Statement: Delayed September jobs report shows slight uptick in PA unemployment rate and continued steady job growth - KRC Statement: Delayed September jobs report shows slight uptick in PA unemployment rate and continued steady job growth - KRC FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 11, 2025 CONTACT: John Neurohr, jneurohr@clearpointpa.com, 717-364-6452 Delayed September jobs report shows slight uptick in PA unemployment rate and continued steady job growth HARRISBURG, PA - This morning, the Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry issued the first monthly jobs report for Pennsylvania since the federal government shutdown, covering September 2025. In response, Keystone Research

Delayed September jobs report shows slight uptick in PA unemployment rate and continued steady job growth

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SNAP Decisions: Understanding Food Assistance In Pennsylvania - KRC SNAP Decisions: Understanding Food Assistance In Pennsylvania - KRC Operations across many federal agencies have halted as the United States continues its longest federal government shutdown ever. Americans are suffering the effects and families who live paycheck-to-paycheck find themselves in an especially precarious position. The record-length shutdown has thrown the near-term future of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) into uncertainty. Social service providers and community organizations are scrambling to fill the food assistance gap so...

What is SNAP and why does it matter?
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Workers Face a Weakening Market, but PA Outperforms the Nation - KRC Workers Face a Weakening Market, but PA Outperforms the Nation - KRC The State of Working Pennsylvania 2025 showed that the U.S. and Pennsylvania labor markets in mid-2025 were somewhat less favorable for workers than from 2022 to 2024. This blog updates that analysis with data for August 2025 on hiring rates, quit rates, and unemployment. September data would typically be available by now, but it has been delayed due to the federal government shutdown.  As the infographic below illustrates, Pennsylvania workers had unusual leverage in the labor market from 20...

Workers Face a Weakening Market, but PA Outperforms the Nation

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Pennsylvania’s top leaders have reached a $50.1 billion state budget deal, signaling a breakthrough in impasse Top legislative leaders and Gov. Josh Shapiro have agreed on a budget framework after months of talks, according to two sources close to negotiations.

Pennsylvania leaders reach tentative agreement on $50.1B spending plan
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BLOG: Time to learn the facts about SNAP in PA

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This Veterans Day, we remember with gratitude all those who have served our nation.

Notice of Privacy 'No easy answer': Pittsburgh officials mull ways to boost revenue

PittTrib - 'No easy answer': Pittsburgh officials mull ways to boost revenue

KRC's Diana Polson pitches a "Fair Share Tax" to help boost revenues in Pittsburgh
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BLOG: Workers Face a Weakening Market, but PA Outperforms the Nation

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It's a fact. Union-made Halloween candy just tastes better.

Read our suggestions for how lawmakers can help protect Pennsylvania workers in our State of Working Pennsylvania report HERE: https://loom.ly/bvIW4Fg

New Data Show That Americans Support Unions, but Political and Employer Opposition Stalls Workers’ Momentum - KRC New Data Show That Americans Support Unions, but Political and Employer Opposition Stalls Workers’ Momentum - KRC Gallup released the results of a new poll last Friday (August 29, 2025) showing that the majority of Americans continue to support unions. Union approval was 68% in 2025, the fifth year in a row that support for organized labor was between 67%-71%. This level of union support is historic, only passed by support in the 1950’s, when union density was around 30%. Americans clearly recognize unions as a path toward a more equitable, worker-focused economy.   Important demographic differences emer...

BLOG: New Data Show That Americans Support Unions, but Political and Employer Opposition Stalls Workers’ Momentum.
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Work should be the path out of poverty, but low wages turn it into a dead end. Pennsylvania lawmakers have a big opportunity: raise the minimum wage so new rules for accessing food assistance programs (SNAP) lift families up instead of pushing them out.

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Pa. workers have lost leverage in Trump’s economy, report says The Keystone Research Center examined recent workers’ earnings, economic growth, and union representation among other factors.

Read about KRC's State of Working Pennsylvania in the Philadelphia Inquirer -
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On Wednesday, October 22nd, KRC's own Stephen Herzenberg will be speaking at ASBN's Business, Policy, and Purpose Conference.

Register 👉 https://bit.ly/asbnconference2025
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2025 State of Working Pennsylvania Resource Page - KRC 2025 State of Working Pennsylvania Resource Page - KRC On August 27th, 2025, The Keystone Research Center released its annual “State of Working Pennsylvania” report. A PDF Copy is available here. Key Findings The Report The Press Release The Recorded Press Conference The Presentation Media Coverage

Since 2014, Pennsylvania lawmakers’ refusal to raise the minimum wage has cost low-wage workers an average of $16,000 each. That’s real money left on the table for working families. Find out what it means for you — read our report here: https://loom.ly/bvIW4Fg

Work should be the path out of poverty, but low wages turn it into a dead end. Pennsylvania lawmakers have a big opportunity: raise the minimum wage so new rules for accessing food assistance programs (SNAP) lift families up instead of pushing them out.

