By: Andrea Sears HARRISBURG, Pa. — A new report showed raising Pennsylvania’s minimum wage to $15 an hour would give workers an additional $6 billion and help the economy recover from the pandemic. Gov. Tom Wolf has proposed raising the minimum wage to $12 an hour this year, then an additional 50 cents an hour every year […]
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By: Andrea Sears HARRISBURG, Pa. — Gov. Tom Wolf has proposed increasing Basic Education Funding by more than 21% in the coming fiscal year. The governor’s proposal would raise Basic Ed funding by more than $1.3 billion and distribute it through the state’s fair funding formula, to help school districts with the greatest needs. Chris Lilienthal, assistant […]
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By: Andrea Sears HARRISBURG, Pa. – Fighting climate change could be key to rebuilding the Pennsylvania workforce that’s been devastated by the COVID pandemic, a new report says. The Keystone State has lost a half-million jobs in the past year. According to the report from the Political Economy Research Institute, following the “ReImagine Appalachia Blueprint” would create thousands […]
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Harrisburg, PA – The Wolf Administration today announced that funding is now available to help Pennsylvania’s rural communities increase protection from wildfires. “Weather can be friend or foe in our wildfire prevention and suppression efforts, but DCNR has no stronger ally — especially during these most difficult times of the pandemic — than the men and […]
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Tuesday, February 2, 2021 A group of 10 GOP senators, including Susan Collins of Maine, met with President Joe Biden on Monday to share their COVID relief plan – about a third of Biden’s $1.9 trillion package. The Congressional Budget Office claims the economy is improving faster than it expected, which could boost Republicans. Download QR […]
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Andrea Sears HARRISBURG, Pa. – Many older Pennsylvanians say they are encountering roadblocks as they try to schedule appointments to get the COVID vaccine. The Keystone State has initiated the 1-A phase of vaccination distribution, making 2.5 million Pennsylvanians age 65 and older eligible to receive the vaccine. But according to Bill Johnston-Walsh, state director […]
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Andrea Sears HARRISBURG, Pa. — President Joe Biden today is to sign a number of executive orders, directives and memoranda ramping up his administration’s focus on fighting climate change. The actions include a ban on new oil and gas drilling on federal land, a task force to create a government-wide action plan to reduce greenhouse-gas […]
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Andrea Sears HARRISBURG, Pa. – As an estimated 230,000 Pennsylvania families face possible eviction, civil-rights advocates say President Joe Biden’s executive order extending the moratorium on evictions is a good start – but Congress could do more to protect tenants who have fallen behind on rent because of the pandemic. The moratorium was set to […]
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