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February 15, 2025

Upcoming Actions to Stop Threats to Democracy, Medicaid, SNAP, and Fair Taxation

Here are some upcoming actions opposing the Trump administration's threat to democracy, Medicaid, SNAP and fair taxation that Penn Policy and Pennsylvanians Together are organizing or contributing to. Presidents' Day,…
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February 15, 2025

The Other Shoe Drops: Deep Cuts Coming for Medicaid and SNAP to Pay for Tax Giveaways to the Ultra-Rich

I’m sure many of you have been following the news over the last few weeks from Washington, DC, with anguish, worry, and despair. We have seen President Trump and his…
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February 5, 2025

Connecting the Dots

This is roughly what our executive director, Marc Stier, said today at the "50/50/1" event on the Capitol steps in Harrisburg. Over 400 people were there to protest the Trump…
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February 4, 2025

Statement on Governor Shapiro’s 2025-26 Budget Proposal

VIEW IN A PDF READER, PRINT OR DOWNLOAD.  (Please refresh page if PDF fails to appear.) https://pennpolicy.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/statement-on-governor-shapiros-2024-25-budget.pdf  
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January 29, 2025

Pennsylvania Organizations Opposed to Medicaid and SNAP Cuts, and Tax Cuts for the Ultra-Rich

January 29, 2025 This letter from Pennsylvania organizations was sent to all members of the PA congressional delegation today. As you know, the incoming Trump administration and the Republican congressional…
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January 29, 2025

Trump’s Executive Order Freezing Federal Payments Is Harmful, Illegal and Unconstitutional

Late on Monday, the Trump administration issued an executive order halting payment of grants and loans to state and local governments, social service providers, and others. This action is illegal…
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January 28, 2025

Climate Resilience for All: Understanding federal climate funding in the Inflation Reduction Act and the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and ensuring equity for Pennsylvania

READ IN A PDF READER, PRINT OR DOWNLOAD.   https://pennpolicy.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/SSSU_ToEdit_v10-16-24-rev-10.24.pdf      
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January 27, 2025

Republicans Want to Reject Federal Climate Change Funding for Neglected PA Communities

The Biden administration made an historic investment in American infrastructure with the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) and Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). Together, these bills put two trillion dollars…
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January 17, 2025

Policy Pulse – January 2025

The New Year Brings A New Fight Ahead As we settle into 2025, we have new ways to make our voices heard, and strong partnerships to engage with us to…
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January 17, 2025

Federal Fightback Fact Sheet

VIEW IN PDF READER.   https://pennpolicy.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/2025_OnePager-Fed-FightbackPAT-b.pdf
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January 16, 2025

Comments Given at the PA Schools Work Press Event – January 2025

by Marc Stier I’m here to call on the General Assembly to fill the remaining $4 billion gap needed to adequately fund our schools in four years. Let me explain…
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January 10, 2025

PPC Testimony to the Philadelphia Tax Reform Commission

PPC outreach and partnerships director Jeff Garis presented this testimony written by PPC Executive Director Marc Stier to the Philadelphia Tax Reform Commission public hearing on January 9, 2025. The…
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December 23, 2024

The Barbarians Are at the Gate

Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress are about to seek major cuts in Medicaid to pay for deep cuts to the taxes of the ultra-rich and wealthy corporations. We often…
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December 18, 2024

Policy Pulse – December 2024

Many of us are still in shock, or worse, after the election. But here at the Penn Policy Center we are getting ready to fight back against some of the…
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December 3, 2024

Senator Bob Casey: An Appreciation

By Marc Stier, Executive Director, Pennsylvania Policy Center While our organization does not endorse candidates, we do have our favorite elected officials. Bob Casey has always been on that list—so…
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November 21, 2024

Policy Pulse – November 2024

POLICY PULSE Welcome to the second edition of Pennsylvania Policy Center’s POLICY PULSE newsletter—and in the spirit of Thanksgiving, we're glad you’re here! Speaking of things we are thankful for this month- progressives maintained…
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November 13, 2024

