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Predatory Payday Lending Bill Flies Out of Cramped PA House Committee
By Mark Price, Third and StateRoom 148 of the State Capitol might as well double as a Capitol broom closet. That's where the House Consumer Affairs Committee this morning rushed out amendments to House...
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Pennsylvania Hunger Games Diet: Cash for Corporations, Cuts for Kids
By Mark Price, Third and StateOn Tuesday Marty Moss-Coane, the host of WHYY's Radio Times, moderated a question-and-answer session with Governor Tom Corbett at an event sponsored by the Greater...
View ArticlePA Job Numbers Out, The War On Unemployment Insurance, and Inequality
By Mark Price, Third and StateHappy Sunny Friday, people! Now for the not so good news. The job numbers for Pennsylvania came out Thursday, and the overall picture was somewhat disappointing. The...
View ArticleUncompensated Care Costs Rise at PA Hospitals
By Chris Lilienthal, Third and StateMore than a year ago, the Corbett administration decided to end the state's adultBasic program, which provided affordable health insurance to about 40,000 low-income...
View ArticlePa. Budget: Failing to Invest in a Stronger State Economy
By Chris Lilienthal, Third and StateDespite ending the 2011-12 fiscal year with a $649 million fund balance, Pennsylvania fails to make the investments essential to building a strong economy or to...
View ArticlePA's July Jobs Report Is Out, and It's Not Good News
By Mark Price, Third and StatePennsylvania's unemployment rate shot up three-tenths of a point in July to 7.9%. Just two months before in May, the rate was 7.4%. Total nonfarm jobs in the state were...
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Post-Labor Day Thoughts: Middle Class Can't Afford Another Lost Decade
By Mark Price, Third and StateLabor Day 2012 is behind us, but the challenges confronting the middle class are not.As we do each year around this time, the Keystone Research Center has released the...
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Fact Checking the Corbett Jobs Record...and Some Unsolicited Advice
By Stephen Herzenberg, Third and StateThe Corbett administration has a new summary of Pennsylvania's recent job performance. Today's news that Pennsylvania's unemployment rate is as high as the...
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'How 'bout No, You Crazy Dutch....'
By Mark Price, Third and StateOn Monday night, the Lower Allen Township commissioners in Cumberland County considered a proposal from Ahold USA, the corporate parent of Giant Food Stores, for a...
View ArticlePennsylvania Private Job Performance Through the Looking Glass
By Stephen Herzenberg, Third and StateIn the 1890s, scientist George Stratton reported that, after four days of wearing a lens that inverted his vision, his brain reprocessed what he saw and flipped...
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