2003 KRC Press Releases

February 25. 82 Percent of PA Corporations Pay No Corporate Net Income Tax, Keystone Research Finds. New DOR Data Showing Uneven Tax Burden Suggest Need for New Business Tax Strategy.

June 13. Middle Class Pennsylvanians To See Little Benefit From Federal Tax Cuts. Wealthy Pennsylvanians Get Most of the Tax Cut.

August 30. Pennsylvania Wage Growth Stalls In Job Loss Recovery. The State of Working Pennsylvania 2003 Shows Erosion of Wage Gains of Late 1990s and Pennsylvania “Growing Apart” Again.

November 21. PA Still Losing Jobs--Falls 52,600 Short Of Bush Administration "Jobs And Growth" Plan, Keystone Research Finds. Manufacturing Employment Continues to Erode: Down 3,700 Jobs in Last Month.

December 9. State Business Subsidies Fuel Sprawl New KRC Study Finds. Research Conducted for new Brookings Institution Back to Prosperity Report. New KRC Web-based map site allows search of data for 1333 subsidy locations.

December 12. Keystone Research Maps Workforce Strategy for Rendell. Recommendations in Report Commissioned and Transmitted by Schweiker. “Growing Faster” Initiative Would Use Public Money To Launch Private Partnerships That Meet Skill, Career Needs.

December 19. Despite Lower Official Unemployment, Jobs Still In Short Supply In PA. Manufacturing Crisis Continues: Employment Down 2,100 Jobs in Last Month