
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A Comparative Analysis of the Pennsylvania Senate and House 2015-2016 Budget Proposals
This comparative analysis considers the two proposed budgets for 2015-2016 (SB 1073, which is largely bi-partisan, and HB 1046,...
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It Can’t Be Fixed: Policy and Politics in the Republican Health Care Bill
The Republican approach to repealing and replacing the ACA and drastically reducing the size of the Medicaid program can’t...
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It’s Time for a Real Severance Tax in Pennsylvania
Legislators on both sides of the aisle, and Governor Wolf, all made proposals in 2017 to enact severance taxes...
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New Proposals Pushed by Senator Toomey Would Hurt Vulnerable Pennsylvanians in Medicaid
Pennsylvania must brace itself for a substantial decrease in federal Medicaid payments that would devastate our state budget and...
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At Students’ Expense: Rising Costs Threaten Pennsylvania Public Universities’ Role in Upward Mobility
Deep cuts in state funding coupled with living expenses on campus that have risen faster than tuition are threatening...
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