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    Home political economy

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    DOGE alone isn’t enough
    Opinion, Сolumns
    DOGE alone isn’t enough
    Apr 24, 2025
    Elon Musk is reportedly planning to spend less time tending to the budget-cutting DOGE project and more time on his businesses, according to Politico,...
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    End of the world as we know it, but was it all good?
    Opinion, Сolumns
    End of the world as we know it, but was it all good?
    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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    A doomsday clock is ticking
    Opinion, Сolumns
    A doomsday clock is ticking
    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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    For the left, is there anything ‘taxing the rich’ can’t do?
    Opinion, Сolumns
    For the left, is there anything ‘taxing the rich’ can’t do?
    GORDON GRAY InsideSources.com 
    Apr 10, 2025
    WASHINGTON (TNS) — Heading into Tax Day, if you listen to progressive policymakers for a few minutes, you’ll likely hear that few problems on Earth ca...
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    Reindustrializing is a worthy goal, but it’ll take more than tariffs
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Reindustrializing is a worthy goal, but it’ll take more than tariffs
    Apr 08, 2025
    President Donald Trump's "Liberation Day" tariffs are the biggest shock to the global financial and economic order since the end of the Bretton Woods ...
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    Other Voices: Tariff déjà vu
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Other Voices: Tariff déjà vu
    Apr 01, 2025
    Tariffs played a significant role in worsening the Great Depression, though they were not the sole cause. One of the most infamous tariff policies of ...
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    Wall Street tumbles, and S&P 500 drops 2% on worries about slower economy and higher inflation
    Wall Street tumbles, and S&P 500 drops 2% on worries about slower economy and higher inflation
    STAN CHOE Associated Press 
    Mar 28, 2025
    NEW YORK (AP) — Another wipeout walloped Wall Street Friday. Worries are building about a potentially toxic mix of worsening inflation and a U.S. econ...
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    Social Security Matters: Can paying Medicare premium be avoided?
    Business, Local News, News
    Social Security Matters: Can paying Medicare premium be avoided?
    RUSSELL GLOOR 
    Mar 14, 2025
    DEAR RUSTY: Is there any way I can get out of paying the $185/month I am told will be taken out of my Social Security for Medicare Part B when I turn ...
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    PNC survey: Small businesses optimistic, but inflation worries linger
    Business, News, PA State News
    PNC survey: Small businesses optimistic, but inflation worries linger
    TIM GRANT Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 
    Mar 06, 2025
    PITTSBURGH (TNS) — America’s small and mid-sized business owners are feeling good about the road ahead — not just for their own companies, but for nat...
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    Don’t punish cyber charters for being fiscally responsible
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Don’t punish cyber charters for being fiscally responsible
    RACHEL LANGAN RealClearPennsylvania 
    Mar 06, 2025
    Pennsylvania cyber charter schools are under attack for – of all things — not wastefully spending taxpayer money. The Pennsylvania Department of the A...
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    Cutting red tape can supercharge growth — and tame inflation
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Cutting red tape can supercharge growth — and tame inflation
    WILLIAM BEACH and PARKER SHEPPARD 
    Feb 28, 2025
    The Trump administration is doubling down on deregulation. Quite literally, in fact: Where the previous Trump administration removed five regulations ...
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    Cutting red tape can supercharge growth — and tame inflation
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Cutting red tape can supercharge growth — and tame inflation
    WILLIAM BEACH and PARKER SHEPPARD 
    Feb 28, 2025
    The Trump administration is doubling down on deregulation. Quite literally, in fact: Where the previous Trump administration removed five regulations ...
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    Trump risks making same economic mistakes as Biden
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Trump risks making same economic mistakes as Biden
    ALLISON SCHRAGER Bloomberg Opinion 
    Feb 24, 2025
    NEW YORK (TNS) — There is one surefire way to know when someone is trying to pull one over on you: If they’re promising something for nothing — whethe...
