Pennsylvania’s June Jobs Report More Cause for Concern
Pennsylvania’s unemployment rate rose to 7.6% in June from 7.4% in May, according to a report Thursday from the...
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Response to Industry Study on Marcellus Impact
The Marcellus Shale Coalition released a new study today assessing the impact of natural gas drilling in Pennsylvania. Below...
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State Spending Cuts Kill Private Sector Jobs
Recent debates about the impact of state taxes and spending have taken place in a “fact-free” zone, where anti-tax...
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Study Shows Medicaid Has Positive Health, Financial Impacts
By Emma Lowenberg, Intern This just in: providing the poor with medical insurance has a positive impact!
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Legislative Inaction on Drilling Tax Costs Pa. $200 Million
This afternoon, Pennsylvania will hit a less-than-noble milestone: $200 million lost to legislative inaction on a Marcellus Shale drilling...
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A Detailed Look at Pennsylvania’s 2011-12 Budget
Two weeks ago, the Pennsylvania General Assembly completed work on a 2011-12 state budget that achieved Governor Tom Corbett’s...
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‘A Litany of Bad News’: What the Experts Are Saying about the June Jobs Report
By Chaquenya Johnson, Intern As Center for American Progress senior economist Heather Boushey put it, the national jobs report...
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Lieutenant Governor Repeats Misleading Marcellus Jobs Number
In a statement today, Lieutenant Governor James Cawley repeated widely-circulated figures that risk a misleading impression of job creation...
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2011-12 State Budget Highlights
State legislative leaders and Governor Tom Corbett agreed on a 2011-12 state budget deal this week, and on Tuesday,...
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Philadelphia Mayor Vetoes Paid Sick Leave Bill
Some bad news out of Philadelphia Tuesday — Mayor Michael Nutter vetoed legislation that would have allowed every worker...
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Pa.’s 2011-12 Budget: Doing Less with More
The Pennsylvania Legislature has approved a 2011-12 General Fund budget that makes deep cuts to education, health care and...
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Some Details Emerge on 2011-12 Pa. Budget Deal
Some details emerged Monday on the 2011-12 state budget deal recently reached by Pennsylvania’s legislative leaders and Governor Tom...
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