Pennsylvania in focus: Lawmakers prep for budget votes, await plan to pay for it
ABC 27: Lawmakers prep for budget votes, await plan to pay for it Pennsylvania lawmakers will take up a $32 billion bipartisan spending package on the state fiscal year’s final day, although lawmakers don’t know how it’ll be paid for. Senate and House floor votes were expected Friday, less than 24 hours after the details […]
Read More →Congressional bill would fix income tax confusion for businesses who send employees across state lines
A bill fresh out of the U.S. House of Representatives would fix a long-standing problem in states’ tax code that has likely resulted in businesses and employees overpaying the state for decades. Companies that send a worker to another state have to make sure their complying with that state’s tax code. The problem in Illinois […]
Read More →Pennsylvania in focus: Pennsylvania is winning secret war for economic development – but will it win Foxconn?
The Patriot-News: Pennsylvania is winning secret war of economic development – but will it win Foxconn? From the car window, the man from New Jersey can see why Pennsylvania is winning the war. It’s not an answer found in the green and amber mazes of the state’s rich farmland or the steel and glass that […]
Read More →Congressional bill would allow private donations to fund abandoned mine redevelopment
A bill filed in the U.S. House would allow private donations help revitalize the nation’s abandoned mines so they can be used for recreational areas. U.S. Rep. Darin LaHood, R-Illinois, says there’s a hurdle keeping private foundations from renovating abandoned mines across the nation. LaHood said it’s modeled after a program in Pennsylvania, which has done this […]
Read More →Pennsylvania in focus: Bill allowing school employees to possess guns in schools teed up for Pa. Senate vote
The Patriot News: Bill allowing school employees to possess guns in schools teed up for Pa. Senate vote Schools would no longer be weapon-free zones under legislation that the state Senate is likely to vote on Wednesday. Senate Bill 383 would allow school personnel who have the proper training and pass the same psychiatric evaluation that municipal police officers […]
Read More →Pennsylvania in focus: In towns already hit by steel mill closings, a new casualty: retail jobs
New York Times: In towns already hit by steel mill closings, a new casualty: retail jobs JOHNSTOWN, Pa. — Dawn Nasewicz comes from a family of steelworkers, with jobs that once dominated the local Pennsylvania economy. She found her niche in retail. She manages a store, Ooh La La, that sells prom dresses and embroidered […]
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