Jobs and Unemployment

KRC/PBPC Insider News for the Week Ending Oct. 9, 2015

Posted by Anonymous on October 13, 2015 1:15 pm

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So Wednesday’s roll call in the Pennsylvania House on Gov. Wolf’s revenue package didn’t go quite as we’d hoped – a 73-127 vote almost entirely along partisan lines. PBPC issued a statement afterwards calling rejection of revenue for education and a responsible budget a mistake.

The State of Working Pennsylvania

Posted by Mark Price on September 22, 2015 2:52 pm

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Below is the third in a series of excerpts from The State of Working Pennsylvania 2015 report, released by Keystone Research Center on Sept. 2, which will appear on Third and State in the coming weeks:

Significant excess capacity remains in Pa. labor market

Posted by Mark Price on September 17, 2015 1:42 pm

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Below is the second in a series of excerpts from The State of Working Pennsylvania 2015 report, released by Keystone Research Center on Sept. 2, which will appear on Third and State in the coming weeks:

The State of the Pennsylvania Economy

Posted by Mark Price on September 10, 2015 4:05 pm

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Below is the first in a series of excerpts from The State of Working Pennsylvania 2015 report, released by Keystone Research Center on Sept. 2, which will appear on Third and State in the coming weeks:

KRC/PBPC Insider News for the Week Ending Aug. 28

Posted by Anonymous on August 31, 2015 2:23 pm

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This eighth week of the budget impasse turned theatrical as the Pennsylvania House spent hours Tuesday casting line-item veto override votes on 20 items in the Republican budget that Gov. Wolf vetoed in its entirety back on June 30. The Legislative Reference Bureau issued an opinion that under the state constitution the General Assembly must reconsider a vetoed bill in the same manner in which it was vetoed.

Ten Reasons Why Gov. Wolf Should Veto the Republican Budget

Posted by Stephen Herzenberg on June 30, 2015 8:34 pm

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Gov. Wolf should veto the Republican budget because it would:

Bursting the Shale Jobs' Balloon

Posted by Jan Jarrett on June 17, 2015 3:46 pm

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The Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry has corrected “glaring errors” in the way it counts jobs related to gas drilling and drastically revised downward the number by 160,000 jobs. Instead of the 200,000 to 339,000 jobs the industry claims it has created, Labor and Industry now counts around 90,000 gas drilling jobs in Pennsylvania, with 30,000 of those in core drilling industries.

Weekly KRC/PBPC News Wrap-up for March 2 - 6

Posted by Anonymous on March 9, 2015 11:12 am

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This was a big week for budget analysts as Gov. Wolf delivered his first budget address and presented his first state budget on Tuesday. He gave us plenty to dig into with an ambitious $29.9 billion proposal to fill the existing $2.3 billion deficit while also restoring $1 billion in education cuts, reducing school property taxes by $3.8 billion beginning in 2016, and funding a $1.75 billion job growth initiative.

Selling "Gator Oil" in Philadelphia -- and Why Pennsylvania Has Nothing to Worry About

Posted by Stephen Herzenberg on February 23, 2015 5:33 pm

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Florida Gov. Rick Scott is in Philadelphia today and tomorrow peddling the attractions of the Sunshine State to Pennsylvania businesses. On this frigid February day I'll give him the warmer weather.

But that's about all I'll concede.

Making Work Pay Coalition Forms to Help Working Families

Posted by Jeff Garis on February 3, 2015 1:17 pm

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More than two dozen advocacy and direct-service organizations from across the commonwealth, including the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center, have united to champion measures to help working families care for their children and get ahead.

Tens of thousands of hard-working, low-wage earners in Pennsylvania – such as domestic care providers, fast food employees, and retail workers – struggle every day to provide for their families. Despite steady income and long workdays, many of these families still have trouble making ends meet.

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