Thomas Ginsberg

2 months ago | pewtrusts.org | Thomas Ginsberg

Many cities will face fiscal challenges in 2025 despite having relatively strong economies—a result of several factors, including revenue dips due to new commuting patterns and the coming expiration of funds from the federal American Rescue Plan Act. As cities adjust their budgets to cope with this reality, a handful have either proposed or attempted fundamental shifts in their tax burdens.

Jun 13, 2024 | pewtrusts.org | Thomas Ginsberg |Maridarlyn Gonzalez

Philadelphia’s immigrant population has been growing for three decades, while its U.S.-born population has declined in number since the 1950s. Those divergent, intertwined trends pose both big challenges and historic opportunities for local and regional leaders and residents.

Sep 14, 2023 | pewtrusts.org | Thomas Ginsberg

9 interactive charts provide a freeze-frame picture of the economic recovery Share Business Recovery Dashboard Illustrates Philadelphia's Pandemic Pain and Rebound The interactive dashboard on Philadelphia businesses and jobs produced by The Pew Charitable Trusts for leaders and citizens during the COVID-19 pandemic offered a quarterly look at the city’s struggles and recovery progress. Now that the data is no longer being updated, one of the dashboard’s top takeaways was a positive one:...

Jul 3, 2023 | pewtrusts.org | Thomas Ginsberg

Philadelphia’s reduction to its resident wage tax rate—approved on June 22, 2023 and set to take effect on July 1, 2023—will have little impact on the overall local tax burdens of city resident households, according to The Pew Charitable Trusts, which updated its calculations from an earlier analysis.