The PA House—Our Ray of Electoral Sunshine

We have one ray of really good election news. Even in the face of a red wave, Democrats remain in control of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, and Rep. Joanna…
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November 8, 2024

What Happened. What We Must Do to Resist. And What We Must Do to Move Forward.

by Marc Stier, Executive Director, Pennsylvania Policy Center Pennsylvania Policy Center doesn’t endorse candidates. But we can react to the results. And we, like you who follow us, are hurting…
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October 30, 2024

The October Surprise is a Booming Economy

Election watchers are always waiting for the “October Surprise” that could have a last-minute effect on the election. It could be that the hateful attack on Puerto Rico and Latinos…
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October 30, 2024

Fasicism Is Not a Threat. It’s Already Here.

  I’ve been warning about the dangers of Donald Trump’s fascism since he announced his first bid for president in June of 2015. Few people took that warning, or my…
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October 25, 2024

The Penn Policy Pulse — October 2024

Welcome to the inaugural edition of Pennsylvania Policy Center’s POLICY PULSE newsletter—we're glad you’re here! As if this year isn’t busy enough with the approaching election, we’ve been hard at…
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October 23, 2024

Who Runs Pennsylvania Makes a Difference

  This is the last week in which Pennsylvania’s 2023–24 General Assembly is likely to be in Harrisburg. And the pattern we have seen for the last two years is…
Editorial Board Memo
October 23, 2024

Another ‘Blue Shift’ Is Coming

   MEMO: Another 'Blue Shift' Coming  TO: Editorial Board Writers, Columnists, and Other Interested Parties  FROM: Marc Stier and Erica Freeman, Pennsylvania Policy Center  SUBJECT: Another “blue shift” coming in…
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October 23, 2024

Fear Donald Trump — Not Immigrants

Demonizing and stoking fear of immigrants is at the center of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign this year, as it was in 2016. Yet what Americans should really be afraid of…
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October 17, 2024

OPINION: What Would a Second Trump Term Mean for Our Taxes?

Originally published at The Keystone. Donald Trump doesn’t like to talk much about the public policies he would propose if he becomes president again. To the despair of his own…
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October 11, 2024

The Pennsylvania Energy Development Authority (PEDA) Is Critical to Climate Infrastructure in PA

The Pennsylvania Energy Development Authority (PEDA) is an independent public financing authority with a mission to finance clean, advanced energy projects in Pennsylvania. It could be an important and powerful tool…
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September 27, 2024

Immigrants Are a Vital Part of Pennsylvania’s Future

Click here to read full screen or print. https://pennpolicy.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/EPI-IRC-PPC-immigration-one-page.pdf    
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September 19, 2024

As Fair Share America Launches, New Poll Shows Pennsylvanians Support Higher Taxes on the Ultra-Rich and Big Corporations

As Fair Share America Launches, New Poll Shows Pennsylvanians Support Higher Taxes on the Ultra-Rich and Big Corporations As Pennsylvanians Together brought a group of 25 Pennsylvanians to Washington, D.C.,…
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September 13, 2024

New Census Data Shows Failure and Success of Pennsylvania Public Policy

The annual release of census data is often a guide to policy success and failure at both the national and state levels. This year is no exception. The American Community…
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September 5, 2024

What Project 2025 Means for Pennsylvania Taxpayers

If the federal government in Donald Trump’s potential second term were to adopt the tax proposals in Project 2025, low- and moderate-income Pennsylvanians would pay far more in taxes than…
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July 21, 2024

Penn Policy Statement on President Biden’s Withdrawal

Joe Biden’s truly selfless act today exemplifies the authentic leadership that has made him the most effective Democratic President since Franklin Roosevelt. Under very difficult political circumstances, with a bare…
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July 11, 2024

Response to the 2024–25 PA State Budget — Education Funding

July 11, 2024 Governor Shapiro and the members of the General Assembly have had about 18 months to respond to the Commonwealth Court ruling that Pennsylvania’s system of funding K-12…
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July 3, 2024

Statement: PPC Opposes Senate School Voucher Bill 1280

The Pennsylvania Policy Center stands in opposition to Senate Bill 1280, which would force Pennsylvania taxpayers to give billions in handouts to private and religious institutions with virtually no accountability.…
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July 1, 2024

