Health Care

How Pennsylvania Is Progressing in the Race to Rebuild

• July 12, 2021

The 2021 state budget includes some policy changes to spur recovery and better governance, but much more needs to occur.

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Public Union Democracy

Yesterday’s Paycheck Protection Vote

• Matthew Brouillette
• October 16, 2014

Thanks to your voices, yesterday afternoon the state Senate suddenly voted on an aspect of “paycheck protection.” Senator Scott Wagner proposed an amendment yesterday that would end the taxpayer-funded collection…

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PA Legislators Consider Unemployment Compensation Reforms

• Elizabeth Stelle
• May 23, 2011

By June 11th, the state must change its unemployment compensation rules to meet federal guidelines, or 45,000 Pennsylvanians will lose their unemployment benefits. Gov. Corbett has been supportive of more…

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State Budget

The Unemployment Compensation Hole

• Elizabeth Stelle
• February 17, 2010

Yesterday, Secretary of Labor and Industry Sandy Vito testified before the House Appropriations Committee in the usual round of budget hearings. She reported that the unemployment compensation fund is $2.2…

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Gordner testing the water with tolling repeal bill

• Nathan Benefield
• January 14, 2008

State Senator John Gordner will be introducing a bill to repeal Act 44 (and I-80 tolling) that would also allow for a Turnpike PPP, The Standard-Journal reports. We have…

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