RESEARCH & PUBLICATIONS

After allegations of child care related fraud in Minnesota, the Trump administration, through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and its Administration for Children and Families...

Dallas, TX—Marc Stier, Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Policy Center, last night was awarded the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities’ first Lifetime Achievement Award, marking his life’s work...

Harrisburg, PA—On Wednesday, December 10, at noon, the PA Policy Center and legislative leaders held a press conference to sound the alarm about Pennsylvania’s fiscal future where they presented new data in a...

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Since at least 2011, Pennsylvania has been torn between two visions of public policy. The first vision seeks to reduce taxes, cut government spending, and hold down wages. This vision...

Update December 24: After much delay, four Republicans have signed on to the discharge petition filed by Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, to extend the enhance premium tax credits for...

While we have written extensively on the negative effects of the Trump–Republican reconciliation bill—also known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act—enacted on July 4, 2025, the impact on...

Pennsylvania schools, social service providers, and local governments are grateful today that the General Assembly is poised to adopt a state budget for the fiscal year that began on...

For the American people, and for us at the Pennsylvania Policy Center, the government shutdown has not been a partisan struggle. It has been a fight to preserve the...

On Wednesday, October 29, at 10 a.m., a coalition of grassroots advocates, legislators, and impacted residents called out the Republican-led expiration of Affordable Care Act (ACA) premium subsidies and...

The Trump-Republican budget reconciliation bill, also known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) calls for massive tax cuts for the rich paid for by deep cuts in...

Bethlehem, Pennsylvania – On Saturday, October 25, at 11 am, a coalition of grassroots, progressive, and economic security advocacy organizations held a “Monsters, Masks and Medical Bills” Halloween Costume...