Statement: What We Are Looking for in a Budget Agreement

The Pennsylvania state budget is now officially late. By all reports, however, House and Senate negotiators, as well as the governor’s office, are working diligently to reach an agreement. We are not concerned by a brief…
Editorial Board Memo
June 27, 2024

ED. BD. MEMO: A State Earned Income Tax Credit Should Be Part of a Budget Deal in 2024

To: Members of the General Assembly, editorial board members, and political reporters From: Marc Stier, Executive Director, Pennsylvania Policy Center Subject: What we are looking for in a budget agreement Date: July…
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June 26, 2024

K–12 School Funding in PA Remains Inadequate and Inequitable

Year after year, our predecessor organization and many others have released research showing both that the vast majority of Pennsylvania K–12 school districts are underfunded and that school districts with…
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June 25, 2024

From Work to Wealth and Back Again

  From Work to Wealth and Back Again Americans suffer because we reward wealth more than work.  Here’s how we got here and how we can create an economy that…
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June 21, 2024

Testimony to the Philadelphia Tax Reform Commission

Our executive director, Marc Stier, presented this testimony at the first public hearing of the Philadelphia Tax Reform Commission on June 17, 2021. Stier is also the senior advisor to…
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June 17, 2024

Ballot Drop Boxes Make Voting Better

Access a version here to read, print, or download.   https://pennpolicy.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Ballot-Drop-Boxes-Make-Voting-Better.pdf
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June 14, 2024

Create a State Earned Income Tax Credit in 2024!

In our first post in this series, we argued that if the Pennsylvania General Assembly chooses to cut taxes in the budget that begins on July 1st, it should limit…
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June 14, 2024

Should We Cut Taxes in 2024–25, and If So—How?

In response to a Senate vote in favor of a small reduction in the personal income tax rate and the gross receipts tax on electricity, we pointed out that this…
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June 11, 2024

Statement on House Passage of HB 2370 for 7-Year Education-Funding Plan

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 11, 2024 Contact: Erica Freeman, Deputy Director of Communications, Pennsylvania Policy Center (267) 496-5253 Marc Stier, executive director of the Pennsylvania Policy Center, released the following…
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May 16, 2024

Pennsylvanians Together in Brief

Learn about our plan to create a better Pennsylvania.   https://pennpolicy.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/PATG24001-Advocacy-Flyer-v07.pdf
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May 8, 2024

Speech by Marc Stier — Education Funding Rally at the Capitol

The data is clear. The Courts have ruled. The defendants in the case didn’t appeal the decision. This Commonwealth has systematically discriminated against kids in low-income, Black and brown communities…
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May 7, 2024

Republicans Choose Tax Cuts for the Rich over Funding Education

Yesterday, Senate Majority Leader Joe Pittman (R-41) introduced legislation to cut Pennsylvania’s personal income tax rate from the current 3.07% to 2.8%. This legislation is both deeply cynical and totally…
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April 10, 2024

Join Us for Our Online Tax Justice Conversation!

Dear Friends – At Pennsylvania Policy Center we are continuing our call to reverse our upside-down tax system, and demand corporations and the ultra-wealthy to pay their fair share! Please…
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April 4, 2024

Why We Should Raise the Minimum Wage in PA to $15 Per Hour – 2024 Update

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April 1, 2024

End Local Minimum Wage Preemption

By Marc Stier, Executive Director, Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center As I documented in a previous blog post, there is no question that the minimum wage is worth less than…
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April 1, 2024

It’s Long Past Time to Raise the Minimum Wage

By Marc Stier, Executive Director, Pennsylvania Policy Center I took my first regular paid job as a hotel bellhop in 1966 when I was eleven. It was hard work—in many…
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April 1, 2024

Seven Myths About Raising the Minimum Wage—Debunked (2024 update)

Note This is an updated version of a piece I wrote while I was director of the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center. It was published in the Penn Capital–Star on…
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March 27, 2024

