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IFO projects $700M growth in general revenue next year
News, PA State News
ANTHONY HENNEN The Center Square 
May 21, 2024
HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania has some good economic news: its general fund revenues are higher than expected — and next year’s are expected to grow by an...
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It now pays not to work
Opinion, Сolumns
Jan 06, 2023
One of the best ways to earn a living these days is not to earn a living. Last month, the Committee to Unleash Prosperity released a study examining t...
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Proliferation of GoFundMes and an open secret
Opinion, Сolumns
Naomi Ishisaka 
Jan 02, 2023
SEATTLE (TNS) — This time of year, we find ourselves touched by the generosity, grace and kindness of people helping people. Extending ourselves to ot...
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Fight poverty, not income inequality
Opinion, Сolumns
TYLER COWEN Tribune News Service 
Nov 29, 2022
WASHINGTON (TNS) — Wealth and income inequality have recently gone down in the U.S. and other parts of the West, and the decline has been going on for...
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Biden’s student debt debacle
Opinion, Сolumns
RICH LOWRY 
Aug 28, 2022
It’s hard to top President Joe Biden’s Afghan withdrawal for reckless policymaking, but his student-loan forgiveness scheme is a contender for his sec...
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Elderly before college students for aid
Opinion, Сolumns
Jul 26, 2022
“Don’t tell me what you value. Show me your budget, and I’ll tell you what you value.” — Joe Biden If Biden looked at the budgets of about half of old...
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Education tax credits unaccountable
Opinion, Сolumns
Jul 24, 2022
Whether Pennsylvania should provide tax credits to help fund scholarships for private schools is a debatable policy question. Whether the state should...
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Other Voices: No accountability
Opinion, Сolumns
May 30, 2022
According to information from the Pennsylvania School Boards Association, the state Senate Education Committee is ready to vote on House Bill 2169, wh...
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CNB reports first quarter 2022 earnings
Business, News
Apr 21, 2022
CLEARFIELD — CNB Financial Corp., the parent company of CNB Bank, announced its earnings for the quarter ended March 31, 2022. Joseph B. Bower, Jr., p...
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Honest tax plan for Pa.
Opinion, Сolumns
Feb 28, 2022
State Rep. Frank Ryan nicely summarized the fundamental problem Thursday as he introduced his latest plan to eliminate widely hated school property ta...
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Generation Z should fear a guaranteed income
Opinion, Сolumns
ALLISON SCHRAGER Tribune News Service 
Jul 20, 2021
It’s a simple, utopian idea. If we give everyone a monthly check, we can eliminate poverty and do away with the inefficiencies of our cumbersome and f...
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Food pantry slated at Otto Township Firehall
Entertainment
Marcie 
Jul 17, 2021
DUKE CENTER — A mobile food pantry sponsored by the Duke Center United Methodist Church and Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwestern PA in Erie will b...
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RTS for June 18
News, Round the Square
Jun 18, 2021
SUMMER WORK: To help job seekers find the best summer employment opportunities, WalletHub compared more than 180 markets in the U.S. across 23 key met...
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Unintended consequences of the American Families Plan
Opinion, Сolumns
RACHEL GRESZLER and CARRIE LUKAS, Tribune News Service 
May 21, 2021
Between our two families, we are raising 11 children. Under the American Families Plan, we could start collecting up to $33,600 per year in child paym...
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