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Education Fact: Public School Enrollment Falls Across PA

Type: Blog
Author: Waslala Miranda
Date: February 06, 2015

Across the state, public school enrollment continued its long, downward trend with a 2.9% decrease since 2007-08.  This isn’t...

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Just the Facts: Sen. Wagner’s Proposal Is Not a Real Increase in Minimum Wage

Type: Blog
Author: Stephen Herzenberg
Date: February 06, 2015

There are two fresh proposals circulating in the Pennsylvania State Senate this week which seek to raise the minimum...

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January Revenues Stay on Track—Barely

Type: Blog
Date: February 06, 2015

General Fund revenue collections exceeded revenue targets by $90 million in January, pushing the fiscal year-to-date revenue surplus to...

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Making Work Pay Coalition Forms to Help Working Families

Type: Blog
Author: Jeff Garis
Date: February 03, 2015

More than two dozen advocacy and direct-service organizations from across the Commonwealth, including the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center,...

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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

Type: Reports and Papers
Author: Mark Price, Estelle Sommeiller
Date: January 27, 2015

Reports and Research Papers concludes that raising the minimum wage, strengthening unions, and requiring CEOs and other top earners...

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What About the Rest of Us? Top 1% Takes Home All the Increase in Pennsylvania Income in Current Economic Recovery

Type: Reports and Papers
Author: Estelle Sommeiller, Mark Price
Date: January 26, 2015

This national report Press Released by the Economic Analysis Research Network (EARN) and the Economic Policy Institute presents updated...

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Don’t Fix What‰’s Not Broken

Type: Memo
Author: Stephen Herzenberg
Date: January 21, 2015

Indiana’s legislature is considering drastic action to eliminate defined benefit pensions for new public employees, forcing them to enroll...

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