economy

PHILADELPHIA (TNS) — Pennsylvania colleges have had a tough time competing for a shrinking pool of high school graduates in recent years, and new data...

Medicare Advantage was supposed to save taxpayers money when it was created in 2003. Instead, it costs the government 22% more per enrollee than tradi...

It’s a lot easier to give a multibillion-dollar loan to a failing company when you’re doling out other people’s money. Late last month, the Biden admi...

HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania schools looking to switch to renewable energy can now receive assistance from the state through its $25 million Solar for Sc...

Donald Trumpis drawing the wrong lesson about his support from union members. Trump recently picked Oregon Rep.Lori Chavez-DeRemerto be his labor secr...

There’s a lot of talk in Harrisburg about permitting reform and economic growth. It’s bipartisan. It’s bicameral. And it's appealing to businesses of ...

PITTSBURGH (TNS) — Labor and employment at theUniversity of Pittsburghlooks completely different than it did a year ago. This semester, strong majorit...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., chairman of the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging, announced a new Biden Administration proposed rule th...

PJM is America's largest transmission organization that coordinates the movement of wholesale electricity across 13 states, of which Pennsylvania is o...

PITTSBURGH (TNS) — The semiconductor chips coming out of a nondescript fabricator in Youngwood used to be so sensitive that soldiers would rather dest...

PITTSBURGH (TNS) — UPMC in its most recent financial disclosure blamed a $371 million operating loss on increased medical utilization and rising pharm...

SMETHPORT — The University of Pittsburgh at Bradford’s Hanley Library will receive $2 million toward renovations from the Redevelopment Assistance Cap...

Those looking to wrap up their holiday shopping early are being encouraged to do their shopping locally, enjoying the sales during Small Business Satu...

Bradford City Council passed its budget on first reading Tuesday with a .47 mill tax increase. "There's not been a tax increase since 2019, so roughly...

NEW YORK (TNS) — President-elect Donald Trump’s economic legacy may well depend on whether he prefers the comparative form of an adjective. Specifical...

Gov. Josh Shapiro has made workforce and economic development a centerpiece of his administration. Recent reforms have included speeding up, and defin...

HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council, or PHC4, has released the third and final volume of its annual report on the finan...

PITTSBURGH — Marcellus Shale Coalition (MSC) announced its president, Bradford native David Callahan, will retire at the end of the year after decades...

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has finally admitted how badly she underestimated the inflationary threat last year. Although President Joe Biden hims...

Pennsylvanians just elected 228 state senators and representatives. These candidates-turned-lawmakers spent the past several months doing all the chal...