Posted at http://thirdandstate.org/2016/october/swpa-2016-college-no-longer-guarantees-rising-wages%E2%80%94degree-holders-need-agenda-raise-pa Oct 28, 2016 09:13 am | John Neurohr The post below is one of a series of posts about specific trends examined in the recently-released annual edition of The State of Working Pennsylvania. We’ve already laid out how Pennsylvania … Continued
From Keystone Research Center (http://www.keystoneresearch.org): Pennsylvania legislative leaders are considering trying to shoe-horn into the end of the legislative session a pension proposal that is an amalgam of old proposals rejected in the past four years. Based on actuarial studies, … Continued
Posted at http://www.chn.org/2016/10/20/14192/#.WAkqvfkrIdU By Lecia Imbery October 20, 2016 Housing costs eat up an exorbitant amount of low-income families’ budgets. A new report from the National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) shows that three-quarters of extremely low income (ELI) renter households, … Continued
Posted at http://www.clasp.org/issues/work-supports/in-focus/two-new-briefs-highlight-how-asset-limits-hold-back-public-benefit-recipients OCT 17, 2016 By Jessica Gehr and Victoria Palacio Savings allow families to start a small business, move to a better neighborhood, or simply handle unexpected bills. A reliable car can be necessary to get to work. But restrictive policies … Continued
From Social Security Works (http://www.socialsecurityworks.org/): This morning, next year’s cost-of-living adjustment for Social Security was announced. It is a meager 0.3 percent — $5 per month. That $5 will not cover the cost of prescription drugs, which rose by 10 … Continued
Posted at http://www.chn.org/2016/10/17/the-election-tax-policy-and-the-economy/#.WAUTY_krIdU By Deborah Weinstein October 17, 2016 Last Friday, we noted that some very important issues have not gotten much attention in this campaign season. We cannot tell you who to vote for – hence the silenced Head Smacker. But we … Continued
From the Community Action Association of Pennsylvania (http://www.thecaap.org): We have good news and bad news to share. The good news: Poverty in Pennsylvania is down. Household median income is up. More people have access to health care. The bad news: … Continued
Posted at http://www.chn.org/2016/10/14/the-state-of-poverty-in-your-state-2/#.WAfSx_krIdU By Ana-Elisa Gentle October 14, 2016 In the wake of the September release of the 2015 Census Bureau data on poverty, CHN put out a national report, The High Cost of Being Poor in the U.S., which detailed our findings … Continued
From the Pennsylvania Public Interest Research Group (http://www.pennpirg.org/home): The payday lenders and their lobbyists are back in Harrisburg, working to legalize long-term payday loans, where the average loan could cost over 200% in interest rates and fees. Pennsylvania SB 1379 … Continued
From Americans for Financial Reform (http://ourfinancialsecurity.org/): Click the image above to read/download the “Caught in the Debt Trap” report. “Caught in the Debt Trap” provides a snapshot of the effect payday and title loans have had on the lives of … Continued