economy

End the ‘green new scam’ loan machine
Opinion, Сolumns
ANDRE BELIVEAU RealClearPolitics 
Apr 23, 2025
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Loan Programs Office (LPO) was created to help advance clean-energy infrastructure and technologies that allegedly had...
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Other Voices: Trump’s economic chaos
Opinion, Сolumns
Apr 22, 2025
In a recent edition of The Bradford Era, Congressman Glenn Thompson stated that President Donald Trump's first months have been "very effective." Is e...
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End of the world as we know it, but was it all good?
Opinion, Сolumns
BRANDON McGINLEY Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 
Apr 21, 2025
PITTSBURGH (TNS) — Earlier this month, sharp declines in the stock market wiped out $5 trillion in value. Which raises the question: If $5 trillion ca...
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Pandemic overpayments ignored
Opinion, Сolumns
Apr 18, 2025
Ten state-level agencies accidentally overpaid $10.4 billion — and possibly much more — to people filing for unemployment during the COVID pandemic. M...
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Tariffs: An economic tool and a reality check
Opinion, Сolumns
GUY CIARROCCHI RealClearPennsylvania 
Apr 18, 2025
President Donald Trump has done it again. Never one for subtly, he has elected officials, the media, and international officials all talking about tar...
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A doomsday clock is ticking
Opinion, Сolumns
Apr 17, 2025
If the federal government wants to keep Medicare and Social Security intact for the next 75 years, it will need an extra $78.2 trillion in cash that i...
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Extending Trump tax cuts critical for Main Street
Opinion, Сolumns
PRESTON BRASHERS 
Apr 17, 2025
WASHINGTON (TNS) — Congress has a decision to make. Hang American small business owners out to dry, or lock in a tax system that allows America’s entr...
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Striving for ‘Made in America’
Opinion, Сolumns
JIM SPENCER 
Apr 16, 2025
As the newly appointed regional administrator for the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Mid-Atlantic Region, I am excited about the future of Ameri...
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Bill would support organic farming industry
Business, Nation & World, News, ...
Apr 14, 2025
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sens. John Fetterman, D-Pa., and Adam Schiff, D-Calif., introduced the Organic Science and Research Investment Act. By ensuring orga...
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Best path forward for energy
Opinion, Сolumns
GLEN THOMAS The Center Square 
Apr 14, 2025
As energy policy debates continue in Pennsylvania to meet rising energy demand while keeping consumer prices affordable, we cannot lose sight of the f...
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