Marc Stier takes the reins of the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center
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Marc Stier is the new Director of the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
For nearly 20 years, the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center of the Keystone Research Center has advocated progressive fiscal policy. Its new director, Marc Stier, a longtime author, activist, and academic in Philadelphia, sat down with NewsWorks Tonight Host Dave Heller.
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