RESEARCH & PUBLICATIONS

  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 4, 2026MEDIA CONTACT:Kirstin Snow, Communications Directorsnow@pennpolicy.org Historic Shift in Harrisburg Ends Decades of Divided Government, Opens Door to Pennsylvania Affordability Agenda With Democrats taking...

  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 28, 2026CONTACT: Kirstin Snow, Communications Director, snow@pennpolicy.org   New analysis highlights risks to food assistance and health coverage as January 2027 Medicaid requirements approach  Harrisburg, PA...

September 4, 2026 Executive Summary: Pittsburgh is considering a large and unusually long-lived development-finance framework for Greater Downtown. Pittsburgh City Council approved the City’s participation in the Downtown Pittsburgh...

Substantial Progress, a Large Remaining Adequacy Gap, and Slowing Growth in Core Education Funding Executive Summary: Pennsylvania has made meaningful progress toward remedying its unconstitutional school-funding system, adding nearly...

Authors: Laura Beltrán Figueroa, PhD, Policy, Research, and Legislative Strategy Director; with contributions by Felicity A. Williams, Esq., Executive Director  July 28, 2026  Executive Summary  Pennsylvania’s FY 2026–27 enacted budget...

Selective Investment, Broad Maintenance, and Unresolved Federal Risk  July 28, 2026 This is an overview of the FY 2026-27 enacted budget. You can read our longer, in-depth analysis here.

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...