economy

The EV battery ‘catch-22’
Opinion, Сolumns
LAUREN JESSOP The Center Square 
May 22, 2024
While setting aggressive goals for electric vehicle market share, the Biden administration also wants tariffs and or restrictions on the importation o...
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BHS Co-Op Spotlight: Wilt, Morgan, Worthington
Business, Local News, News
May 21, 2024
(Editor’s note: A new feature of The Bradford Era will highlight those Bradford Area High School students completing cooperative education placements ...
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Gas prices: Still cheaper than in 2022
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Sara Furlong s.furlong@bradfordera.com 
May 20, 2024
In 2022, during the week of May 20, gas prices were approaching $5 per gallon in Pennsylvania at an average of $4.76. In Bradford these days, the aver...
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Bradford City Council ends city property sale inspections
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Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
May 16, 2024
Bradford City Council approved two interim department heads and a new fireman at Tuesday’s meeting. But first, Mayor Tom Riel clarified an ordinance a...
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Harry and Meghan and the perils of superstar culture
Opinion, Сolumns
ALLISON SCHRAGER Tribune News Service 
Dec 14, 2022
One of the reasons the public is obsessed with Harry and Meghan is that they represent an important economic trend that resonates well beyond the Brit...
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The labor market’s double-edged sword
Opinion, Сolumns
RACHEL GRESZLER - Tribune News Service 
Oct 13, 2022
The unemployment rate now matches the pre-pandemic, half-century low of 3.5 percent. But with 2.8 million missing workers, low unemployment is both a ...
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Reality’s revenge: The return of stagflation
Opinion, Сolumns
E.J. ANTONI - Tribune News Service 
Jul 29, 2022
The clinical psychologist Jordan Peterson has said that you can bend reality only so far before it snaps back at you. In short, bad actions always ult...
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Inflation inflates problems for the Democrats
Opinion, Сolumns
DAVID M. SHRIBMAN 
Jul 04, 2022
WAUSAU, Wis. — The reminder, every time they drive down the street, of how high gasoline prices are. The delays in home construction and renovation be...
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The new American way of getting everything wrong
Opinion, Сolumns
JAY AMBROSE Tribune News Service 
May 01, 2022
Compassion is so, so important if civilization is to rise to the heights most of us wish for, but compassion without wisdom can produce Karl Marx comm...
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It’s the inflation, stupid
Opinion, Сolumns
RICH LOWRY 
Mar 29, 2022
Joe Biden is engaged in the most extensive test of whether an American president can survive elevated levels of inflation since Jimmy Carter, and it’s...
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Hike Pa.’s minimum wage
Opinion, Сolumns
Jan 21, 2022
Since everyone’s doing the 10-year challenge ... it’s time for a minimum wage makeover The latest social media craze is the “10-year challenge,” which...
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