Pennsylvanians Together 2024 Narrative and Agenda

Click here to read, print, or download.   https://pennpolicy.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Pennsylvanians-Together-Agenda-2024.pdf
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March 22, 2024

There’s a Crucial Need for OSHA Regulations in Safeguarding Public Sector Workers

In Pennsylvania, OSHA (the Occupational Safety and Health Administration) regulations apply to most private sector employers and employees. However, public sector employees, including those working for “Section (3)(5) of the…
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February 14, 2024

Syringe Services Programs Would Save the Lives of Thousands in PA

The Pennsylvania Legislature needs to pass HB 1245, legislation that would legalize syringe services programs across the Commonwealth. Pennsylvania families and communities are being devastated by the loss of loved…
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February 6, 2024

STATEMENT on Governor Shapiro’s 2024–25 Budget Address

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 6, 2024 Contact: Kirstin Snow, Director of Communications, snow@pennpolicy.org STATEMENT on Governor Shapiro’s 2024–25 Budget Address, Pennsylvania Policy Center A Pennsylvania Budget To Celebrate Overview Governor…
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February 6, 2024

A Pennsylvania Budget to Celebrate

A Pennsylvania Budget to Celebrate Note: This is an initial review of the fiscal year 2024–25 budget proposed by Governor Josh Shapiro on February 6, 2024. As we delve deeper…
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January 19, 2024

Statement on Federal Child Tax Credit Expansion

STATEMENT on Child Tax Credit Expansion – Marc Stier, Executive Director, Pennsylvania Policy Center The House Ways and Means Committee today voted in favor of bipartisan tax legislation that includes…
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January 12, 2024

Statement in response to the Basic Education Funding Commission Report

The adoption of the Basic Education Funding Commission Report yesterday is a major step forward in meeting our constitutional and moral responsibility to fund education fully and fairly in Pennsylvania. The…
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January 10, 2024

Presentation: Taxes in Pennsylvania Are Upside-Down

Slide deck from our press conference on January 10, 2024 Click here to print or read full-screen. 
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January 10, 2024

ITEP Report: Tax Fairness in Pennsylvania

Every few years, the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy releases its survey of taxes in the states, "Who Pays?" Click here to read the seventh edition, released on January…
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January 4, 2024

Pennsylvania Voters Believe Wealthy Individuals and Profitable Corporations Are Not Paying Their Fair Share

Income and wealth are highly concentrated at the top in Pennsylvania, a situation that has worsened greatly in recent decades. Pennsylvania voters rightly believe that corporations and wealthy individuals aren’t paying…
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January 4, 2024

Survey Results: Support for Higher Taxes on Profitable Corporations and Wealthy Individuals by PA Senate District

In November and December of 2022, Data for Progress conducted a survey of registered voters nationally to gauge voter support towards state action to hold profitable corporations and the wealthy…
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January 4, 2024

Survey Results: Levels of Support for Higher Taxes on Profitable Corporations and Wealthy Individuals by PA House District

In November and December of 2022, Data for Progress conducted a national survey of registered voters to gauge voter support towards state action to hold profitable corporations and the wealthy…
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January 4, 2024

Survey Results: Support for Higher Taxes on Profitable Corporations and Wealthy Individuals by PA Congressional District

In November and December of 2022, Data for Progress conducted a survey of registered voters nationally to gauge voter support towards state action to hold profitable corporations and the wealthy…
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December 22, 2023

We Can’t Fix Education By Shuffling The Deck

In February 2023, Judge Renée Cohn Jubelirer called for a new funding system in Pennsylvania to fulfill the state's obligation to provide a thorough and efficient education for its children.…
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December 22, 2023

Education, Democracy, and Economic Growth

A year ago, Judge Renée Cohn Jubelirer ruled that Pennsylvania violates its constitutional obligation to create a “thorough and efficient” system of school funding. In response, legislative leaders and Governor…
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December 22, 2023

Education Funding and Education Achievement

A year ago, Judge Renée Cohn Jubelirer ruled that Pennsylvania violates its constitutional obligation to create a “thorough and efficient” system of school funding. In response, legislative leaders and Governor…
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December 15, 2023

