State Predicts Increase in Sales, Income Tax Collections
As I previously blogged here and here, Pennsylvania General Fund revenue collections are projected to grow very little in...
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Health Law Saves Consumers by Requiring Insurers to Spend Premium Dollars on Medical Care
A key reform in the Affordable Care Act requires health insurers to spend 80% to 85% of premium dollars...
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Sales, Income Taxes to Rise; Corporate Taxes Not So Much
As I blogged last week, state budget forecasters are not predicting much growth in revenue collections over the 2013-14...
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Nearly 1.8 Million in PA Will See Food Assistance Cut
Nutrition assistance is our nation’s first line of defense against hunger and a powerful tool to help keep families...
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‘This Is What the Middle Class Looks Like’ … Fast Food One-day Strikes and the Next Upsurge in Unionism
“This is what democracy looks like.” Even though this chant originated with the Seattle protests against the World Trade...
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Morning Must Read: House Plan Would Cost 5 Million Americans Needed Food Assistance
Legislation before the U.S. House would eliminate about 5.1 million people from a federal program that provides nutrition assistance...
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Pennsylvania, Land of Opportunity
We’re not always the “good news bears,” but today we’re thrilled to give greater visibility to a landmark new...
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Guest Post: It Wasn’t the Shale, Yinz
By Tim Stuhldreher Originally published at Tim Stuhldreher’s Blog Paul Krugman muses on why deindustrialization left Detroit a basket...
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Diversion Politics and Factual Errors with ‘Americans for a Tiny Sliver of Rich People’
Jennifer Stefano, the Pennsylvania director of Americans for Prosperity, published an op-ed in the Patriot-News Friday — the latest...
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$1 Trillion in Student Loan Debt Hampering Young Entrepreneurs
It appears more and more American college graduates are declining to start their own businesses due to the rising...
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Toshi Seeger and Respect for the Working Man and Woman
Toshi Seeger’s obituary last week in The New York Times brought a smile to my face. Toshi provided her...
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Pennsylvania’s Unremarkable Private-Sector Job Performance
Philadelphia Daily News Columnist John Baer is right to suggest that Governor Corbett’s jobs performance since January 2011 is...
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