Pennsylvania in focus: Penn State board proposes tuition hike for ’17-’18 school year
Philadelphia Inquirer: Penn State board proposes tuition hike for ’17-’18 school year Pennsylvania State University students may soon be seeing an increase in their cost of attendance. On Thursday, the university’s Board of Trustees Committee on Finance, Business and Capital Planning proposed an operating budget for the coming school year that, if approved, will increase […]
Read More →Pennsylvania in focus: Budget impasse could impact Pennsylvania’s state universities
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Budget impasse could impact Pennsylvania’s state universities State Senate and House Democratic caucus leaders chided the Republican House leadership late Wednesday over the Commonwealth’s continuing budget impasse and its potential impact on Pennsylvania’s four state-related universities. State Sen. Jay Costa, D-Forest Hills, and Rep. Frank Dermody, D-Oakmont, said the University of Pittsburgh, Penn […]
Read More →Business leaders see government policies driving Pennsylvania’s population dip
Pennsylvania business leaders see the recent decline in the state’s population as a result of tepid economic growth, an oversized public sector and an overall lack of competitiveness. Pennsylvania’s population dropped by more than 7,600 between 2015 and 2016, according to an economic outlook report from Wells Fargo Securities. The Keystone state was one of […]
Read More →Pennsylvania in focus: Rising demand for coal lifts job confidence in Pennsylvania
The Joplin News: Rising demand for coal lifts job confidence in Pennsylvania Over the decade from 2006 to 2016, coal mining and its support jobs were down 37.6 percent, a drop of more than 3,100 jobs, according to data from the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry provided by Deputy Communications Director Lindsay Bracale. In the […]
Read More →Proposed legislation would open up records on federal pension recipients
A Florida congressman and an open-government organization have launched a campaign to make key information on federal pension recipients subject to public disclosure. The legislation, which is being sponsored by Republican Rep. Ron DeSantis, would make information about pension recipients subject to the federal Freedom of Information Act. The information subject to public review would […]
Read More →Pennsylvania in focus: Budget deadlock politics the first act in Pennsylvania governor race
The Morning Call: Budget deadlock politics the first act in Pa. governor race Call it the first act of the governor’s race. The slow-motion arc of Pennsylvania’s budget negotiations — with a backdrop of a huge deficit, potential credit downgrade and two-week-old deadlock — has served as a sort of first debate stage for Democratic Gov. Tom […]
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