RESEARCH & PUBLICATIONS

July 23, 2026 The updated analysis finds that Pennsylvania’s enacted 2026–27 adequacy funding is being directed where it is needed most, with districts serving the highest shares of low-income,...

June 25, 2026 New FY 2025 payment error rate data puts Pennsylvania at risk of absorbing new federal costs at the same time as SNAP participation is rapidly falling....

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 6.26.26 CONTACT: Kirstin Snow, Communications Director, snow@pennpolicy.org   Drawing on newly released research on Pennsylvania’s corporate tax system and minimum wage, the Pennsylvania Policy Center argues that lasting affordability...

June 25, 2026 Executive Summary: Pennsylvania has spent more than two decades reducing corporate taxes and narrowing its corporate tax base, leaving the Commonwealth with less recurring revenue to...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 10, 2026 Contact: Kirstin Snow, Communications Director, snow@pennpolicy.org Pennsylvania Policy Center’s Executive Director, Felicity A. Williams, Esq., Joins Senators Haywood, Costa, Hughes, Tartaglione, Kim, in...

Today, Governor Josh Shapiro delivered his proposed 2026–2027 state budget to the General Assembly, and I want to start by thanking him for centering affordability and naming the real...

Governor Shapiro’s FY 2026–27 proposed budget largely maintains Pennsylvania’s existing child care system rather than significantly expanding access or affordability. Main items such as Community-Based Family Centers are flat...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 4.28.26  CONTACT: Kirstin Snow, Communications Director, snow@pennpolicy.org   Harrisburg, PA— Today, the Pennsylvania Policy Center released the following statement from its Executive Director, Felicity Williams, Esq., on the Pennsylvania Senate Dems “Affordability Action Plan” announced on April 21st:  “Pennsylvania families are...

In an Affordability Crisis, Raising Paychecks Is as Essential as Lowering Prices — There Is No Place in America Where a Worker Can Afford to Live on Less Than...

Governor Shapiro’s FY 2026–27 proposed budget continues to support data center expansion through growing tax breaks, including a sales and use tax exemption projected to reach $188.4 million in...