Why Pennsylvanians Should Reject Vouchers

Why Pennsylvania Should Reject Vouchers Susan Spicka, Education Voters PA Diana Polson, Keystone Research Center Marc Stier, Pennsylvania Policy Center Here we quickly summarize three major reasons why the General…
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December 13, 2023

Statement on Completion of PA State Budget

Six months after the general appropriation bill was passed by the Pennsylvania House and Senate and signed by Governor Shapiro, the House, and Senate today took the necessary step to…
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December 10, 2023

Pennsylvanians Together Releases Holiday Wish List!

As we enter the holiday season, our thoughts are turned to all the ways the government of our state could be better serving the people of Pennsylvania, especially those who…
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December 1, 2023

PRESS STATEMENT: PA Will Lose $3.1 Billion to Corporate Tax Cuts by 2028

November 30, 2023 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Kirstin Snow, Communications Director, Pennsylvania Policy Center, snow@pennpolicy.org; Ellie Blachman, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, (202) 325-8718, eblachman@cbpp.org   New report: Pennsylvania…
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November 28, 2023

Making Our Votes Count for the Issues We Care About

Voting access. Abortion access. Climate change. Public education. Redistricting. Pennsylvanians continue to focus on critical issues that matter to our quality of life. In 2023, we showed up to elect…
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November 22, 2023

Editorial Board Memo on Education Funding in Pennsylvania

In February 2023, Judge Renée Cohn Jubelirer called for a new funding system in Pennsylvania to fulfill the state's obligation to provide a thorough and efficient education for its children.…
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November 9, 2023

PPC Statement on PA Court’s Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative Decision

The Pennsylvania Policy Center (PPC) joins several of its partners in expressing concern about last week’s Commonwealth Court ruling, which struck down Pennsylvania’s opportunity to join the Regional Greenhouse Gas…
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November 8, 2023

Shuffling the Deck Won’t Solve the Pennsylvania School Funding Crisis

In February 2023, Judge Renée Cohn Jubelirer called for a new funding system in Pennsylvania to fulfill the state's obligation to provide a thorough and efficient education for its children.…
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November 8, 2023

The Contribution of K-12 Education to Economic Growth and Democracy

VIEW IN A PDF READER OR DOWNLOAD.     https://pennpolicy.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/The-Contribution-of-Education-to-Economic-Growth-and-Democracy-1.pdf
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October 19, 2023

Parents Have Rights—But Not to Ban Books

The Senate is now considering SB 7, a bill proposed by Senator Ryan Aument (R-Lancaster),which would require schools to “identify sexually explicit content in school curriculum, materials, and books and…
Blog PostEditorial Board Memo
October 13, 2023

Is Harrisburg Ready for Change?

October 12, 2023 For Immediate Release Contact: Kirstin Snow, snow@pennpolicy.org Is Harrisburg ready for change? Is new leadership showing a new approach to legislating? Marc Stier, Executive Director Since Democrats…
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September 18, 2023

What Would an Equitable Voucher System Look Like?

Pennsylvania's Republican legislators support a voucher program they say is meant to help a small number of students who attend schools they claim are failing. (They don’t mention that those…
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September 18, 2023

Anti-Worker S.B. 803 Would Gut Worker Protections

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August 30, 2023

Senate Again Refuses to Fund State’s Most Dire School Districts

Senate Again Refuses to Fund State’s Most Dire School Districts - Marc Stier, Executive Director, Penn Policy Center "The Republican-controlled Pennsylvania Senate came back today for a rare August session.…
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August 22, 2023

Economic Opportunity, the Dignity of Work, and the Minimum Wage

Raising the minimum wage has always been about the dignity, as well as the wages, of working people. We who place so much value on our ability to provide for…
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August 3, 2023

STATEMENT: The (First Part) of the Budget Standoff Is Over

After Governor Shapiro signed the General Appropriation bill today, the Pennsylvania Policy Center released the following statement by our executive director, Marc Stier: "Today, Senate Republicans blinked in the budget…
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July 5, 2023

