What to Expect When You’re Expecting New Districts
Sometime in the next ninety days—and perhaps much sooner—we expect to see the Legislative Redistricting Commission (LRC) release its...
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The Update: What’s Happening in Harrisburg and DC – May 10, 2021
MESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTOR The American Rescue Plan and subsequent proposals from the Biden administration offer great opportunities to...
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This Is How (and How Many) Pennsylvanians Are Helped by the Build Back Better Plan
Updated November 18, 2021. President Biden’s Build Back Better plan is an unprecedented and transformative plan to better the...
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The Update: What’s Happening in Harrisburg and DC – June 21, 2021
MESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTOR As we celebrated the designation of Juneteeth as a federal holiday for the first time,...
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The Update: What’s Happening in Harrisburg and DC – October 25, 2021
MESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTOR We are closely watching Washington as Build Back Better and the infrastructure bill get closer...
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ANALYSIS: A Historic Opportunity to Transform Pittsburgh’s Budget
On Thursday, September 30, Mayor Peduto submitted a proposed $770 million combined operating and capital budget for 2022 with...
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RELEASE: Pittsburgh Budget & Policy Center Publishes Analysis of Pittsburgh’s 2022 Preliminary Budget
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 27, 2021 Contact: Kirstin Snow snow@pennbpc.org 215-510-9336 Pittsburgh, PA — The Pittsburgh Budget and Policy...
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RELEASE: “Build Back Better: A Transformative Plan for 21st-Century America”
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Contact: Kirstin Snow; snow@pennbpc.org; 215.510.9336 Build Back Better: A Transformative Plan for 21st-Century America President Biden’s...
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The Build Back Better Framework: A Transformative Plan for 21st-Century America
President Biden’s Build Back Better framework is an unprecedented and transformative plan to better the lives of all Americans—Black,...
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MEMO: The Corporate Profits Minimum Tax and Why We Need It
Democrats are set to introduce a 15% corporate minimum tax as a funding mechanism for the Build Back Better...
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The “Billionaire Tax”: What It Is and Why We Need It
UPDATE: Senator Ron Wyden has released his “Billionaires Income Tax” legislation—read the language of the bill here: https://www.finance.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Billionaires%20Income%20Tax.pdf. As...
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Latest PA Jobs Report Shows Cutting Unemployment Benefits Won’t Drive People Back to Work
Subject: The Latest PA Jobs Report Clearly Shows That Cutting Unemployment Benefits Won’t Drive People Back to Work FOR...
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