Read more here: https://loom.ly/kV6SjoM

Pennsylvania’s clean energy future is on the line. Thousands of jobs and Billions of $$$ in growth could vanish without stable policy.

Now, rollbacks to federal infrastructure funding and tax credits threaten to derail PA's industrial boom.

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BLOG: The Supply Chain for Wind Turbines Will Create Jobs in Coal Country With the region’s historic prestige in providing the country’s energy as well as existing manufacturing infrastructure that can seamlessly integrate wind turbine production into coal country. 

From ReImagine Appalachia:

⚡There will be more demand for renewable power for the next two decades.
💨Learn how we could seamlessly integrate wind turbine production into coal country.
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Pennsylvania households outpaced inflation, this past year - but just barely.

Now, consumer confidence is down and shoppers are feeling the pinch of rising prices and slowing wage growth.

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Philly’s income growth has stalled amid high inflation, leaving some stretched thin New data from the U.S. Census Bureau shows that Philly's median household income decreased in 2024.

KRC's Claire Kovach tells the Philadelphia Inquirer what's really going on in PA's economy:
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Consumer sentiment is slipping as inflation - especially at the grocery store - accelerates and uncertainty about business and labor market conditions mounts.
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Starbucks to close hundreds of stores, lay off 900 workers Workers may be relocated or offered severance packages. Nonretail employees will learn Friday if they still have jobs.

Starbucks to close 59 unionized stores nationwide - nearly 10% of total unionized locations.
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Listening Session: RISE PA, a Model for Other States and the Nation - ReImagine Appalachia Thursday September 25 at 3 PM ET via Zoom - Please join the discussion on how to build upon RISE PA’s successes in statewide decarbonization and shape a model that other states could implement!

Join ReImagine Appalachia and KRC today at 11:00am for a discussion on how to build upon RISE PA’s successes in statewide decarbonization and shape a model that other states could implement!

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Listening Session: RISE PA, a Model for Other States and the Nation - ReImagine Appalachia Thursday September 25 at 3 PM ET via Zoom - Please join the discussion on how to build upon RISE PA’s successes in statewide decarbonization and shape a model that other states could implement!

Join ReImagine Appalachia and KRC tomorrow at 11:00am for a discussion on how to build upon RISE PA’s successes in statewide decarbonization and shape a model that other states could implement!

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Blog - Paychecks and Prices: What the Latest Data Tell Us About Wages, Inflation, and Consumer Sentiment

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Pa. workers have lost leverage in Trump’s economy, report says The Keystone Research Center examined recent workers’ earnings, economic growth, and union representation among other factors.

PA workers have lost leverage in today's economy, KRC finds - Philadelphia Inquirer
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New Data Show That Americans Support Unions, but Political and Employer Opposition Stalls Workers’ Momentum - KRC New Data Show That Americans Support Unions, but Political and Employer Opposition Stalls Workers’ Momentum - KRC Gallup released the results of a new poll last Friday (August 29, 2025) showing that the majority of Americans continue to support unions. Union approval was 68% in 2025, the fifth year in a row that support for organized labor was between 67%-71%. This level of union support is historic, only passed by support in

BLOG: New Data Show That Americans Support Unions, but Political and Employer Opposition Stalls Workers’ Momentum.
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Work should be the path out of poverty, but low wages turn it into a dead end. Pennsylvania lawmakers must raise the minimum wage so new rules for accessing food assistance (SNAP) lift families up instead of leaving them behind.
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Read our suggestions for how lawmakers can help protect Pennsylvania workers in our State of Working Pennsylvania report HERE: https://loom.ly/bvIW4Fg

2025 State of Working Pennsylvania Resource Page - KRC 2025 State of Working Pennsylvania Resource Page - KRC On August 27th, 2025, The Keystone Research Center released its annual “State of Working Pennsylvania” report. A PDF Copy is available here. Key Findings The Report The Press Release The Recorded Press Conference The Presentation Media Coverage

Since 2014, Pennsylvania lawmakers’ refusal to raise the minimum wage has cost low-wage workers an average of $16,000 each. That’s real money left on the table for working families. Find out what it means for you — read our report here: https://loom.ly/bvIW4Fg