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    More bad news for taxpayers
    Opinion, Сolumns
    More bad news for taxpayers
    Feb 17, 2025
    The federal deficit will be $21.1 trillion in the 10-year period from 2025 to 2034, according to projections in the Congressional Budget Office’s bian...
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    Wall Street takes Trump’s latest tariff threats in stride, and indexes rise
    Wall Street takes Trump’s latest tariff threats in stride, and indexes rise
    STAN CHOE AP Business Writer 
    Feb 10, 2025
    NEW YORK — U.S. stocks rose Monday as Wall Street took President Donald Trump's latest threat on tariffs in stride. The S&P 500 climbed 0.7%, coming o...
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    Legislators, industry reps react negatively to Shapiro’s proposed budget
    Content, Daily Headlines, Local News, ...
    Legislators, industry reps react negatively to Shapiro’s proposed budget
    Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
    Feb 04, 2025
    Unsustainable. Unaffordable. Alarming. Rash. Those were some of the descriptions of Gov. Josh Shapiro's proposed $51.47 billion state budget outlined ...
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    Other Voices: Tried and failed
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Other Voices: Tried and failed
    Jan 16, 2025
    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 ...
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    New year, new taxes in Pa.
    Opinion, Сolumns
    New year, new taxes in Pa.
    ELIZABETH STELLE RealClearPennsylvania 
    Jan 16, 2025
    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 ...
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    Let’s talk about debt
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Let’s talk about debt
    ADRIANA E. RAMIREZ Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 
    Jan 15, 2025
    PITTSBURGH (TNS) — According to the latest available numbers, 77% of Americans carry at least some debt, with the average American owing a little over...
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    Pirates lose fifth in a row, falling to Royals on Loftin’s walk-off
    Local Sports, Sports
    Pirates lose fifth in a row, falling to Royals on Loftin’s walk-off
    Colin Beazley Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (TNS) 
    July 8, 2025
    KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Pirates lost their fifth consecutive game on Tuesday night at Kauffman Stadium, falling 4-3 to the Royals on a walk-off single ...
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    Pirates’ Oneil Cruz to participate in MLB Home Run Derby
    Local Sports, Sports
    Pirates’ Oneil Cruz to participate in MLB Home Run Derby
    Colin Beazley Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (TNS) 
    July 8, 2025
    KANSAS CITY, Mo. — In what has been an up-and-down year overall, Pirates slugger Oneil Cruz will get the opportunity to showcase the most entertaining...
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    No history lessons necessary for Penguins prospects as they shape the franchise’s future
    National Sports, Sports
    No history lessons necessary for Penguins prospects as they shape the franchise’s future
    Tim Benz The Tribune-Review, Greensburg 
    July 8, 2025
    (TNS) —For the expansive list of new Pittsburgh Penguins prospects at their recent development camp, there was a lot to be learned. They got to meet t...
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    Steelers scout Tim Rooney, architect of 1970s dynasty, dies at 84
    Sports
    Steelers scout Tim Rooney, architect of 1970s dynasty, dies at 84
    Joseph Wilkinson New York Daily News 
    July 8, 2025
    (TNS) - Tim Rooney, a former NFL scouting executive who won two Super Bowls with the Giants and three with the Pittsburgh Steelers, died Tuesday. He w...
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    Scouts to build flag collection boxes
    Local News
    Scouts to build flag collection boxes
    By SAVANNAH BARR s.barr@bradfordera.com 
    July 8, 2025
    Long after the last firework echoes in the sky, patriotism is a feeling that is strong amongst local members of Scouting America. Each year, local Sco...
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    Turtlepoint Farmers Market set Saturday
    Local News
    Turtlepoint Farmers Market set Saturday
    July 8, 2025
    The Turtlepoint Farmers Market will be held from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday at the Turtlepoint Park. Shown, a representative of South Kendall Hydropon...
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