Penn Policy Center Statement on PA Budget Passage

July 5, 2023 For Immediate Release Contact: Kirstin Snow, snow@pennpolicy.org Penn Policy Center Statement on Budget Passage Governor Shapiro’s letter announcing that he would line-item veto the appropriation for vouchers…
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July 5, 2023

Saving Public Education in Pennsylvania, Where It Began

Originally published on PennCapital-Star.com The budget stalemate in Harrisburg hasn't been primarily about whether some budget line items go up or down by a few hundred million dollars. Those kinds…
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July 3, 2023

Update on Pennsylvania Budget Negotiations

With $13 billion in accumulated surplus and a budget from the governor that proposed modest additions to state spending on policies that have broad support, one would expect that making…
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June 30, 2023

Pennsylvania Policy Center Statement on PA Senate’s Proposed State Budget

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: June 30, 2023 Contact: Kirstin Snow, Communications Director, snow@pennpolicy.org, 215-510-9336   Harrisburg, PA – Marc Stier, executive director of the Pennsylvania Policy Center, today released the…
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June 30, 2023

Pennsylvania Policy Center Update on Pennsylvania Budget

With $13 billion in an accumulated surplus and a budget proposal from the governor that only proposed modest additions to state spending on policies that have broad support, one would…
Blog PostTestimony
June 29, 2023

It’s Time for Combined Reporting

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June 28, 2023

The Lifeline Scholarship Program Would Undermine Public Education

My name is Marc Stier. I’m the executive director of the Pennsylvania Policy Center.  I’m here today with my fellow advocates for education—including the leaders of teachers' unions, who have…
Blog PostOp-Ed
June 23, 2023

The Time Is Right for PA to Finally Raise its Minimum Wage | OPINION

Originally published in the Pennsylvania Capital-Star By Marc Stier House Bill 1500, co-sponsored by Democratic Reps. Jason Dawkins of Philadelphia and Patty Kim of Dauphin County, would increase the minimum wage to $15…
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June 23, 2023

We Need To Let Local Communities Set Their Own Minimum Wage

The state of Pennsylvania does not allow local governments—whether counties or municipalities—to set a higher minimum wage than that set by the state. It should do so. The reason it…
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June 20, 2023

Penn Policy Statement on House Passage of HB 1500, the Minimum Wage Bill

Marc Stier, executive director of the Pennsylvania Policy Center, released the following statement after the PA House passed HB 1500. House passage of House Bill 1500 is a major step…
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June 15, 2023

Penn Policy Speaks in Support of House Budget on K-12 Education

Remarks by Marc Stier, Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Policy Center, at a PA School Work press conference in support of the House passed budget for 2023-2024 In March, Governor…
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June 14, 2023

Why We Should Raise the Minimum Wage in Pennsylvania to $15 Per Hour

  Click here to read a full-screen version, download, and print. A high minimum wage ensures we have an economy that works for all of us. It protects workers and…
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June 13, 2023

PA House Passes Proposals to Reduce Taxes for Working People

Four Major Proposals Will Make Pennsylvania Taxes Fairer The Pennsylvania House today passed the second and third of four major tax proposals: an expansion of the Child and Dependent Care…
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June 8, 2023

Pennsylvania Policy Center Announces Leadership Team

June 8, 2023 For Immediate Release Contact: Kirstin Snow, snow@pennpolicy.org Pennsylvania Policy Center Announces Leadership Team PA’s State Affiliate to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Harrisburg, PA—Today, Pennsylvania…
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June 6, 2023

Pennsylvania Policy Center Statement on General Fund Budget Passed by PA House

VIEW STATEMENT AS PDF For Immediate Release Contact: Kirstin Snow, Communications Director, snow@pennpolicy.org; 215-510-9336 Harrisburg, PA–Marc Stier, Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Policy Center, today released the following statement after…
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May 1, 2023

The Real Cost of Opening a Window for Sexual Abuse Lawsuits in Pennsylvania

By Marc Stier I was asked to testify about the claims made in a paper by the Susquehanna Valley Center for Public Policy that opening a two-year window for childhood…