economy

HARRISBURG — Before students make it to their classroom doors, they are assisted by a host of workers who create the conditions required for education...

HARRISBURG — New polling from the Commonwealth Foundation, a think tank that promotes fiscal conservancy, shows bipartisan support for policies they s...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., and Sen. Cynthia Lummis, R-Wyo., reintroduced the Whole-Home Repairs Act, a bipartisan bill to address t...

More than $19 million in low-interest Pennsylvania Infrastructure Investment Authority (PENNVEST) loans will benefit two major water infrastructure pr...

WARREN — Adam Johnson, Northern Pennsylvania Regional College's vice president of workforce development, was recently selected to take part in the Nat...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Reps. Glenn “GT” Thompson, R-Pa.; Suzanne Bonamici, D-Ore.; Brian Fitzpatrick, R.-Pa.; and Brad Schneider, D.-Ill., introduced...

HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania Treasurer Stacy Garrity announced two new fee cuts for the Morningstar Gold Rated PA 529 Investment Plan (IP) as a result of...

The injection of private equity into the health care industry is disastrous for patients and the communities that depend on rural hospitals. Amidst pr...

The forested landscapes of Pennsylvania and New York are vital to local economies, wildlife, and environmental health. To help private landowners bett...

The looming possibility of federal cuts to Medicaid would hit rural areas in the region particularly hard, according to a study by the Georgetown Univ...

Monday we celebrated the teachings and words and, most of all, the actions of the Rev.Martin Luther King Jr. He was assassinated at 39 years old, but ...

DEAR RUSTY: I am 65 and currently working full time. Can I apply for and start receiving my Social Security benefit? I'd expect to have to pay income ...

Has there been a real-world test of the Trump/Musk taxation plans? Yes, and it failed. Former Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback ran for office in 2010 on the ...

The new year is always a great opportunity to shed vices like smoking and binge eating. For state and local lawmakers, their guilty pleasure tends to ...

HARRISBURG — Boosting business competition in Pennsylvania remains at the top of state lawmakers' minds, who remain keenly aware of the state’s ever-s...

Section 14(c) of the Fair Labor Standards Act is the provision that allows organizations like Futures Rehabilitation Center Inc. of Bradford to offer ...

Biden surrogates insist that the massive spending bills which triggered the inflation that helped bring downDemocratsin November will pay large divide...

PITTSBURGH (TNS) — According to the latest available numbers, 77% of Americans carry at least some debt, with the average American owing a little over...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — Pennsylvanians may not know the Farm Show is an international event, but the Consul General of Great Britain in New York took time ...

Over 29% of federal contracts in fiscal year 2024 were noncompetitive awards, according to federal disclosures reviewed by OpenTheBooks.com . Governme...