Gas severance tax would hurt consumers
Gov. Tom Wolf wants to punish the natural gas industry with a severance tax and more regulations.
Month: July 2018
Let’s just drop the severance tax idea, Gov. Wolf
For too long, the natural gas industry has been demonized in our state…having to survive yet another year under threat of a severance tax from Gov. Tom Wolf.
Impact fee local asset unique to Pennsylvania
In central Pennsylvania, boaters and anglers can use two new access points to enjoy the scenic Juniata River.
Gov. Wolf raises Pa. minimum wage for state employees to $12 per hour, $15 by 2024
Gov. Tom Wolf signed an executive order last week that raised the minimum wage for employees who work for the commonwealth of Pennsylvania and contractors to $12 an hour and established raises each year through 2024.
$15 AN HOUR ENTRY-LEVEL WAGES? SURE – BUT BY CHOICE, NOT MANDATE
Pennsylvania’s economy has been on an upswing this year.
Shell cracker plant could boost Erie’s plastics industry
Although Erie County has lost nearly 5,000 manufacturing jobs over the past 10 years, the region’s plastics sector can be counted as an island of stability.
Government employees are free at last!
In deciding that mandatory union dues are an unconstitutional condition of public employment, the Supreme Court of the United States liberated thousands of government employees nationwide from forced membership in public-sector unions.